MY FRIENDLY INDEPENDENCE DAY (JULY 4, 2021) REPLY LETTER TO JEREMY STREMLER, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE AUSTIN-BASED TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STATE AGENCY

 

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Sent: Sunday, July 4, 2021, 11:42:49 PM CDT

Subject: my 7-4-21 reply to TDHCA Housing Resource Center Administrator Jeremy Stremler

To: Jeremy Stremler, 

Administrator, Housing Resource Center,

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs state agency (TDHCA),
221 E. 11th Street,

Austin, TX 78701
Office phone: (512) 475-3976
Fax: 512-475-0070

Dear Mr. Stremler,

Thank you for your July 1, 2021, reply letter (below) to me, in which you stated: 
"I am not aware of any government agency in Texas that has jurisdiction over Pebble Creek Apartments located at 8805 North Plaza Drive. I’ve included two organizations below that may be able to assist you should you be having issues with your apartment...."

Your reply letter has reminded me that the TDHCA official who wrote to me about that type of issue in 2017, when I resided as a rent-paying tenant in Apt. 1609 at Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road in northwest Austin, also provided me (please see their November 29, 2017, reply letter to me, below) with the following exact verbatim statement: 

"The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ('TDHCA') does not provide funding or housing assistance to Village Oaks Apartments located at 10926 Jollyville Road, Austin, TX 78759, and therefore does not have jurisdiction over this property."

Mr. Stremler, my respectful follow-up question to you today is this: 

Does your State Government of Texas agency provide any funding or housing assistance to Pebble Creek Apartments at 8805 North Plaza Drive, Austin, TX, 78753?

Incidentally, I need to mention to you that in my six-month-period new official apartment-management-team-approved lease agreement for my current apartment unit, Apt. 2418, at Pebble Creek Apartments---a new lease for my apartment unit that officially began on July 1, 2021----I am the only cited tenant and only cited occupant. 

The official owner of my current apartment unit is cited in that official new lease for my unit as: "Pebble Creek Babay, Ltd., dba Pebble Creek Apartments".  My current large gated-community apartment complex is reportedly managed by the Austin (TX)-based Belco Equities, Inc., a very honorable for-profit corporation headquartered at 505 East Huntland Drive, Suite 530, Austin, TX 78752. The highly-regarded President of Belco Equities is Joslyn Domel, and the highly-esteemed area supervisor for Belco Equities is Cecil Domel. The office phone number for the Belco Equities headquarters office in Austin is: (512) 454-6200.

Thank you in advance for your very helpful reply letter to me on this.

Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, a consistently prompt-in-my-monthly-rent-payments, permanently-drinking-alcohol-free (ever since the late summer of 1990) and never-previously-addicted, gainfully-employed (as a support-staff member in three separate respective corporate-owned restaurants in Austin, with two of those restaurants being owned by two separate respective very honorable for-profit corporations headquartered in Florida), lifelong-tobacco-free, permanently marijuana-free (ever since the late fall of 1984, and never-previously-addicted), lifelong-illicit-drug-free in regard to any and all illicit drugs other than marijuana, dependably civil and law-abiding, facially-cleanshaven (no beard, no goatee, no mustache), lifelong-tattoo-less, consistently clean-talking (no profanity verbalized by me in my everyday conversations with others), rent-paying official tenant living alone on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since June 21, 2019, in Apt. 2418, a second-floor, eastward-facing, always-bolt-locked solo-occupancy efficiency apartment unit in Building 17 (northeastern corner of  this apartment complex) at Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Austin, TX 78753.

My home phone: (512) 342-2295.

Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

http://www.johnkevinmcmillan.blogspot.com

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On Thursday, July 1, 2021, 09:39:50 AM CDT, info <info@tdhca.state.tx.us> wrote:

Hi Mr. McMillan,

I now hold Mrs. Tracz position here at TDHCA, she has moved to a different division.

I am not aware of any government agency in Texas that has jurisdiction over Pebble Creek Apartments located at 8805 North Plaza Drive. I’ve included two organizations below that may be able to assist you should you be having issues with your apartment.

