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Gentrification Horror - Inner Loop Townhomes and Condos May Not Seem Livable?
by Brewster McCloud Saturday, Jan. 01, 2005 at 3:35 PM
TheEmissary@simhouston.com 713-305-3605

Since November, a Montrose-area resident has been engaging in a sit-in outside the newly-completed Tremont Towers off Westheimer.

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On a Saturday afternoon, one would be used to seeing Jordan Fogal engaging in a sit-in outside the newly-completed Tremont Tower off Westheimer exposing graphic images of her townhome devastated with mold damage.

This might sound like a familiar scene from a film The Super where Joe Pesci is a building superintendent who is accused by building tenants where the facilities that he owns are run down and decrepit. Instead of building superintendents - real estate developers and companies like HHN Homes are marketing townhomes which hide the horror within - mold damage within the walls.

A few Houstonians will recall Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001 - a few years ago, an Austin, TX resident won a settlement with Farmer's Insurance in response to mold damage. Under TX law, there are 2 homeowner's insurance policies, HO-A and HO-B.

What is seen in the pics is not a re-enactment of Tropical Storm Allison and/or scenes from a home located in a floodplain throughout the Houston Metro area.

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Lemon?
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sit-in revival
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