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now to the story of a company approved
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by the city of Houston to help elevate
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dozens of homes that were flooded in
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recent storms but channel 2 investigates
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was first to report earlier this month
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that tighten foundations and Elevation
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closed its doors suddenly without
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warning
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leaving homeowners out thousands of
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dollars they paid up front to get the
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work going tonight we're digging deeper
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into this troubled company and its
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partners our Brandon Walker has been
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working on this for quite a while he
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follows the trail to another company
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tied to tighten and he's revealing the
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hurdles that flood victims are going to
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face trying to get their money back we
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thought by now we'd actually be moving
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to Mexico in the house right about now
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instead Aaron rouse is left to give a
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grand tour of what will be his home in
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southwest Houston flooded three times
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Memorial Day tax day the worst Harvey
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about five and a half feet it would have
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been up develop my nose now something
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else has risen
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leaving rouse up to his eyeballs not in
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water rather frustration hopefully like
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to get the money back but that appears
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to be easier said than done
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channel 2 investigates report at the
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problem last month when it became
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apparent the company hired to elevate
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rouses home tighten foundations and
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elevation shuttered without notice the
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titan is in a trove of trouble leaving
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roughly 20 homeowners high and dry
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this was worse than the actual
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what it is so dr. Robert Raphael and
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wife Zhao deal in higher titan-2 like
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rouse they did so after receiving a
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federal grant administered by the city
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of Houston in fact six grant recipients
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hired tighten according to the city
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tighten was one of a few companies
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approved for the work the house was
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gonna be livable and August route signed
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a contract last December as did Raphael
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the agreement included required
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out-of-pocket extras the Brandt did not
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cover browse paid forty five thousand
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dollars to begin the ten foot lift
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Rafael nearly 40 thousand and they're
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not alone the only service that we know
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for sure happened after investigating
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herself now is a survey did occur james
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long and his wife julia hired titan to
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elevate their meyer land home in May the
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Long's weren't part of the grant and
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paid Titan forty thousand dollars but
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after nothing happened and rumors began
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to swirl the company's owner Bobby
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Fisher the long stay made a pact he kept
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telling me that he was working on trying
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to make everybody whole make everything
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good
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to worry that was late July then by then
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Titans money woes had worsened Titan
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skipped out on its office lease and
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subcontractors to whom Titan owed money
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levied liens against property owners
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then last Monday Bobby Fisher died of an
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apparent heart attack at his home in
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Missouri Fisher's death came during a
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30-day notice period issued by the city
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for Titan to complete homes or give up
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the contract here is that letter it
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names a second company absolute concrete
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bid proposals obtained by channel 2
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investigates include absolute as a
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business partner of Titan listing a John
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he nor as co-owner we contacted here by
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phone he told us he's merely Fisher's
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partner caught up in the same mess as
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homeowners not true though say those who
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met with Hina how did he present himself
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to you John presented himself as an
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owner and he wanted to close that day
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keener told us he didn't handle money
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matters and he's only responsible for to
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grant homes this is spilled milk I think
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that is a very painful experience for
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homeowners attorney Donna Kearney
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specializes in consumer rights Kearney
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does not represent any of the home
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owners with claims but says the death of
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Bobby Fischer sure makes an already
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complicated matter worse
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in my experience the easiest route may
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be for these consumers to complain to
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one of the authorities I might suggest
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the Texas Attorney General's Office the
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wait continues which for homeowners like
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Aaron rouse means helping the city
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approves a new contractor to finish the
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job the 30-day notice steps in September
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second we want to get our money back and
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get listed
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and we'll see if that actually happens
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both the Houston Police Department and
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the Harris County District Attorney's
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Office are investigating allegations in
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to tighten the DA's office won't comment
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on its investigation but we do know they
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continue to look into tighten even after
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Bobby Fischer's death on our website
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click2houston.com we've included more
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information on the paper trail tighten
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left behind information authorities are
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using to figure out what happens next
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stay tuned I'm Brandon Walker KPRC
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Channel 2 News
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