Sorry Ma'am those cookie cutter house were ALL built the same from the ground up lol. There needs to be laws that prevent big companies from buying houses.
There wouldn’t need to be any laws on the matter if people and companies could just act responsibly. Then again, this is one of the reasons California has so many laws 😅 people always find a new way around like water flowing downhill
I have read that black rock is buying up all the private housing in the US it can get its hands on and they say in 10 years time black Rock will own 60% of all of the private housing in the USA.
The railroad paid off the HOA that's the only reason they wouldn't sue. I've never seen an HOA not willing to sue because of violations. The homeowners should sue the HOA for not taking proper steps to keep the neighborhood safe. Or the residents should stop paying them
They still can't help, it takes the land owner to actually file a complaint. Now if you HOA revises it's bylaws where it can take ownership of properties that are not being kept up or behind on dues or violates community standards then that would be the quickest way to go. We lost our home to our HOA in Katy in 2012 but not like this, we inquired about the HOA and who was the president and was told we didn't have one so for 7 years we didn't pay, then we got sued.
HPD actively rounds up homeless people around the NRG stadium area when there are games and big events, and drops them off up here in Cypress, Tomball, up in Spring, and all the other neighboring suburbs. They don't want visitors to see homeless encampments around the stadium and downtown Houston area, so they foist their problems off on the rest of us and make our neighborhoods more dangerous.
@@nancymcmonarch What would it matter? It would be a waste of money if they were. Repeat, the rail line was a bond issue. That strip is already rezoned for non-residential use and the reason is because the housing and retail in Cypress has boomed while the infrastructure has remained stuck in the past. It took me over 45 minutes to get from Telge to the left hand turn on Barker Cypress during rush hour today. Those houses are losing worth by the day, and the holdouts don't have much longer to sell at fair market value before the deal evaporates. One David Weekly home is just like all the others. These people are making life more difficult for everybody else because they're clinging to a past that's already changed and left them behind.
Name one thing more useless than an HOA. You pay them thousands a year and they have NO accountability. But let a blade of grass grow in a crack in your driveway and BOOM you get a letter... While neighbors violate all kinds of restrictions by planting in easements, putting knick-knacks all over their yards, holding garage sales every weekend, moving two families into a house, and so on. I love the way the newscaster (Joel) addressed the smart alecks who always counter with "Why don't you just move?" With high interest rates, overvalued/inflated property, and all the financial burden involved in moving...not that easy. People move only when they are desperate. Anyone else think contracts/agreements only work one way these days? As in, we ordinary people must pay taxes or lose our homes, must pay HOA fees or face liens, and yet government and HOA companies can hold up their end if they want to or shirk all responsibility with ZERO consequences. No accountability.
Neighbors need to ban together, sue both the HOA for failure of contract & negligence. Certainly the HOA was involved in the get go and failed to include a timeline of removal & security. And the company that bought these houses face huge liability issues. Certainly the state of Texas needs to be involved. There's plenty of lawyers who will take a class action case and do so affordably.
Class action lawsuit against Texas railroad. Force them to buy the remaining homes at the value they were before the squatters moved in (because of Texas railroads extreme negligence) and the pain and suffering they’ve had to endure since this process started. Texas railroads wants the land and maybe they think they can get it for cheap if they just wait out the remaining home owners long enough.
They wanted to buy those houses. But people didn't want to sell. I do agree it's the railroad's fault.... but it's also the neighbors who didn't want to sell.
That's a shame! They have ruined that neighborhood which looked like a good one to live in! Some people just don't know how to live! It's unfortunate!!
So the real crime is allowing corporations to buy up blocks of private housing. By contextualizing the story any other way is victim blaming. governments should be protecting the interests of citizens not corporations. so this is a government mismanagement issue
I’d like to know who the genius lawmaker is who came up with this stupid law for squatters! You enter a home without consent, it’s called burglary!!! Property owners should be allowed to remove a squatter by ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!!
Low IQ take son if that outrages you why not foreigners who have never set foot in america purchase land and either rent it high or sell it high and not to mention the undocumented illegal aliens able to buy homes like in the video those are the worst they have about 20 people living in a house with so many cars in the parking and street.
With the coming recession, home values everywhere will be dropping as well as rents. We are living in a false economy, not sustainable. Stock market is not dropping, it is correcting itself.
Texas had gotten away from its roots.. I could only imagine someone trying that either where I am now or even when I grew up. Open and shut case. “ I was scared for my life when I saw the stranger approaching “
What I don't get about squatters are why they trash the houses they're stealing. But obviously the railroad is complicit; they want the property values down and the residents out.
This is why tax breaks for buying a home should extend to only ONE house per family. And when someone abandons a house, there should be huge fines if they abandon it and it slips into squalor.
