Houston storm recovery: Spring Branch residents living in destroyed units at Northwest Corners Apartments fear breaking leases [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — What rights do renters have after a natural disaster? Max Perez contacted ABC13 asking that exact question.

On Friday, Perez’s roof still sat tangled in the large ash tree in front of his apartment at Northwest Corners in Spring Branch.

“You feel bad because you lost everything,” he explained.

His unit is now cluttered with glass and debris. There is little left of his ceiling but a gaping hole to the heavens.

Horrified, Perez sent his two children to stay with friends.

“I was scared. I just wanted to save my kids’ lives,” he explained.

Yet Perez slept in the apartment for a week following Thursday’s storm.

Perez told ABC13 he was scared to leave because apartment management told him he would break his contract. He shared audio of that conversation with ABC13.

“(Management) told me you can call the police, you can call the government, you can call the FBI, and nobody’s gonna help you,” Perez said.

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