Texas storm recovery for renters like this Dallas man is hard-fought
“What is an emergency, if not this?” says this disabled renter
Tom Strzyz holds his head as he talks about what he went through during the winter storm that hit Texas in mid-February. Strzyz along with several residents, lost power, fetched water from the swimming pool and hot water only began to flow this week in spurts at the Wildflower Apts complex in Dallas on Thursday, March 11, 2021.(Lola Gomez)
Tom Strzyz sulked in the muggy air outside his mucky apartment.
The epic snowstorm, failed electricity and busted pipes have sent his spirits south. Almost four weeks since the Texas arctic blast began on Valentine’s Day, his apartment is still a mess, especially the bathroom where a wall turned to sponge from a water leak and exposed the timber.
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Literacy Achieves, a nonprofit that mainly focuses on adult literacy initiatives, began hosting food and water distribution events after their neighborhood was severely impacted by the February snowstorm in Dallas.
Some residents of Dallas Vickery Meadow neighborhood still did not have running water. A City of Dallas attorney says property owners could face legal action if repairs aren t made or alternatives for residents aren t provided.
When the power went out and temperatures dipped below freezing, Dallas resident Ana Lopez sought shelter at a friend’s place.
The Mexico native has lived in the ethnically diverse neighborhood known as Vickery Meadow for more than a decade. Many residents are either refugees or immigrants. Most live in apartments.
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Holding her 6-month-old Juan Jr., Maria Magarin looks at the water damage she’s sustained to her apartment in far northeast Dallas on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Magarin sustained extensive water damage and lost hot water due to the epic snowstorm that hit a few weeks ago. Magarin fears the mold growing on her wet walls will make her young sons sick and that the saggy ceiling in a walk-in closet will collapse.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)