– The federal government has sued the City of San Antonio to keep it from demolishing a nuisance property on the West Side that neighbors know as a “drug house.”
The DART program is run out of the City Attorney’s Office, which also ropes in several other city departments, especially code enforcement and police. Police arrested one woman during the August raid after they found her with what was believed to be a few grams of meth. Another person staying in the home was arrested on an outstanding felony warrant.Dangerous Premises Officer Khrystal Towne presented numerous photos of the house from the August raid. The photos showed a run-down structure with broken or boarded-up windows, partially exposed slab floors, rot damage under a leaky sink, and large amounts of trash and debris.
Cruz said she hadn’t known about drugs going in or out of the house because she was “always working.” That 2017 transfer indicates the interest on the original loan had likely grown close to the maximum of what the bank was willing to risk. So Wells Fargo was dumping its claim and associated risk onto HUD.But when Pena died, the debt became due immediately. Since HUD holds both deeds of trust, the federal agency is responsible for collecting the money. to make back the money, something that would presumably be harder if the house were demolished.