Three local apartment complexes are constantly failing safety inspections, and residents are fed up with the city's slow response. It’s a major wake-up call about whether our local housing codes actually have any teeth when it comes to bad landlords.
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If the city has to step in for emergency repairs or legal battles, taxpayers could end up footing the bill for these landlords' negligence.
The tenants living in these complexes stand to gain the most if the city finally forces these landlords to fix the place up.
The landlords who have been cutting corners on maintenance will finally have to pay up to get their properties up to code.
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What they all have in common are its owners, the Southlake private equity and real estate investment firm of brothers Tie and Shiloh Boone Lasater, known as KeyCity Capital.
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