The Texas Tenants Union may be able to provide you with information on your rights as a tenant. Their contact information follows:

8035 East R.L. Thornton Frwy., Suite 535

Dallas, TX 75228

Phone: (214) 823-2733

The Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid office in Austin may be able to assist you with your legal questions. Their contact information follows:

Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Austin office

4920 N. I-35 • Austin , TX 78751

Phone: 512-374-2700

Fax: 512-447-3940

Toll Free: 800-369-9270

 Thank you,

Jeremy Stremler

Administrator, Housing Resource Center

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

221 E. 11th Street | Austin, TX 78701

Office: 512.475.3976

Fax: 512.475.0070

 

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About TDHCA                         

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is committed to expanding fair housing choice and opportunities for Texans through the administration and funding of affordable housing and homeownership opportunities, weatherization, and community-based services with the help of for-profits, nonprofits, and local governments. For more information about fair housing, funding opportunities, or services in your area, please visit www.tdhca.state.tx.us or the Learn about Fair Housing in Texas page. 

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To: Kate Tracz, Administrator of the Housing Resource Center for the Austin-based Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) state agency, and to TDHCA official Andre Adams, the designated public housing authority official for the State Government of Texas.

June 30, 2021

Dear Ms. Tracz,

Thank you again for your two factually informative reply letters (below) to me in 2017, during a prior period when I resided as a rent-paying official tenant at Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Apt. 1609, in northwest Austin.

Ever since June 21, 2019, I have resided alone as the only official tenant, the only rent-paying tenant, and the only management-team-approved occupant in a bolt-locked efficiency apartment unit at Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, in northeast Austin. My full home address here is: Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Building 17, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.

In regard to my current apartment complex and my current apartment unit in Building 17 of that complex, do you know of any government agency in Texas or elsewhere that has legal authority or jurisdiction over Pebble Creek Apartments, my current apartment unit, or the multi-unit building in which I currently reside?

My other question to you is: Has your state agency at any time since June 21, 2019, provided any funding or housing assistance to Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive in Austin, or to any of the tenants or residents or occupants at this large gated-community apartment complex?

I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan.

8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Austin, TX 78753.

Home phone: (512) 342-2295.

Cell phone: (512) 993-7305.

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----- Forwarded Message -----

From: info <info@tdhca.state.tx.us>

To: John McMillan <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017, 10:20:22 AM CST

Subject: RE: 11-17-17 re: legal jurisdiction over my current apartment unit

Good morning, Mr. McMillan,

I am not aware of any government agency in Texas that has jurisdiction over Village Oaks Apartments located at 10926 Jollyville Road, Austin, TX 78759.

 

The Texas Tenants Union may be able to provide you with information on your rights as a tenant. Their contact information follows:

8035 East R.L. Thornton Frwy., Suite 535

Dallas, TX 75228

Phone: (214) 823-2733

 

The Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid office in Austin may be able to assist you with your legal questions. Their contact information follows:

Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Austin office

4920 N. I-35 • Austin , TX 78751

Phone: 512-374-2700

Fax: 512-447-3940

Toll Free: 800-369-9270

Regards,

Cate Tracz

Administrator, Housing Resource Center

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

221 E. 11th Street | Austin, TX 78701

Office: 512.936.7803

Fax: 512.475.0070

 

About TDHCA

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is committed to expanding fair housing choice and opportunities for Texans through the administration and funding of affordable housing and homeownership opportunities, weatherization, and community-based services with the help of for-profits, nonprofits, and local governments. For more information about fair housing, funding opportunities, or services in your area, please visit www.tdhca.state.tx.us or the Learn about Fair Housing in Texas page. 

