We're continuing to cover the situation at the Stanley Homes Village in Atlantic City, where residents have complained for years about the deteriorating conditions.

Mold and pests.

No heat or hot water.

There's pending lawsuits and threats from federal lawmakers over the repairs needed at the state's oldest public housing complex.

The city's housing authority this week revealed plans to fix the problems, but a senior correspondent, Joanna Gagis reports the solution isn't so simple.

Residents living in these affordable housing units in Atlantic City, called Stanley Homes Village, have faced years of decrepit and dangerous living conditions in apartments that have fallen into disrepair.

Broken windows, lots that don't work.

There is a lot of issues with mold, in part because of water intrusion.

The pipes breaking down caused steam to fill the unit.

I had one client last year be get an electric shock because he had water coming out of his electrical outlet.

Residents have faced the last two winters without reliable heat or hot water.

The matter ended up before the courts, and a court order was issued earlier this year, requiring the Atlantic City Housing Authority that runs the village to replace the crumbling heating system.

There's only one problem.

Long term capital projects are very hard to complete when you don't have the funding to put projects out 30 years and fund them for 30 years.

Michael Brown recently came on as a consultant for the AC that's also recently replaced its administrative staff.

Brown says their biggest challenge is funding from HUD, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

There are $3.36 million annual budget falls way short of their 20 million in emergency deficiencies, and 100 million in deferred maintenance projects.

Plus, they say the previous administrative staff mismanaged the funds.

Brown says they can't afford to replace all of the gas lines.

So instead, here's what they have done.

We replace 60% of the infrastructure for the heating system in village one and village two, as well as a lot of the pipes that feed village three.

But with that said, what you see in red is what has not been fixed because the funds are not there to fix everything.

That's why the transfer plans came into play.

Brown explaining that residents will be transferred out of village three so it can be completely redeveloped, saving millions of dollars on constant repairs.

Olga Palmer represents several of the residents in the lawsuit and takes issue with that plan.

The court ordered them to replace the heating system, and they made representations in court repeatedly that they were working on it.

They were going to meet the court's deadline of October 1st, and then in June, we find out that they are not, in fact, replacing the heating system.

It looks like they never intended to replace the heating system.

They're saying they can't afford to and they're making these repairs instead.

She also takes issue with residents being forced to relocate without assurances that they'll be moved to another public housing property that's in any better condition.

It says it will offer financial support.

Ravina Scott, a resident in Village One, had this to say at yesterday's meeting.

I am a tenant that lives four doors down from the boiler room and today, as I speak, I do not have heat or hot water.

But her complaint led to leadership coming to her apartment after the meeting to troubleshoot the issue.

Turns out it was another busted pipe.

The has recently installed new sensors on the pipes to detect failures, rather than trying to dig up all the pipes that run under the housing units.

Things are looking up.

Things are trying to come together.

They are, because at one time there was no communication at all.

And we have to understand this is a new administration.

And while residents are cutting them some slack to get these renovations underway, the courts are holding them in contempt for not completing the full repairs as ordered.

Meaning plaintiff's rent will be cut by 75% until it's done.

In Atlantic City, I'm Joanna Gagis NJ Spotlight News.