Residents in a Southeast Houston neighborhood say an abandoned home in the 8000 block of Lenore Street has become a long-standing nuisance, prompting repeated complaints to multiple city departments over several years.

Houston Police and firefighters are out at the scene of an abandoned home that caught fire in the Third Ward.

Monique Jones has lived at her northeast Houston home most of her life. She grew up here and returned to take care of her 82-year-old father. In the last few months, she relocated him to another family member’s home for his safety. The issue – rats.