For Jimmy Murray, there’s not much to be thankful for this year.

With a leaky toilet, no working stove and a cockroach infestation, Murray hopes his living conditions improve soon at the Harrison Courts Apartments in East Garfield Park.

“It’s the holidays and there’s no way for someone to be living like this,” the 37-year-old Murray said Wednesday in the vestibule of one of the three high-rise apartments at 2950 W. Harrison St.

“None of us should have to go through living like this,” he said.

Murray stood with other tenants of the apartment complex who have grown tired of asking the Chicago Housing Authority to make repairs and fix the rodent problem.

“For two years, I’ve been telling them about the tub and toilet leaking. They haven’t come up to fix anything. Now, I’m sick from the m

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