@@jenniferallred9367 Ever tried to get past Barker Cypress at 290 during rush hour? The area has outgrown the infrastructure. Y'all keep seeing conspiracies instead of thinking with common sense. The transit was approved by the voters. Oh, and the homeowners were offered fair market value for their homes. That's why so many of their neighbors accepted their offers and moved on.
Squatters are not "ruining their neighborhood." Their neighborhood is gone because most of the residents were smart enough to take the money and leave so their neighborhood could be torn down for the rail project. They chose not to move when they knew the neighborhood was doomed, and now, because they refuse to sell up and get out, the houses that were supposed to be torn down are left empty and vulnerable. For that matter, there aren't many homeless people in that area, except for when Houston rounds up its bridge people down by the stadium and drops them off in all the neighboring city limits so the out-of-towners who come to the games don't see homeless people.
@@jenniferallred9367 This was a bond issue because the traffic has grown faster than the infrastructure. They were offered fair market compensation, and most of their neighbors along that strip accepted and are now living happily in nice homes that aren't set for demolition. Maybe you're not familiar with the ever-changing landscape of Houston, but a flood could take out those homes just as easily as an earthquake (and Houston has over 300 fault lines). You can whine and cry about it all you want, but they were offered good money for their homes, told that that strip was being rezoned, and decided to live in denial as they watched their neighbors leave. Now, they're complaining that the empty houses they're preventing from being torn down are filling up with squatters. They had solutions, they chose their current situation.
@@bijou3000 If you think you (as a taxpayer) won't be paying for this you are crazy. Now Texas Central is trying to act like they have eminent domain and bullying and threatening other home/land owners into selling their properties. They are supposedly a private company, so eminent domain wouldn't apply. And potential floods or any other potential has nothing to do with a private company buying homes and then allowing them to sit empty and become an eyesore, a health hazard, and a safety issue. I bet $10 if this was happening in YOUR neighborhood you would be singing a different tune. And if you think it affects just that block you are stupid.
They are not against banks and foreigners owning homes lol thats why Texas is Mexico now and mr chang owns a few houses for sale for triple its price oh and mr chang has never set foot into america 😂
It's the slumlords fault.Was trashy before squatters. Neighbors afraid of HOA that's why they blame squatters.All these homeless people but billions are given in housing funds for working people not homeless and low income.They don't like it move. All about being black.They not braking in they house.Sounds like prejudices neighbors.
As long as its not a single family’s home that is away for vacation and not some foreigner that bought it that is not in the US or a big company like black rock or a bank.
strange situation never heard of anything like this. That hoa and texas railroad should be sued for negligence immediately. Seems crazy. Only in a trash place like houston can you see this.
This isn't the first time in the U.S. that some big company has tried to force people out of their homes. Even the government's done it; then it's called "Eminent Domain."
Am surprised there aren’t more squatters Houston pay is very low for housing prices this is why Dallas will always be ahead. A lot of people even working full time can’t qualify for rent almost every house is parking driveway is full this was not the case when Orange man was President.
The railroad is not fixing them up on purpose so they can buy up the rest of the houses on the cheap.
Hell, they may be paying the squatters, or at least encouraging them to move in.
that guy that got butthurt yall were recording him was definitely squatting lmao
Sorry Ma'am those cookie cutter house were ALL built the same from the ground up lol.
There needs to be laws that prevent big companies from buying houses.
it’s a figure of speech - implying she’s been there since the beginning
Thats why i have no remorse for squatters to break in they should also start trashing air bnb homes too
There wouldn’t need to be any laws on the matter if people and companies could just act responsibly. Then again, this is one of the reasons California has so many laws 😅 people always find a new way around like water flowing downhill
I have read that black rock is buying up all the private housing in the US it can get its hands on and they say in 10 years time black Rock will own 60% of all of the private housing in the USA.
The railroad paid off the HOA that's the only reason they wouldn't sue. I've never seen an HOA not willing to sue because of violations. The homeowners should sue the HOA for not taking proper steps to keep the neighborhood safe. Or the residents should stop paying them
Lawsuits cost a lot of money.
Sheriff's department can't help but if you don't pay your taxes they'll be there with the quickness to throw everyone out.
They still can't help, it takes the land owner to actually file a complaint. Now if you HOA revises it's bylaws where it can take ownership of properties that are not being kept up or behind on dues or violates community standards then that would be the quickest way to go. We lost our home to our HOA in Katy in 2012 but not like this, we inquired about the HOA and who was the president and was told we didn't have one so for 7 years we didn't pay, then we got sued.
Lol 😂 right! With or without your consent
HPD actively rounds up homeless people around the NRG stadium area when there are games and big events, and drops them off up here in Cypress, Tomball, up in Spring, and all the other neighboring suburbs. They don't want visitors to see homeless encampments around the stadium and downtown Houston area, so they foist their problems off on the rest of us and make our neighborhoods more dangerous.
