The city's latest demolition order set a July 28 deadline for the buildings at the corner of Homestead and Parker to meet the wrecking ball.
Houston Public Works hasn't yet provided Eyewitness News with details about the city's next steps now that the deadline has passed. However, neighbors who've been fighting to have the buildings demolished for decades say the city has reassured them it will demolish two of the buildings.
"It's old vacant buildings that need to be torn down because it just makes our area look bad," northeast Houston resident Carla Burris said, speaking Monday following a meeting organized by The Metropolitan Organization.
"Our neighborhood is going down from that area, and I just think that we deserve better. We do. We deserve a lot better," resident Glenda Davis said.
Among the vacant buildings is a strip mall that once housed a K-Mart until it closed in 1991.
Today, the old K-Mart building lies in ruins with parts of the roof missing.
Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson said last year that the city first ordered the buildings demolished in 2011.
"If my house was abandoned, you would have tore it down. So why not tear that down? 2011? This is 2025," Davis said.
But some are optimistic the buildings will finally be dealt with this time around.
"It's no secret that we've had demolition orders in the past for this under other administrations and nothing happened, and so we are encouraged under the current administration," Fred Woods, president of the Northwood Manor Civic Club, said.
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