Three Women Dead From Heat in a Rogers Park Senior Housing Facility

The three women were found unresponsive in the James Sneider Apartments, located in the 7400 block of Rogers Avenue in the Rodgers Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Alderwoman Maria Hadden posted a video to social media in which she claims that heat-related complaints from residents began this past Thursday, but management did not turn on the building's air conditioning. Portable units were setup in a Community Room, but not for individual living quarters.

The Chicago area has been hit with unseasonably warm weather lately, and Chicago lacks a cooling ordinance like it has with heat for multi-unit dwellings.

The James Sneider Apartments are managed by the Hispanic Housing Development Corp., which did not immediately respond to requests by the Chicago Tribune for comment.