Houston resident threatened by HOA as heavy trash pickup delays grow across city

HOUSTON – After two months of waiting for heavy trash pickup — and after receiving a warning letter from her homeowners association — a Southwest Houston resident finally saw her overflowing curbside pile disappear Wednesday, just minutes after a visit from our newsroom.

The resident, Diamne Angert, says the trash was originally scheduled for pickup on October 2. When nothing happened, she filed a 3-1-1 complaint on October 20, only to see it incorrectly closed under the wrong category and address. She filed a second complaint, which was escalated, but the trash continued to sit outside her home weeks later.

In that time, Angert says strangers continued adding to the pile.

“People keep adding to this pile,” Angert said. “The mattress, the chair, the wine bottles, the yard clippings — n