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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Attorneys representing owners of the troubled Peppertree Apartments complex were back in court Tuesday, explaining what’s being done since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced an end to its contract with the Whitehaven complex. Although the contract between the owners of the 306-unit complex and HUD has come to […]

Note: This story has been been updated to correct the amount of Tesco’s contract with HUD. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — New, internal records uncovered by the NewsChannel 3 Investigators show that despite demands, the owners of Peppertree Apartments delayed repairs, leaving residents in difficult conditions. Families at the Peppertree Apartments are still waiting for more details […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Despite an ambitious relocation project for what advocates estimate as up to 1,000 residents living in Peppertree, tenants tell the WREG Problem Solvers they don’t know anything about their futures and continue to live in troublesome conditions. “The only communication anyone has received has been through the media,” said Chase Madkins, a […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– There was a lengthy hearing in Environmental Court Wednesday afternoon for the ongoing saga of the Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven. Much of Wednesday’s hearing focused on if fixes have been made to keep tenants safe and whether or not a permanent plan has been drawn up to make temporary fixes to stairwells and […]

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. — 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. — A federal judge granted the City of Memphis’ motion to prohibit Peppertree Apartments from signing new leases for 120 days.  In his ruling, Judge John Fowlkes said Peppertree failed to keep the property up to code after two walkways collapsed in the recent weeks and a fire destroyed the leasing office. Earlier […]

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.– On the same day the leasing office at the Peppertree Apartments went up in flames and lawyers for the troubled complex were back in Environmental Court, the NewsChannel 3 Investigators uncovered more details about collapsed walkways at the taxpayer-funded apartments earlier this month. Two residents were hospitalized after the collapse on August 2. Shelby […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis’ mayor says he’s fed up with the owners and management of the Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven, after the complex racked up hundreds of code violations and crime reports. In the latest incident at Peppertree, a woman and young girl fell through a second-floor walkway that collapsed Tuesday night. Code Enforcement is […]

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 […]