Houston mayor accuses management of 'abandoning' housing complex during power outage after storm

"It's deplorable." Most of the residents are elderly or disabled and rely on electricity for life-saving resources like oxygen and dialysis. At least two of them were transported to the hospital.
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[@scott7388]

This neglect was prior to this storm and no one reported it. Or it was reported and nothing was done about it until the storm made it an issue that no one could hide or ignore

[@DagNeb_It]

How Evil do you have to be to be to abandon our elders?

[@1_star_reviews]

You should go work there. You won’t abandon them even when your own family may need you. That’s some dedication

[@Indianajones333]

This goes to show what Houston really cares about time to wake up HOUSTON

[@gccheryl4038]

Hey this is a great example of much of publicly assisted/low income senior housing in the US in large cities, not just Houston. And Houston city and county management has become completely dysfunctional, as recent history has shown.

[@txdotlivin]

That apartment has been in bad condition for a long time

[@kelvinbirch5641]

Disgusting and disgraceful my heart hurts for the senior and disabled people 😞😞😞😞😞

[@user-bl3ez3ch3x]

It certainly sing that they abandon them they didn’t get a generator out there and run fans or nothing else for them and from the looks at the of the building they were taking that money and not fixing nothing

[@therealryufromjapan3051]

Mayor needs to step up His trying to Find someone to Blame

[@gccheryl4038]

He just took office a month ago.

[@Usos2024]

And as he should he don't own the place, give the man time geezz

[@happygrandma4ruthP]

They should be held accountable but we all know they will not be 😢

[@CorkyPeters]

So what about many other apartment complexes this happened too?

[@bobbylincoln6949]

Whatever so what will be done. Who will be held accountable. If no one this is just click bait.

[@TenishaBrown-ux9zq]

Smh

[@gccheryl4038]

I wish these folks better days ahead and hope they make wiser preparations for future storms. Especially if mobility and power is a necessity. As one with a 95 yr old mom still without power EVERY damn time a story like this makes the news after a storm anywhere the so-called "journalists" post a very incomplete picture of what these places are. INDEPENDENT LIVING is just that. My mother-in-law was in one until she went to nursing care. It is a small apartment with some supervision and optional conveniences you have to pay extra for. It is up to the tenant (they are NOT patients) and their families to handle those things, NOT management. That said it is certainly terrible management that no one has made contact with these folks and checked on them - public assistance housing at it's worst.

[@klassklownproductions990]

nope landlord only cares about section 8 funding

[@marktwain1466]

Wait, the storm happened to EVERYONE. Stuff happens. If ur elderly or have a disability, u don't wait until ur cellphone battery dies to think about ways to get help. U call 911 immediately. Most people ALL across Houston and surrounding haven't gotten their power back on.

[@Astro.98]

What an insanely stupid comment