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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. — 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’ […]

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, […]

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. — 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. — 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. — 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 […]

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.– Problems at the Peppertree Apartment Complex in Whitehaven were once again brought to Environmental Court Wednesday. Attorneys on the city of Memphis’ side weren’t pleased with what they saw in what was supposed to be a plan to fix things like structural issues at the complex.   “They don’t have any cost estimates. As […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Experts agree: There is not enough quality, affordable housing in Memphis. The WREG Problem Solvers have covered issues all over the city where renters tell us they’re frustrated. “I would just love to have a maintenance man when I need it,” said Gloria Cochran at the Garden View apartments. “You wouldn’t like […]