People in a northeast Houston neighborhood say they are fed up with people dumping trash in their community, which has been an ongoing issue for years.
Greater Houston added roughly 126,000 residents between 2024 and 2025, according to census data, but that marks a 33% decrease from the year before.
BARC has responded after an activist called attention to the loose dogs roaming the streets near Tuffly Park in the Fifth Ward.
Records show 39-year-old Daniel Atnafu has been arrested 10 times in the last two years for damaging property and threatening his neighbors at the complex off Fondren.
According to a 2023 analysis by the Houston Chronicle, life expectancy in Settegast is about 66 years, which is the shortest in Harris County.
Six months of 311 requests led one resident to post a tongue-in-cheek Q&A about a drawn-out sidewalk repair.