HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The city of Houston may soon have what one council member is calling a public "naughty list" to shame unsafe and poorly run apartment complexes into improving conditions.

"We have about 5,000 apartment complexes in the city of Houston -- 2500 of them, half of them, do not meet all of the habitability requirements of the State of Texas," said At-Large Position 4 Houston City Council Member Letitia Plummer.

On Wednesday, Plummer's colleagues on the city council are expected to vote on the apartment reform ordinance she has worked on for nearly half a decade. If passed, the ordinances would create the Apartment Standards Enforcement Committee, also known as ASEC. It would bring together entities that typically address apartment health and safety violations, such as

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