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Residents seek answers on Cordova Regency ownership and tenant displacements; city staff say project not city-led
Summary
Residents of the Whispers Subdivision told the advisory committee they heard Cordova Regency apartments near Bayou Boulevard were converting to affordable housing and that long-term tenants were being asked to leave; city housing staff said the department has no involvement to its knowledge and recommended public-records and permit searches.
Residents from the Whispers Subdivision raised concerns during the public hearing that the Cordova Regency apartment complex, near 12th Avenue and Bayou Boulevard, had changed hands and was being converted into affordable housing, potentially displacing long-time tenants.
Tom Ritchie, president of the Whisper Subdivision homeowners association, said residents had been told tenants were not being offered lease renewals and that exterior work such as roofing and siding…
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