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foundation is horrible...once a good houston rain comes thru...the entire house shifts...and if the home owner..jus pays attention..they will have cracks on the inside of the house

house built right...now...by the time 2025 hits..it will be a cracks all thru the house..bowed walls...house would be slumped

its a area near klien forest high...my uncle said they will be ready by december...did the inspection on one... nikka said the master bedroom closet collapsed...
So what are you supposed to do if you want a new house?

Get it custom built on your own?
 

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What can be done to stop this?

Just some ways I can think of off the top of my head.

- AADOS home owners associations

- Promoting cultural events(cookouts, trailrides, block parties, hbcu brass bands, backyard bands, slab lines, etc. Immerse yourself in the culture and get creative with it. They even had a charity boxing match to promote ending gun violence in Cuney Homes 3rd ward not too long ago) in the community, which can also be used to raise money for purchasing and rebuilding foreclosed homes.

- Take banks to task legally and socially that hoard old homes in the community that deteriorate until some they can sell to some developer

- Ensure that any development projects that DO happen in the community are required to have a certain percentage of the work force be actual residents of the community(no less than %51 majority)

- Protecting heritage sites

- Investment in small businesses and non profits by residents

- Starting/Engaging in neighborhood councils as a means to engage with the local politics

- Fight for affordable housing.

Now, those are just some of the LEGIT measures that I think can be taken, but as I said, I'm beyond the point of being civil with these corrupt politicians and developers. They don't deserve that IMO.
 

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I'm not sure urging people not to sell and instead hold on to dead or run down properties is the way to go here. I honestly can't fault people for cashing in. They can't afford to tear down and rebuild themselves so what else are they supposed to do? I mean the biggest issue is that its the wrong people buying. I like what Slim Thug is doing in Acres Home, more successful blacks should be doing the same in 3rd and 5th ward. Maybe being in construction warps my opinion on this, but teardowns and rebuilds aren't just happening in black neighborhoods. It's happening damn near everywhere within the loop and even in some places outside of it. The problem is its the wrong people buying. So I think we are taking the wrong approach, one way or the other the majority is going to inevitably sell. We just need to be the ones buying.
 

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The black middle class would have to make a concerted effort to move back in those neighborhoods.

let’s keep it real they’re not leaving Pearland, Cypress or Katy, etc.

best case scenario is some of those people will be encouraged to buy property and use it as an investment .


Another issue is the property tax in some of those areas. A lot of the home owners are older and on fixed incomes, they can’t afford the tax bill, easy pickings for people to grab properties for the cheap.
 

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The black middle class would have to make a concerted effort to move back in those neighborhoods.

let’s keep it real they’re not leaving Pearland, Cypress or Katy, etc.

best case scenario is some of those people will be encouraged to buy property and use it as an investment .


Another issue is the property tax in some of those areas. A lot of the home owners are older and on fixed incomes, they can’t afford the tax bill, easy pickings for people to grab properties for the cheap.

There in lies the problem. The young middle class professionals need to come back to the hood....but they don't come back to l8ve in numbers needed to keep it black....only seem to come back to party. :francis:
 

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So what are you supposed to do if you want a new house?

Get it custom built on your own?
when they break ground...jus get somebody that does inspection to check everything from the ground up be4 they even throw the frames up...stay on top of everything...

alot of those companies building new communities...come in throw em up in 5months..leave cash in on new land do it again...tie people into deals...by the time the ink dries..and the first 40 house that company has built in the city..start splitting in half.. that warranty is no good..n the company has filed for chapter 11..

creating a new llc ...n starting over somewhere else..

if u know anybody in the construction use em...use whatever resource u have...no point of havin a brand new house..bein freshly built..n have issues be4 u could take your first bath..

my uncle.. has literally broke his contract/deal more than once because he found issues be4 the cement was even brought in

golden eye ...parakeet n mallard in desoto...its a whole lot...that was once a creek and wooded area...u use google maps u can see what he saw...before he broke off the deal
 

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Just some ways I can think of off the top of my head.

- AADOS home owners associations

- Promoting cultural events(cookouts, trailrides, block parties, hbcu brass bands, backyard bands, slab lines, etc. Immerse yourself in the culture and get creative with it. They even had a charity boxing match to promote ending gun violence in Cuney Homes 3rd ward not too long ago) in the community, which can also be used to raise money for purchasing and rebuilding foreclosed homes.

- Take banks to task legally and socially that hoard old homes in the community that deteriorate until some they can sell to some developer

- Ensure that any development projects that DO happen in the community are required to have a certain percentage of the work force be actual residents of the community(no less than %51 majority)

- Protecting heritage sites

- Investment in small businesses and non profits by residents

- Starting/Engaging in neighborhood councils as a means to engage with the local politics

- Fight for affordable housing.

Now, those are just some of the LEGIT measures that I think can be taken, but as I said, I'm beyond the point of being civil with these corrupt politicians and developers. They don't deserve that IMO.

what’s your non civil suggestions?
 

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I'm not sure urging people not to sell and instead hold on to dead or run down properties is the way to go here. I honestly can't fault people for cashing in. They can't afford to tear down and rebuild themselves so what else are they supposed to do? I mean the biggest issue is that its the wrong people buying. I like what Slim Thug is doing in Acres Home, more successful blacks should be doing the same in 3rd and 5th ward. Maybe being in construction warps my opinion on this, but teardowns and rebuilds aren't just happening in black neighborhoods. It's happening damn near everywhere within the loop and even in some places outside of it. The problem is its the wrong people buying. So I think we are taking the wrong approach, one way or the other the majority is going to inevitably sell. We just need to be the ones buying.

The residents or potential black buyers should definitely be looking into home renovations loans, especially equity loans with credit on them, because a lot of them are actually better on cost and interest over a long period of time than a mortgage for a brand new suburban house, for instance. Ain't black owned Unity national bank right smack dab in the middle of 3rd ward? We should put it to work.

Furthermore I don't see this as an individual endeavor. Our communities should be creating community trust, treasuries, co-ops, and non-profits for this sort of thing like Project Row Houses did in the tre.
 

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They've been trying to gentrify Sunnyside and South Park for a minute. Hopefully the residents don't cave.

Oh, yeah Sunnyside in particular is sparce enough and close enough to downtown to make it prime for developers to move in on. But, hopefully they put that phrase "Sunnyside Pride" into practice and don't just cash in their legacy for crumbs.
 

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what’s your non civil suggestions?

Lets just say that for developers like those ones who illegally removed the bricks from Freedmen Town, I wouldn't complain if right before they did it a bunch of their expensive equipment came up missing or had their offices destroyed.
 
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