The challenges for housing colonies with single mentally ill residents
Malathy IyerVijay Singh
TNN
Updated: May 3, 2025, 16:32 IST IST
What to do with mentally ill residents living alone? This is the ethical and legal problem that Mumbai's gated communities are grappling with while handling complaints of residents with schizophrenia flooding homes, suffering violent outbursts or wandering around naked.
Mumbai : When sludge started flowing down a few walls and a portion of the ceiling in the living room collapsed, the ground-floor Mehtas (name changed) asked their housing society in Parel to check with the resident on the first floor who was unresponsive to them. What the inspection team found was baffling: the first-floor flat seemed like one big mud puddle, with patches of mold and dirt stains in different rooms. And, every few minutes, the 50-plus owner Naaz threw water across the room.
Naaz had clearly not bathed or brushed for weeks, but the dirt on the floors bothered her so much that she frequently 'washed' it with water, causing structural problems for the Mehtas downstairs.
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