Murder, cartels, squalor: Inside 'colony' near Houston accused of being 'haven for illegal aliens'
Biden administration reverses course, clears way for new border wall by waiving environmental lawsSon of convenience chain co-founder accused of using hidden camera to spy on guests in Texas lake house bathroomPLUM GROVE, Texas – In the piney woods and wetlands 35 miles north of Houston, one of the biggest housing developments in the country is now one of the most controversial.
But once they put down a small down payment, buyers have to pay credit card-style interest rates of up to 15 percent as well as hefty fees for water and sewage hookup. When the Post toured Colony Ridge, we saw tents, trailers, ramshackle shanties and packs of dogs alongside some nicer homes and more well-kept lots.Residents in the poorest areas of Colony Ridge — which reportedly aren’t shown to prospective buyers touring the development — released their pitbulls from behind chain link fences when a reporter tried to speak to them.
“There were feces coming out of the drain between me and my neighbor. I’m a businesswoman and I still got taken in. My life’s been ruined.”The developers buy the land back at auctions.Like Acevedo, the sisters, both Puerto Rican, want to help those in the settlement who feel they’ve been taken advantage of but can’t fight back.
But the Harris brothers told The Post that they are enabling thousands to achieve home ownership and say that allegations that their development is a dangerous “colony” are “preposterous and unfounded.”On Thursday, they plan to show Texas lawmakers around Colony Ridge ahead of next week’s special legislative session after inviting them last week.
And they say that they blame the residents of the town of Plum Grove, population 1,344, which abuts Colony Grove for the controversy about the new development, accusing them of being “racist,” not liking “brown people” or “poor people.”
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