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Brookshire council orders code enforcement to press apartment owners to fix mold, structural and sanitation problems
Summary
After public complaints and staff inspections, the Brookshire City Council directed code enforcement to use the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code and the city's abatement process to require repairs; 30-day compliance windows were cited for violations.
BROOKSHIRE, Texas ' At its Sept. 4 regular meeting, the City Council discussed multiple resident complaints and staff inspections showing mold, damaged stairs, broken fences and other unsafe conditions at several apartment complexes in Brookshire, and directed code enforcement to pursue repairs under the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code. "I currently have mold that's coming out the vents... I pay my rent, and things are not being taken care of properly," resident Cheryl Rogers told the council during public comment.
The issue came up again during agenda Item 10, when the mayor and code enforcement…
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