“Our residents are one rainfall from being homeless,” said Beth Guide, board member of the Elm Grove Homeowners Association. Guide spoke at the Kingwood Town Hall meeting, organized by Houston City Councilmember Dave Martin at the Kingwood Community Room Thursday, Oct. 17.
In a room packed with residents, Guide and several dozen others spoke out about the drastic effects the community suffered Sept. 19 as the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda poured water onto the Lake Houston area. Homes in Elm Grove, Hunters Ridge and other villages of Kingwood flooded in that storm. Many had flooded May 7 during a record rain storm, only to suffer again less than five months later. They wore orange T-shirts to signify their displeasure with Perry Homes, the official home builder of the Houston Astros, who were, that same night, in an ALCS playoff game. Nearly 400 homeowners have joined in lawsuits against Perry Homes and are accusing them of flooding their neighborhoods after clear cutting the development, Woodridge Village, located immediately north of Kingwood.