Big apartment owner, T.E.H. Realty, faces complaints across ºüÀêÊÓƵ area
T.E.H. Realty acquired a dozen big apartment complexes here since 2014. Those apartments are an important provider of affordable housing in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area, but many are in bad shape. The Post-Dispatch has chronicled efforts by tenants and others to address those conditions.Â
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Michael Fein, 41, of Israel, faces two felony charges involving $28 million in loans for the purchase of properties in ºüÀêÊÓƵ, Kansas City …
Bridgeport Crossing was one of 12 large complexes that T.E.H. Realty affiliates purchased in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ region since late 2014. In May, Che…
Each T.E.H. Realty apartment complex is set up as a different limited liability company, often in a different municipality, like here in tiny …
The T.E.H. Realty affiliate that owns Crown Manor Apartments has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a petition in the U.S. Bankrupt…
“Bad landlords have abused our housing system for too long and it’s happening right here in Missouri,†the Republican senator from Missouri sa…
Residents and officials are demanding more accountability from T.E.H. Realty
Couple stays in substandard apartment to be in school district they prefer for their children.
Attorney alleges theft by deceit. Prosecutor says he'll take case if police bring one to his office.
The city filed a lawsuit against an affiliate of T.E.H. Realty, asking a court to order SM-T.E.H. Realty 3 LLC to remedy conditions at the Sou…
Tenants at a south city apartment complex began a weeklong rent strike against property owner T.E.H. Realty because of poor living conditions.
Missouri American Water, which provides water for much of ºüÀêÊÓƵ County, has vowed to keep lines open at troubled T.E.H. Realty apartment c…
Spot checks signal that some T.E.H. Realty properties have been abandoned. But not Springwood Apartments, the first of 12 complexes the firm p…
Residents of complex in Bridgeton call apartments 'uninhabitable.' Some lack heat. Others don't have water.Â
Hawley said he found the conditions "shocking," and called for the landlord to be held accountable.
She is one of many residents in the 300-unit complex in Bridgeton who hasn't had working heat this fall. The complex has been owned by T.E.H. …
Huddled in her Bridgeport Crossing apartment with her two boys, ages 11 and 4-months, Brittany Jackson wrapped herself and her children in bla…
Displaced by a fire last winter, Amanda Jackson and her infant son, Marquise, needed a place to land fast. She chose Southwest Crossing Apartm…
The employees — some on strike, others laid off last week — demanded to be paid for running and repairing Southwest Crossing Apartments. The 3…
T.E.H. Realty, one of the largest owners of low-income housing in the region, could not make payroll on Thursday and laid off about 15 employe…
Amid this squalor, Strickland received a note taped to her door. “Please surrender your keys or payment to the unit you currently occupy,†the…
Two residents of Northwinds Apartments in Ferguson are asking a judge to grant class-action status to a lawsuit that alleges affiliates of T.E…
The Housing Authority of ºüÀêÊÓƵ County says it will no longer allow subsidized housing vouchers to be used at any apartment complexes owned…
Windham Chase Apartments, in the Spanish Lake area of north ºüÀêÊÓƵ County, shows what happens when local code enforcement inspectors are ov…
T.E.H. Reality, on a buying spree of low-income housing apartment complexes despite mounting complaints from existing residents, has said the …
The Housing Authority of ºüÀêÊÓƵ County said that it would not allow new subsidized housing vouchers to be used at five apartment complexes …
Several Springwood Apartments residents expressed frustration at a hearing held at Bel-Rdige City Hall, saying they were tired of being in lim…
Facing possible condemnation of one of its sprawling apartment complexes, and considerable pressure at others, T.E.H. Realty broke its silence…
BEL-RIDGE — One of more than a dozen residents who spoke here at City Hall about substandard living conditions at Springwood Apartments stoppe…
Compounding the confusion were separate cases where units within the Park Ridge apartments failed inspection. Housing Authority workers were c…
"They're not going through proper notice, they're not going through the proper channels for eviction, they're just making an arbitrary decisio…
Ashley Spotswood has watched cracks creep across the balcony above her first-floor apartment in the Park Ridge Apartments for six years, she s…
According to the notices, the building was ordered closed “until such time as collapsed and rotted stair supports, supports, railings, and the…
Less fortunate residents struggled to control their emotions when they talked about being trapped by poverty in Springwood, which illustrates …
The Missouri Housing Development Commission, which administers tax-credit projects, gave Park Ridge the same inspection ratings in 2014 and 20…
The resolution from the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Industrial Development Authority would allow for the transfer of Southwest Crossing Apartments to Aria Misso…
Southwest Crossing Apartments was supposed to be a refuge. But then her neighbors started moving out, fed up over collapsed ceilings.Â
The international firm missed payroll last week.Â
The firm and its affiliates have struggled to provide adequate housing for low-income residents since they started buying property in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ region in late 2014.Â
"He needs to step up to the plate and sue," said state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-ºüÀêÊÓƵ. "The people living there should not have to be subjected to those conditions."
Retiree, single mother, among latest to complain about conditions at Bridgeport Crossing.Â
Residents of complex in Bridgeton call apartments 'uninhabitable.' Some lack heat. Others don't have water.Â
Spot checks signal that some T.E.H. Realty properties have been abandoned. But not Springwood Apartments, the first of 12 complexes the firm purchased in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area five years ago. A court put it in emergency receivership to stabilize the asset for Fannie Mae. Â
It’s a T.E.H. Realty property that has had numerous issues.Â
A receiver was appointed by a court to run the troubled complex.
Residents and officials are demanding more accountability from T.E.H. Realty
The ‘Bad Landlord Database Act of 2020’ is supposed to help HUD, local housing authorities and the public be more aware of problem landlords that are recipients of federal rental assistance dollars.Â
Even though numerous people stand to be affected by the shutoff, Missouri American Water says it has run out of options.Â
The first local property the company acquired is among the first headed to auction.Â
Residents at Bridgeport Crossing Apartments says the 300-unit complex is being gutted.Â
Michael Fein was the public face of T.E.H. Realty, whose affiliates acquired 12 low-income housing apartment complexes in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area since 2014.
Judge awards tenants of a T.E.H. property in Kansas City $52 million for ‘horrendous’ conditions
The landlord was accused of ignoring complaints about roach and rat infestations, raw sewage, a lack of air conditioning and heat, and apartment ceilings that had collapsed.
Affordable Housing Company Tries to Improve Image
An order to vacate sign is on the padlocked front door of one of the apartment buildings on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at the Crown Manor Apart…