No water or electricity fed the home, which had belonged to the owner's late mother.
Armando Rivera speaks to the Building Standards Board on April 6, 2023, about his brother's Southwest Side property. The board ordered the home to be demolished.The small, nearly collapsed Southwest Side home just a block from Leal Middle School posed a threat to human safety in the eyes of the city of San Antonio.the 70-year-old home with the sagging roof on Fitch Street to be demolished, despite pleas from the homeowner’s family to give them more time.
Rivera said he did not disagree with the city’s assessment of the property’s condition. Photos of the home, taken last month, were displayed on a nearby screen. The city said the man allowed vagrants to live in the backyard, too, and that a separate structure had been built out of spare plywood, cardboard and other unstable materials.
The owner, who the Express-News is not naming because of his illness, was unresponsive to the city’s efforts, code enforcement told the board.
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