Residents still living in damaged Detroit apartment building months after fire
Residents say apartments aren’t safe
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Help Me Hank to the rescue: Problems plague Detroit senior complex
DETROIT – Residents living in the Plymouth Square Apartments in Detroit reached out to Help Me Hank over concerns about the conditions in their apartments.
In May, a fire in one unit caused severe damage in other apartments. Since then, residents said that it’s not a safe or healthy environment.
Linda Harris, who lives in one of the apartments, said there is dust everywhere and that the carpet was removed and the floors were torn up.
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Plumbing issues at Detroit home led to dumping of raw sewage in yard
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“They have rigged up some kind of situation where when they flush the toilet, it will come out into the yard,” resident Leo Scott said.
After the Local 4 Defenders brought his complaint to the attention of city officials, a group of city and county workers showed up to help the homeowner. Their help has given a local family a second chance to have a safe and clean home.
“We pulled together as many partners as we could around the needs of the family,” said David Bowser, Director of Human Services for the city of Detroit.
by Violet Ikonomova Townhomes being developed by Astral Weeks at 2119 Field Street. (Photo Michael Lucido) A high-profile dispute between a Detroit developer and an activist neighborhood association appears to have been at least partially resolved, with both sides getting some, but not all, of what they wanted. The squabble was over a derelict strip of row houses in Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood, which became a flashpoint in the debate over gentrification after a developer requested a tax break to transform them into more upscale townhomes. The neighborhood group, the Charlevoix Village Association, objected, saying the planned rentals weren’t affordable enough and risked raising property values and pricing out longtime residents.