{"id":192839,"date":"2025-09-02T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192839\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:04:09","slug":"illegal-dumping-homeless-challenges-grow-at-closed-cvs-walgreens-stores-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192839\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal dumping, homeless challenges grow at closed CVS, Walgreens stores in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Last week, KPRC 2 revealed how a closed CVS store in Cypress has become a massive illegal dumping site. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This is part of a growing trend in the Houston area where former CVS and Walgreens locations are targeted for illegal dumping and used as shelter by homeless individuals trespassing on private property.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At a former Walgreens site at West Little York and the East Freeway, a homeless man was found living outside amid piles of garbage scattered across the parking lot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ve witnessed drugs use and sales, man there is prostitution inside the building now that they\u2019ve broken into it as well,\u201d said Daniel Zambrano, owner of a nearby business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Zambrano said he has tried to get city officials to address the issues at the property but has seen little action. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI try and call every department to come out and I mean they come out and a few hours after the call they just drive by, roll windows down and speak to someone and drive off and there is really nothing I can do,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">During a visit Monday, a door was completely removed from the back of the building, with water running out of the opening and flowing directly into a storm drain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In Cypress, the closed CVS off Huffmeister Road was the site of massive illegal dumping. When KPRC 2 first highlighted the location last week, there were countless bags of garbage, tires, and mattresses piled up. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Viewers reached out to the station\u2019s 2 Helps You Help Desk hoping for assistance in resolving the quality-of-life issues in their community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Monday, contractor Andre Young was seen operating a mini bulldozer, moving mattresses as he worked to clean up the site. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cYou know vacant lots, people take advantage of them in every neighborhood. It\u2019s just how it is, there is no one to stop them,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Harris County Public Health pressured the property owner to address the dumping after a 30-day notice was ignored. The department said legal action was the next step if the owner failed to act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">While the pile behind the building was cleared over the holiday weekend, a new problem arose in the front parking lot where more than half a dozen semi-trucks were parked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThey see a big open lot that is not used, oh yeah they are going to use it,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Law enforcement said only the property owner has the authority to address the issue of semi-trucks using the parking lot as a truck stop.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Last week, KPRC 2 revealed how a closed CVS store in Cypress has become a massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":192840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4219,48592,68237,9619,7265,4345,425,50,358,3187,65813],"class_list":{"0":"post-192839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-cvs","10":"tag-dumping","11":"tag-homeless","12":"tag-homelessness","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-local","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-walgreens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115132017422131184","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}