Subj : Re: Landlords demand rent on flooded Houston homes To : All From : csampson@inetworld.net Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:19:43 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september ..org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!paganini.bofh.team !weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1. usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp ..dca1.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:14:05 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,tx.general,houston.general,dfw.general,soc.culture.usa Subject: Re: Landlords demand rent on flooded Houston homes From: csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 23:14:05 -0400 Message-ID: <1nbwj4i.hit70g105m9h3N%csampson@inetworld.net> References: User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.8.5 (ea919cf118) (Mac OS 10.11.6) Lines: 52 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-eCbBYYNyOU5gGTLAyieCdIprx/crMBCSnLkOS1F+zKupRaqqy3dTD2v5Zeu1Dn5CWa7kwGpwB7L +Ux1!UZmq9Spkjge5ZllkU/Af+Yk5/+Q6rUDOvot/6prA8x9VFv+6XHfDuh0nSVoby3VDq9msDzEnpJ K0!Ww== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3423 Xref: news.eternal-september.org alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:2067077 tx.general:3500 houston.general:17043 dfw.general:12327 soc.culture.usa:476148 Byker wrote: > 'We don't have anything' > > Displaced families say they are struggling to pay rent on damaged dwellings, > as an acute housing crisis grips south-east Texas after Hurricane Harvey > > Oliver Milman > Monday 4 September 2017 > > Rocio Fuentes weighed up the cost of getting some new sofas for her new > apartment in Pasadena, Texas, and decided the family budget could just about > stretch to it. Just one month after moving in, Hurricane Harvey swept > through and the Fuenteses were left not only with the ruined furniture but > also an ongoing rental demand for a dwelling they had to flee. > > "At first we didn't think it would be that bad, but then the water came > through the wall and up through the carpet," Fuentes said. "Once we saw the > water wasn't going to stop, we left." > > After Harvey, it's clear the secret of Houston's success has also been its > downfall. > > Fuentes, her husband Jaime and their five children, ages ranging from seven > months to 14 years, were plucked from the floodwaters by her mother, who > arrived in a truck. They are now crammed into her sister's apartment and > with no insurance have little idea where they will live next. Jaime is > unable to earn money because his construction job has been paused due to the > flooding. > > But while everything has changed for this family, they are still expected to > pay for their abandoned home. > > "Our landlords say we have to pay rent and late fees and every day it is > going up," Fuentes said. "We are paying rent for somewhere we can't live in. > They said 'you aren't the only ones in this situation', but what are we > supposed to do? We don't have any money. We don't have anything." > > More: > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/04/hurricane-harvey-landlords- > demand-rent-for-flooded-homes Under Texas law, isn't a landlord required to supply a livable dwelling? This sounds like somebody trying to take advantage of someone who doesn't know his rights. Charlie -- Nobody in this country got rich on his own. You built a factory--good. But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for. You hired workers we all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory. But take a hunk and pay it forward. Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased) --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .