HOUSTON – Just hours after Houston City Councilmember Amy Peck announced plans to demolish a long-abandoned apartment complex, flames once again tore through the building—raising renewed concerns about public safety and city oversight.

A Longstanding Public Safety Hazard

The Park on Westview Apartments has sat vacant for over a year, drawing complaints from residents and nearby businesses. Fires, break-ins, and drug activity have turned the complex into a neighborhood eyesore—and a dangerous one at that.

In just the last two years, the city’s 311 service has received 18 separate complaints about the property. Ten of those were filed this year alone.

Nearby resident Jorge Flores says he’s had belongings stolen from his porch by people squatting in the abandoned buildings.

“A couple

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