The City of Orange continued its clean up of the Sabine Park Apartments with Section 3 being torn down Tuesday. The former Gilmer Homes are located near 1st and Pine Ave.
Eleven buildings that were beyond repair were taken down after the city gave the owners plenty of chances to make it right.
“The previous owners allowed water and sewer lines to remain unrepaired for over 6months which meant that water and human feces were spewing on the ground 24/7 all around the properties,” Mayor Larry Spears commented. “The City of Orange reached out for 6 months with not one returned phone call and everyone that lived there was abandoned by the owners when the office was vacated and closed down. The City of Orange then took every step to help those who remained find food, water and a new place of residence for the living conditions were DEPLORABLE and unfit for human habitation. Black mold, no running water nor working sewer system was what many had to live with and that is not right for anyone to have to endure. They are torn down because it was past any form of rehabilitation and I am glad to see this for no one should have ever been treated that way.”
The city has already torn down Section 4 and will begin inspecting Section 2 of the complex.
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