The Port Arthur community is calling for a federal civil rights investigation into the state for allowing a plant to operate without modern pollution control.
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Business is booming and crowds are beginning to gather as more and more people are receiving the coronavirus vaccine, but those Fort Bend County organizations and advocates for the most vulnerable residents are still waiting for the storm to arrive.
An onslaught of disasters in recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Februaryâs winter storm and tropical weather has left many county residents still living on the edge, according to several local organizations dedicated to housing and rental assistance.
And soon, the federal eviction moratorium will elapse â a move that could lead to a sizeable uptick in people without homes or apartments in Fort Bend County, said Vera Johnson, the executive director of Fort Bend Family Promise, a nonprofit organization meant to provide temporary housing and assistance for families in need.
Houston renters face more health hazards in apartments after sewage leak
Houston renters face more health hazards in apartments after sewage leak
The City of Houston Code Enforcement has slapped an apartment complex with warnings for several more health hazards after a sewage leak.
HOUSTON - First a sewage leak in their apartments, and now the City of Houston Code Enforcement has slapped an apartment complex with warnings for several more health hazards.
Renters say they don t feel safe. It s not good having to breathe in everything from the gas, the sewage, water sitting, a whole bunch of gnats and flies. It s horrible. It s hard to live here, said tenant Chinettia Fontenot.
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