HGTV personality Tarek El Moussa is responding to complaints that he’s behind a plan to evict a small group of tenants from a rent-controlled property in North Hollywood so he can build a 138-unit apartment building.
After tenants Clare Letmon and her husband JohnPaul Rodriguez went public with multiple instagram posts and a Reddit feed that said El Moussa was planning “the biggest flip I have ever done in my life” with their rentals, the Flip or Flop star posted a long message Friday saying he’s not the villain in this scenario.
He’s just, you know, the developer. “Please let me clear something up regarding a new project,” he said on IG Friday. “I am one of the partners of NoHo 138 working on purchasing the Hartsook property in North Hollywood for redevelopment.
Even though I am being dragged for false accusations and misconceptions, my intentions are to do good, and I hope that we can focus on the positive and the facts,” he said. “Notices to the tenants were served by the current owner, not by me or the partners of NoHo 138.
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