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From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:30 PMTo: info; Public Information; Attorney General of Delaware; Attorney General of Massachusetts; Austin Mayor Steve Adler; Gerald Daugherty; Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt; Sherri Fleming; CountyAttorneyDavidEscamilla; Gina Hinojosa; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator;  doug.greco@house.texas.gov; Amanda Foster; Kirk Watson; District 8; Austin City Council Member Delia Garza (2015); Texas Legal legal-aid service (2015); Texas DPS Office of General Counsel; Texas Rangers Division of DPS; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; FBI Dallas Bureau; KXAN TV News Investigations; State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano; Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. DOJ); Christian Hawley; National Crime Victim Law Institute (Lewis & Clark Law School Portland Oregon); Unknown National; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Devlpt (TX regional office); White House Fellows Program 2017; Sona Nast; City of Austin Interim City Attorney Anne Morgan; Austin Interim City Manager Elaine Hart (2016); Amy Teel; Sao State Tx Webmaster; statesman; Trevor Glynn; sally.hernandez@traviscountytx.gov; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea; Leslie DeGraffenried; ACLU; Human Rights Law Society (U of Chicago); Bethany United Methodist Church Assoc Pastor Sheri Clifton; Bethany United Methodist Church Pastor Tom Deviney; Steven Rich; Attorney Cousin Jack Dane; Minnesota Attorney General (2016); Senator Kirk Watson Constituent Services Rep. Walcott (2016); Megan Curtis; Liz Laurence; HumanRightsWatchOfficials(D.C. Office); Texas Tribune Editor In Chief Evan Smith; ACC President Richard Rhodes; The University of Texas at Austin; Aurelio Contreras; Ernie Motloch; Los Angeles Times; DMN Austin Bureau Reporter Robert Garrett; Texas Observer Editors; robert.townes@austintexas.gov; Joyful Heart Foundation for Rape Victims; Rainn Info; StateRep.DonnaHoward; eddie.rodriguez@house.texas.gov; Dawnna Dukes; Traviscountydemocrats Info; Travis County Republican Party (2016); Eric Polak; isonx001@umn.edu; Travis County Sheriff Law Enforcement Assoc. (2016); Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; State Senator Carlos Uresti; Brandon Creighton; U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul Communics 2017; TWC Ombudsman; Democratic National Committee; The Republican National Committee;  hway@law.utexas.edu;  voicesagainstviolence@austin.utexas.edu; Eric Jones;  smccown@law.utexas.edu; Texas Apartment Association; Austin Board of Realtors Andrei Lubomudrov (2015); Austin Board of Realtors Lara2015; Austin Chronicle Editors; Texas Observer; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (2015); Doc Webmaster; Notre Dame Univ. Center for Civil and Human Rights; U.S. Dept. of Education Civil Rights (2016); UT-Austin Law School Dean Ward Farnsworth; Dailytexanonline News; WallStJournalNewstips; Texasadvocacyproject Info; Letters To the Editor; Todd Hunter; Juan Hinojosa; TRA General Counsel Kenneth Besserman; Travis County Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Eckstein; margaret.moore@traviscountytx.govSubject: Re: 11-17-17 re: legal jurisdiction over my current apartment unit

To: Cate Tracz,

Administrator, 

Housing Resource Center,

"Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs" state agency,

221 East 11th Street ,

Austin, Texas 78701

Office phone: (512) 936-7803

Fax: 512-475-0070

November 29, 2017

Dear Ms. Tracz,

Thank you for your e-mail reply (below) to me earlier today.

Do you know which government agency in Texas (or some other state or nation) DOES OR MIGHT POSSIBLY have any legal jurisdiction of some type, or exclusive legal jurisdiction, over Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, in northwest Austin?

The apartment complex to which I refer is reportedly owned by a for-profit corporation, "Northland Oaks Apartments LLC", that is reportedly headquartered in the Boston area of Massachusetts and has a legal affiliation as well (see below) with the U.S. State of Delaware.

Thank you in advance, Ms. Tracz, for your helpful follow-up reply letter to me about this important jurisdictional issue currently facing the City of Austin, Travis County Government, the State of Texas, and the U.S. Government under President Donald Trump, who is a world-famous real-estate industry executive.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan.

My current home address:

Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Building 16, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.

Home phone: (512) 342-2295.

My Blog:  John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda

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On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 4:05 PM, info <info@tdhca.state.tx.us> wrote:

Good afternoon, Mr. McMillan,

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (“TDHCA”) does not provide funding or housing assistance to Village Oaks Apartments located at 10926 Jollyville Road, Austin, TX 78759, and therefore does not have jurisdiction over this property.

