Ratholes pock the ground and flies cover the outside John-Wessley Biggs' apartment building. "It's horrible," he says. "I feel lower than dirt." Biggs and his family were homeless before moving to the Family Tree low-income apartments 18 months ago. The problems started in May when an old roller rink was torn down about a quarter mile away sending rats scurrying for new homes. "There's been multiple occasions where I've walked my 5-year-old daughter down to go do laundry and she accidentally stepped on a rat," Biggs says. "Just a couple weeks ago I kicked one into my van by accident. In the summertime you couldn't go outside without covering your nose and mouth because of the stench." Now that winter is here the rats are climbing into cars, making nests under the hood, chewing up wires and leaving a disgusting mess behind. At one point Biggs brought his car into the shop for work. "They wouldn't even touch my hood. They said there's so much rat feces and urine down there that it's a safety hazard," he says. Biggs, a plumber's apprentice, worries about unexpected costs if a rat chews through a wire or a hose. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/everett/rat-infestation-low-income-apartment-complex/281-cee3d4cd-8972-46d7-8abf-87c54a787aad