Some Houston residents are asking city council members not to do business with an apartment complex owner that has a history of what many call poorly managing the buildings they have.
residents are asking city council members not to do business with an apartment complex owner that has a history of what many call poorly managing the buildings they have. gave the Mayor and Houston City Council an earful Tuesday afternoon, saying if the city grants the owner of a Fifth Ward apartment complex a $28 million contract to build another development, the residents say the city will be making a multi-million dollar mistake.
"Why would we reward an organization that has a pattern of neglect of residents, rats, insect infestation, sewage problems?" asks Joetta Stevenson, who’s a resident and President of the Fifth Ward Super Neighborhood. "This is not right. You all know it’s not right, treating humans like this. In Fifth Ward, we feel like we’re the dog pound, come dump on us," says Fifth Ward resident Sandra Edwards.
"We have to use it for this particular project, for this particular developer. If we don’t use it for this project for this developer, which is intended for the homeless population, it goes back to the GLO," the mayor explains.
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