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In a blow further extending four years of work, Houston City Council member Letitia Plummer's push to ramp up regulations of problematic apartments was again delayed in a 9-7 vote Wednesday.

After the vote, Plummer told Houston Public Media she was "incredibly disappointed."

"We’re elected by a body of people," Plummer said, "and it just seems very unbalanced when people come and tell us what’s going on, and then you have wealthy stakeholders that have financial gains in the situation, and their recommendations overshadow what people’s experiences are, and that’s just not why we’re elected."

If approved, the ordinance would create a new registry of High Risk Rental Buildings, based on the volume of 311 complaints and habitability-related citat

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