Regards,

Cate Tracz

Administrator, Housing Resource Center

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

221 E. 11th Street | Austin, TX 78701

Office: 512.936.7803

Fax: 512.475.0070

About TDHCA

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is committed to expanding fair housing choice and opportunities for Texans through the administration and funding of affordable housing and homeownership opportunities, weatherization, and community-based services with the help of for-profits, nonprofits, and local governments. For more information about fair housing, funding opportunities, or services in your area, please visit www.tdhca.state.tx.us or the Learn about Fair Housing in Texas page. 

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From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:21 AM
To: info; Public Information; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator; CountyAttorneyDavidEscamilla; Gerald Daugherty; Ombudsman Texas Dept. of State Health Services; Texas Department of Health and Human Services Ombudsman; Civil Rights Office Texas Health Human Services Commission; StateComptrollerSusanCombs; Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt; Gina Hinojosa; Kirk Watson; Austin Mayor Steve Adler; Texas DPS Office of General Counsel; Austin Board of Realtors Andrei Lubomudrov (2015); Austin Board of Realtors Lara2015; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Devlpt (TX regional office); U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (2015); Government Anti-Corruption Columnist Neal Peirce (2016); zpatton@governing.com; edaigneau@governing.com; aehrenhalt@governing.com; Sao State Tx Webmaster; TWC Ombudsman; Susanna Holt; Texas Workforce Commission Open Records (2015); Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. DOJ); State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano; White House Fellows Program 2017
Subject: Fw: 11-17-17 re: legal jurisdiction over my current apartment unit

November 22, 2017

Dear Distinguished Representative for the "Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs" state agency in Austin, Texas,

Would you please verify for me the context, if any, in which your TDHCA state agency has, or might conceivably at some future date have, legal jurisdiction or legal authority or control of some type over the rental apartment unit in northwest Austin where I myself am currently a rent-paying official tenant and single adult white male occupant?

Thank you in advance for your very helpful reply note to me about this matter.

I might add that I have been referred to your state agency on this question (below) by an official of the Texas Real Estate Commission state agency here in Austin.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan.

My new home address ever since September 5, 2017: Village Oaks Apts., 10926 Jollyville Rd., Blg. 16, Apt. 1609, Austin, TX 78759.

Home phone: (512) 342-2295.

My Blog:  John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda

John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda

Observations for a rationally religious and implicitly deistic modern religion, public-policy writing, creative ...

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On Monday, November 20, 2017 3:19 PM, Information <information@trec.texas.gov> wrote:

No. We are a licensing agency and do not keep any transactions that an agent has done on file. You may want to contact the apartment’s corporate office. You may also try the Apartment Association, the Texas Tenant’s Union, or Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

If you need any further assistance, please email information@trec.texas.gov

LaTeesha Brown

Customer Service Representative

Reception & Communication Services

Texas Real Estate Commission

Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

512-936-3000 512-936-3001

information@trec.texas.gov

www.trec.texas.gov

Help us better serve you by submitting the customer service survey located on our website at  https://www.trec.texas.gov/public/customer-service-survey.

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From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 9:43 AM
To: Information <information@trec.texas.gov>; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts <webmaster@sos.texas.gov>; State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano <cid@cpa.state.tx.us>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; Texas Rangers Division of DPS <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; Public Information <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; Tamara Smith <tamara.smith@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; joseph.behnke@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Subject: Re: 11-17-17 re: legal jurisdiction over my current apartment unit

 To: LaTeesha Brown, Customer Service Representative, Reception and Communication Services, Texas Real Estate Commission, Austin, Texas.

Dear Ms. Brown,

Thank you for your prompt reply note to me of November 17, in which you emphasized to me that your State Government of Texas agency does not have any legal jurisdiction over the apartment unit in which I reside at Village Oaks Apartments.

Two follow-up questions for you:

(1) Do you know which State Government of Texas agency, if any, DOES have legal jurisdiction over the apartment unit (Apt. 1609 in Building 16 at Village Oaks) in which I am currently residing as an official unit in this unit?

