Federal oversight on illegal dumping in minority neighborhoods dismissed, leaving Trinity Gardens residents worried

HOUSTON – A federal complaint alleging that Houston picked up illegal dumping less frequently in Black and Latino neighborhoods has been dismissed, bringing an end to federal monitoring that residents and city leaders say helped keep their streets cleaner and safer.

Now, families in Trinity Gardens and the greater Trinity-Houston community fear the trash piles will only grow.

“I don’t let my kids play outside”

During a visit to the neighborhood, large piles of tires, construction debris, mattresses, and other abandoned items were scattered across empty lots and along roadways, some blocking parts of the street.

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Jacquiline, who lives nearby, says the dumping has changed the way she parents.

“It is very dang