There are minor code violations inside an apartment at the South Congregational Church in Springfield according to city building inspectors.
At the mayor's request they were granted a housing court warrant yesterday to see if the building is safe enough to house a woman seeking sanctuary.
Peruvian Gisella Collazo, the mother of two young American-born children, has been living in the church for more than a week to avoid deportation.
The church will have a certain amount of time to address the code violations.