Davis said, "Out of the 10 or 15 years, I think (city workers) have been out once. The only thing they did was just cut in the middle. They never cleared the fence line."
Davis says squatters and drug dealers are now living in an old fish market that closed its doors in 1995. Others are using the abandoned building as a place to dump furniture and trash. From the inside you can see the building is caving in.
"The rat infestation and the snakes (are so bad) I can't even let my grandbabies play," Davis explained.
After doing some digging Eyewitness News learned this dilapidated and dangerous building is owned by the US Small Business Administration. That means even a city the size of Houston has its hands tied when dealing with the federal government.
"Can we fine them? No," said Monticella Flaniken with the Neighborhood Protection Corps.
"I want the building demolished," Davis said. "It needs to be taken down."
Davis might get her wish. Officials with the Small Business Administration said they will send someone out to inspect the site.
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