Himbola apartments are issued default after HUD and LCG conduct inspections [Video]

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Serious deficiencies and unsafe living conditions were reported when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Lafayette Consolidated Government each held their own inspections of Himbola Manor Apartments.

“The goals of both HUD and LCG are on parallel, but different, tracks,” Lafayette City-Parish Attorney Patrick Ottinger said. “They all are the same, which is to render the property into a condition that is suitable, having addressed all the deficiencies that we’ve identified thus far.”

The deficiencies LCG’s Community Development and Planning Department found in its investigation led them to file a compliance order within a stated period of time, requiring Himbola’s owner to bring the property into compliance with the standards of the city’s code of ordinances.

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“That time has come and gone,” Ottinger said. “In fact, the owner has engaged a contractor to address some …