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Residents urge expanded health services and raise demolition concerns at Detroit committee meeting
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Detroit Public Health and Safety standing committee on April 14 urged expansion of city health services, better access for seniors, and raised complaints about the demolition process and property handling.
Multiple residents used the public comment period at the Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety standing committee on April 14 to press the city to expand public-health services and to seek clarity and fixes to demolition and blight processes.
Speakers emphasized gaps in access and convenience at the health department and said demolition practices are causing hardship and confusion. The session opened with repeated calls for more satellite health offices, better treatment of seniors and people with disabilities, and attention to environmental pollution and infant mortality.
"The health department…
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