Wouldn't be surprised if the railroad were paying off the sheriff and the HOA.
@@nancymcmonarch What would it matter? It would be a waste of money if they were. Repeat, the rail line was a bond issue. That strip is already rezoned for non-residential use and the reason is because the housing and retail in Cypress has boomed while the infrastructure has remained stuck in the past. It took me over 45 minutes to get from Telge to the left hand turn on Barker Cypress during rush hour today. Those houses are losing worth by the day, and the holdouts don't have much longer to sell at fair market value before the deal evaporates. One David Weekly home is just like all the others. These people are making life more difficult for everybody else because they're clinging to a past that's already changed and left them behind.
Name one thing more useless than an HOA. You pay them thousands a year and they have NO accountability. But let a blade of grass grow in a crack in your driveway and BOOM you get a letter... While neighbors violate all kinds of restrictions by planting in easements, putting knick-knacks all over their yards, holding garage sales every weekend, moving two families into a house, and so on.
I love the way the newscaster (Joel) addressed the smart alecks who always counter with "Why don't you just move?" With high interest rates, overvalued/inflated property, and all the financial burden involved in moving...not that easy. People move only when they are desperate.
Anyone else think contracts/agreements only work one way these days? As in, we ordinary people must pay taxes or lose our homes, must pay HOA fees or face liens, and yet government and HOA companies can hold up their end if they want to or shirk all responsibility with ZERO consequences. No accountability.
Neighbors need to ban together, sue both the HOA for failure of contract & negligence. Certainly the HOA was involved in the get go and failed to include a timeline of removal & security. And the company that bought these houses face huge liability issues. Certainly the state of Texas needs to be involved. There's plenty of lawyers who will take a class action case and do so affordably.
@@kbrown5218, we called one for our HOA, the lawyer told us $70,000 to go to court. That’s here in San Antonio.
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All squatter need to be charged with trespassing, breaking and entry, burglary, and any other crime they can be charged with.
It's not going to happen if the railroad won't press charges, and the don't care; they plan to knock down that whole neighborhood anyway.
Class action lawsuit against Texas railroad. Force them to buy the remaining homes at the value they were before the squatters moved in (because of Texas railroads extreme negligence) and the pain and suffering they’ve had to endure since this process started. Texas railroads wants the land and maybe they think they can get it for cheap if they just wait out the remaining home owners long enough.
They wanted to buy those houses. But people didn't want to sell. I do agree it's the railroad's fault.... but it's also the neighbors who didn't want to sell.
@@honestytoafault Why should anyone sell their houses if they don't want to?
I feel for the residents. The railroad, as promising as it sounds, is screwing people over.
Why not force it to go underground? I’m not understanding why they decided to rip through a neighborhood
Jesse James felt the same way. He wasn't the villian he was made out to be.
I blame greedy Texas Central
That's a shame! They have ruined that neighborhood which looked like a good one to live in! Some people just don't know how to live! It's unfortunate!!
Those poor home owners 😢
They are trespassing not squatting…
So the real crime is allowing corporations to buy up blocks of private housing. By contextualizing the story any other way is victim blaming. governments should be protecting the interests of citizens not corporations. so this is a government mismanagement issue
Government is in on the deal!
Why isn't the HOA imposing fines like they do for everyone else . Did They paid off the HOA president?
If the building rights were sold to Texas Central, the HOA wouldn't cover those houses.
@@bijou3000 yes they do, they said that in the interview. The HOA president isn't doing anything probably for some type of kickback
Well those homes are no longer part of the HOA and I would love for my property value to go down it means lower taxes
I’d like to know who the genius lawmaker is who came up with this stupid law for squatters! You enter a home without consent, it’s called burglary!!! Property owners should be allowed to remove a squatter by ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!!
Low IQ take son if that outrages you why not foreigners who have never set foot in america purchase land and either rent it high or sell it high and not to mention the undocumented illegal aliens able to buy homes like in the video those are the worst they have about 20 people living in a house with so many cars in the parking and street.
With the coming recession, home values everywhere will be dropping as well as rents. We are living in a false economy, not sustainable. Stock market is not dropping, it is correcting itself.
What exactly is the hoa for in their neighborhood ? The residents don't get nothing for those fees
What a nightmare. The HOA should sue the rail company to either raze all the homes or provide 24/7 on-site security to fend off squatters.
They should, but they're probably being paid not to.
Texas had gotten away from its roots.. I could only imagine someone trying that either where I am now or even when I grew up. Open and shut case. “ I was scared for my life when I saw the stranger approaching “
History repeating itself
Im confused. The railroad was going to be right in the middle of a neighborhood?
Yep
What I don't get about squatters are why they trash the houses they're stealing.
