Westmoreland's Union Manor

This building has many problems.

At the moment, it is under renovation, but renovation won't solve the problems.

The east side of this building (half the apartments) is within a hundred yards of a major highway (4 lanes, speeds of 65 on average) and within 200 yards of the Union Pacific double rails and a busy train route. The noise and pollution are literally off the charts. I don't know why HUD and the EPA allow this facility to operate.

There is no ventilation for the apartments except opening windows. The tiny HVACs in the renovated apartments do not supply fresh air, only recirculate the air.

Seniors are extremely vulnerable to conditions like this and people who live here seem to have a lot of health problems AFTER they live there awhile.

Street lights out making the area unsafe and management claims they can't do anything.

In fact, my asking around I found that residents are afraid to offend the management because most of them are subsidized by HUD and HUD doesn't seem to protect their welfare or rights, so they seem to feel hopeless.

Westmoreland's Union Manor was very interesting and looked very good. There was a deck outside where the visitors could sit. There were laundry facilities in every floor. The staff and residents seemed friendly. They had lunch program except on Thursdays and Fridays. And every once in awhile the family went to visit.

The apartments in Westmoreland Union were 1 1/2 times bigger than the other place I visited. It's a lovely facility with a creek running through. We have orchards, grape vineyards and garden plots for residents who are able to take care of them. It has very extensive grounds.

I visited Westmoreland's Union Manor and it was a big facility. The staff were really nice when I went there. The waiting period to get in was one year. It was a six or eight story tall building and it was by the river, but it was not quite what I wanted.