(2) Do you have a current record of each and every one of the respective real-estate agents or realtors licensed by your state agency who have each had a role in managing Village Oaks Apartments at 10926 Jollyville Road in northwest Austin during any portion of or all or much of the period from late September 2015 through the present?

Thank you in advance for your helpful reply note to me on this.

Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, an official management-approved resident or tenant at Village Oaks Apartments ever since late September 2015.

Home phone: (512) 342-2295.

My Blog:  http://www.johnkevinmcmillan.blogspot.com

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On Friday, November 17, 2017 9:48 AM, Information <information@trec.texas.gov> wrote:

TREC does not have record of ownership for apartments as we are only a licensing agency for Real Estate.

If you need any further assistance, please email information@trec.texas.gov

LaTeesha Brown

Customer Service Representative

Reception & Communication Services

Texas Real Estate Commission

Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

512-936-3000 512-936-3001

information@trec.texas.gov

www.trec.texas.gov

Help us better serve you by submitting the customer service survey located on our website at  https://www.trec.texas.gov/public/customer-service-survey.

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From: John McMillan [mailto:mcmillanj@att.net]

Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 9:46 AM
To: Information <information@trec.texas.gov>; Texas Secretary of State Open Records and General Counsel <generalcounsel@sos.state.tx.us>; TexasSecofStateExecutiveOffice <secretary@sos.state.tx.us>; registry@sec.state.ma.us; Mass. Sec. of State 2016 <cis@sec.state.ma.us>; Gerald Daugherty <gerald.daugherty@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt <sarah.eckhardt@traviscountytx.gov>; CountyAttorneyDavidEscamilla <david.escamilla@traviscountytx.gov>; Austin Mayor Steve Adler <steve.adler@austintexas.gov>; Governor's Office of Texas Open Records Administrator <publicrecords@governor.state.tx.us>; FBI Dallas Bureau <fbi.dallas@ic.fbi.gov>; Texas Rangers Division of DPS <rangers@dps.texas.gov>; Public Information <public.information@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; David Maxwell <david.maxwell@texasattorneygeneral.gov>; State Comptroller Criminal Investigations Division Chief Martin Cano <cid@cpa.state.tx.us>; Attorney General of Massachusetts <ago@state.ma.us>; State of Delaware Public Integrity Commission (2016) <jeannette.longshore@state.de.us>; Attorney General of Delaware <attorney.general@state.de.us>; Council Member Kathie Tovo <kathie.tovo@austintexas.gov>; Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs <info@tdhca.state.tx.us>; Texas Legal legal-aid service (2015) <members@texaslegal.org>; Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea <brigid.shea@traviscountytx.gov>; Travis County Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Eckstein <deece.eckstein@traviscountytx.gov>; Sherri Fleming <sherri.fleming@traviscountytx.gov>; City of Austin Interim City Attorney Anne Morgan <anne.morgan@austintexas.gov>; Gina Hinojosa <gina.hinojosa@house.texas.gov>; Kirk Watson <kirk.watson@senate.texas.gov>
Subject: 11-17-17 re: legal jurisdiction over my current apartment unit

Dear Government Officials in Austin, Texas, and elsewhere,

The following exactly quoted item (below) I found on the Internet at the website address of "companiestx.com" indicates that the cited official owner of my rental apartment unit at Village Oaks Apartments as cited on my current official lease agreement here --- that owner being "Northland Oaks Apartments LLC" --- is a corporation over which the U.S. State of Delaware has legal jurisdiction.

Would you please verify for me in writing at your earliest convenience that the State Government of Delaware, rather than the State Government of Texas, has full legal jurisdiction over the current apartment unit where I am an official rent-paying tenant in Austin, Texas?

Thank you in advance for your invaluable reply note to me in response to this one hopefully-polite question from myself.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan.

Home phone: (512) 342-2295.

My official home address ever since September 5, 2017:

Village Oaks Apartments, 10926 Jollyville Road, Building 16, Apartment 1609, Austin, Texas, 78759.

My Blog:  John Kevin McMillan: A 21st Century Conservative Left-Wing Agenda