Another example of Mayor White's lack of follow-through
REMEMBER ONE AND A HALF YEARS AGO when the Chron's Matt Stiles investigated dangerous apartment buildings, and the city began "in earnest" to crack down on slum-like properties? You'll recall state Rep. Hubert Vo was exposed as a serial slumlord, and Mayor White announced the city would set aside $1 million annually for "a new team of multifamily inspectors."
Well. KHOU-11 is reporting that city is REALLY going to get serious about it...in April 2010:
After an apartment stairwell in the 9400 block of Concourse collapsed and killed two young boys last year, we all learned just how little is being done to check the safety of apartment communities.
The city admitted the apartments where the two boys died hadn’t been inspected in 12 years.
The new program will be managed by Public Works. Beginning in April 2010, the department says it will take a proactive, instead of just a reactive approach.
“We are going to periodically cycle through all of the apartments through the city of Houston doing an inspection to be sure we’ve got compliance with the city codes,” said Andy Icken, Deputy Director of Public Works.
So, the city didn't start investigating and citing run-down apartments in 2008 as Mayor White said it would?
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/21/09 06:06 AM | Print | Comments (3)
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