But obviously the railroad is complicit; they want the property values down and the residents out.
Big sloppy needs to stop..he knows he is squatting..
The railroad probably invited him to move in and make chaos.
I've told you that 3x 😂😂😂
This is why tax breaks for buying a home should extend to only ONE house per family. And when someone abandons a house, there should be huge fines if they abandon it and it slips into squalor.
No surprise here except for the part about something possibly making Houston any worse than it already is. That part I never dreamed possible.
You might as well move out if they are building a metro rail there.
Exactly. It's because the holdouts refused to sell that the other houses were left empty instead of being torn down on schedule.
@@bijou3000 it is because some politician courted Texas Central so they could make big bucks. Screw the homeowners, right?
@@jenniferallred9367 Ever tried to get past Barker Cypress at 290 during rush hour? The area has outgrown the infrastructure. Y'all keep seeing conspiracies instead of thinking with common sense. The transit was approved by the voters. Oh, and the homeowners were offered fair market value for their homes. That's why so many of their neighbors accepted their offers and moved on.
You voted for this
High speed rail is a waste of money, a stupid idea and going to do a lot of harm to home and property owners as seen in this video.
What's the update??
Welcome to Biden's America
Slumlords abandon properties rather let them sit empty before renting out.More empty homes then homeless.
Will they be demolished eventually?!
Squatters are not "ruining their neighborhood." Their neighborhood is gone because most of the residents were smart enough to take the money and leave so their neighborhood could be torn down for the rail project. They chose not to move when they knew the neighborhood was doomed, and now, because they refuse to sell up and get out, the houses that were supposed to be torn down are left empty and vulnerable. For that matter, there aren't many homeless people in that area, except for when Houston rounds up its bridge people down by the stadium and drops them off in all the neighboring city limits so the out-of-towners who come to the games don't see homeless people.
so you are ok with a train taking YOUR home, right? And you will sell for pennies on the dollar, RIGHT?
@@jenniferallred9367 This was a bond issue because the traffic has grown faster than the infrastructure. They were offered fair market compensation, and most of their neighbors along that strip accepted and are now living happily in nice homes that aren't set for demolition. Maybe you're not familiar with the ever-changing landscape of Houston, but a flood could take out those homes just as easily as an earthquake (and Houston has over 300 fault lines). You can whine and cry about it all you want, but they were offered good money for their homes, told that that strip was being rezoned, and decided to live in denial as they watched their neighbors leave. Now, they're complaining that the empty houses they're preventing from being torn down are filling up with squatters. They had solutions, they chose their current situation.
@@bijou3000 If you think you (as a taxpayer) won't be paying for this you are crazy. Now Texas Central is trying to act like they have eminent domain and bullying and threatening other home/land owners into selling their properties. They are supposedly a private company, so eminent domain wouldn't apply. And potential floods or any other potential has nothing to do with a private company buying homes and then allowing them to sit empty and become an eyesore, a health hazard, and a safety issue. I bet $10 if this was happening in YOUR neighborhood you would be singing a different tune. And if you think it affects just that block you are stupid.
They are not against banks and foreigners owning homes lol thats why Texas is Mexico now and mr chang owns a few houses for sale for triple its price oh and mr chang has never set foot into america 😂
Girl your house lost value because it was overpriced anyways.
People need to vote these people out of office call abbott or ted cruz
No cause why is this my neighborhood😭💀
It's the slumlords fault.Was trashy before squatters. Neighbors afraid of HOA that's why they blame squatters.All these homeless people but billions are given in housing funds for working people not homeless and low income.They don't like it move. All about being black.They not braking in they house.Sounds like prejudices neighbors.
ON SE SIDE PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERSTAND OR RESPOND IN ENGLISH WHEN A PERSON IS BEING NICE
Move so the train can build railway
Squatters are based
As long as its not a single family’s home that is away for vacation and not some foreigner that bought it that is not in the US or a big company like black rock or a bank.
@@jacob5058 considering that cops beat up and kill homeless people, I don't blame them for squatting.
strange situation never heard of anything like this. That hoa and texas railroad should be sued for negligence immediately. Seems crazy. Only in a trash place like houston can you see this.
The curse of a BLUE county.
This isn't the first time in the U.S. that some big company has tried to force people out of their homes. Even the government's done it; then it's called "Eminent Domain."
HOOD
Sue
These vacant homes are the homeowners fault!!! Why leave these homes vacant allow people who need places to live to move in..Sad
We need to open the border and let juan and panchito to have their way with you 😢 please let them into your home.
Am surprised there aren’t more squatters Houston pay is very low for housing prices this is why Dallas will always be ahead. A lot of people even working full time can’t qualify for rent almost every house is parking driveway is full this was not the case when Orange man was President.
0:43 😂😂😂
Will they be demolished eventually?!