HOUSTON, Texas – The Arlington Place Apartments on Edgebrook Drive, the center of multiple KPRC 2 reports, has filed for foreclosure.
According to the Harris County Clerk’s Office, the foreclosure was filed on Tuesday, July 16th. The sale of the complex is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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For months, residents dealt with piles of trash after Waste Management removed its dumpsters. The company didn’t disclose why, but Houston’s Department of Neighborhood said the owners, the Chetrit Group, abandoned the property.
“The apartment complex at 116 E. Edgebrook has been abandoned by the property owner, leaving residents with no dumpster trash collection services. The Department of Neighborhoods has made attempts to reach the owner with no results,” a spokesperson with the Department of Neighborhoods told KPRC 2 in February.
Before the dumpsters were removed, the trash overflowed. Tenants told KPRC 2′s Rilwan Balogun that in February, they had no choice but to leave the trash out since they were still paying for it.
“If we’re constantly giving you money every month, you can’t tell me that we’re giving you this amount of money every month and someone can’t come and get this trash,” Monica Winfree asked.
Navy veteran Cindy Rogers compared living at the complex to her time in service.
“I’m from the military so I’m used to it,” Rogers said. “I can handle it.”
The Houston Health Department wrote 30 citations between Jan. 8 and Feb. 6.
The city ultimately cleaned up the piles of trash after KPRC 2′s reporting and placed large dumpsters across the property.
The Chetrit Group’s other Houston-area property in Baytown, Forest View Apartments, also filed for foreclosure.