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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Residents at Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven are working to figure out their next steps nearly two months after the US Housing and Urban Development Authority announced they will permanently shut down the complex.  HUD held a series of meetings with residents Thursday to provide information about the relocation process.  “Our goal is […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is dead after being stabbed at Peppertree Apartments Tuesday night, Memphis Police say. According to MPD, they responded to a shots fired call in Whitehaven a little before 10 p.m. Once on the scene, officers found a man with stab wounds. The victim was taken to Reginal One in critical […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis family is living without power after a fire was intentionally set near her home at the Peppertree Apartments. Cheryl Lott’s family, including her pregnant daughter, have been without power for 11 days after arson in her building on April 9. “Smoke started coming through the vents in my apartment, so […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is facing several charges after police say he ran from officers and crashed a car taken during a carjacking into a building at the Peppertree Apartments. Police said Carlos Antonio Standard, 27, was spotted driving the Kia Optima hours after a woman carjacked at gunpoint outside a convenience store on […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The case against the Peppertree Apartments has been “administratively closed,” but only 10 of the 210 residents living there have received vouchers to relocate. Attorneys for Peppertree’s owners and the city appeared in federal court Tuesday. They said the process takes four months, from the time a resident receives a voucher to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced in court Thursday it is ending its contract with Peppertree Apartments and pulling funding, according to a news release from the city of Memphis. HUD said the owners of the troubled Whitehaven subsidized housing complex have not provided decent, safe, and sanitary housing. The […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The problems continue and progress is slow for the relocation of families at the Peppertree Apartments. Lawyers for the Whitehaven complex were back in environmental court Tuesday. They provided an update on both the relocation of residents and current conditions. Only six out of roughly 200 families have been relocated. HUD canceled […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven remain open but a Federal judge in Memphis warns he would close the “crime-plagued” complex could if positive changes aren’t soon made. The warning comes from Federal Judge John Fowlkes, Jr. after the City of Memphis requested an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against Peppertree […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Twenty-four hours after appearing in federal court, those with the Peppertree Apartments were back in front of a judge. This time, it was a return to environmental court. Peppertree tenants are counting on the court to ensure those with the complex rise to the occasion by making necessary repairs. Code enforcement told […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A banner to attract new families could be seen hanging on a fence surrounding the Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven on a day in late August.   On the same day, a federal judge barred the owners of the complex from signing leases with new tenants for the second time in less than a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It will take four months to relocate everyone living in the troubled Peppertree Apartments, federal officials said in court Thursday. But until that happens, residents tell the Problem Solvers that management now refuses to fix anything. Residents have complained about maintenance problems for years. While Peppertree owners fought in court to keep […]