Montco Apartment Complex Without Heat For Weeks Amid Dangerous Cold

EAST GREENVILLE, PA — A Montgomery County apartment complex is going on six weeks without any heat as the region undergoes a brutal stretch of subzero wind chills, according to officials and multiple media reports.

The heating system at the Willows at East Greenville has been broken since Dec. 18, WFMZ reported. Residents have been using space heaters to try to keep warm, but temperatures still routinely drop into the 40s in their bedrooms at night, according to NBC10.

The Willows, located on 401 W. 4th Street, are owned by Ingerman Management Company, a management firm which has 88 different properties around the region. They say they're working with a contractor to fix the heating issue, but they haven't been able to resolve it yet.

There is no timetable for when it will be fixed.

Temperatures are expected to plummet to the single digits over the coming days, with the potential for 50 mile per hour wind gusts in parts of the region. Wind chills could be as low as negative 15.

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A cold weather advisory is in place for the area.

The Willows are built on the site of a historic casket factory from the 19th century that was repurposed into a massive affordable housing community. It won awards for adaptive reuse when it was completed and opened in April 2025, and was cited by Montgomery County for its creative redevelopment.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has also cited the facility as a key "use case" in transitioning existing infrastructure into affordable housing.

Rent for two to three bedroom homes starts at $1,428 a month, according to their website.