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Houston shifts residential code enforcement to Public Works; residents urged to use 311 and engagehouston.org
Summary
The city moved residential code enforcement functions from the Department of Neighborhoods into Houston Public Works; officials at the town hall told residents to report issues via 311 and the engagehouston.org portal and explained which neighborhood services remain under Department of Neighborhoods.
Herbert Sims, director (introduced by the councilman) said the city realigned residential code‑enforcement programs formerly in the Department of Neighborhoods into Houston Public Works as part of operational changes following an Ernst & Young study and departmental reorganizations.
Sims said the programs now administered by Public Works include residential code enforcement for dangerous buildings, open storage, junk motor vehicles and nuisance properties, and that those…
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