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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 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. — 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. — The Office of Inspector General for HUD announced Tuesday that it was starting an inquiry into the circumstances that led to HUD ending its contract with Peppertree. The agency said this will include examining HUD’s oversight of Peppertree and the taxpayer money it’s gotten for rental assistance. The inspector general said, “Promoting […]

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 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed the agency would start sending notification letters to families at the Peppertree Apartments on Friday, January 20th about their relocation. The notification letters are an initial step as leaders say the process could take months. Peppertree tenants to be moved amid ‘dire’ […]

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. — 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. — We have an update on a Whitehaven family going on 12 days without power after an arson fire in a nearby apartment cut the power at their unit. WREG first told you Thursday about the family and the runaround they were getting to have their power restored. Friday, Problem Solver Stacy Jacobson […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG Investigators recently uncovered records revealing that both the owners of the Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven and federal housing regulators knew that walkways, and therefore residents, were at risk long before they collapsed. November marked one year since the taxpayer funded complex was declared a public nuisance because of crime. That nuisance […]

Note: The story was changed to correct the amount of Tesco’s contract with HUD. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it’s ending its contract with the owners of the Peppertree apartments in Whitehaven after a long history of maintenance and crime issues. The owners of the complex, Germantown-based Tesco, […]