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Public speakers and council press for help as Leland Hotel tenants lose power, access to belongings
Summary
Advocates called on Detroit City Council to investigate a power cut at the Leland Hotel and secure tenants’ right to return and access personal property; councilmembers said hotel stays would be extended and that the matter is now referred to the city’s law department.
Advocates and councilmembers urged immediate action on behalf of residents of the Leland Hotel, where tenants have been displaced after power was cut and access to upper floors was limited by nonworking elevators.
Adam Barrett, of the Tax Justice and Moratorium Now Coalition, said the cut power prevented tenants from retrieving personal items and described the situation as “a clear case of deliberate neglect and to do an end run around the legal eviction process,” alleging the blackout was…
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