City says bankruptcy judge accepted plan to secure tenants’ belongings at Leland House

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City officials told Detroit City Council that a bankruptcy judge accepted the administration’s plan for tenant belongings at the Leland House; the city said it will press to be reimbursed as a creditor for the costs of retrieving and storing residents’ items and reported 14 households already rehoused.

City officials told the Detroit City Council on Feb. 24 that a judge in the Leland House bankruptcy proceeding accepted the plan the city presented and that steps are under way to formalize a schedule for removing residents’ belongings.

The update came as Tricia Stein, senior director of strategic initiatives for Mayor Sheffield, and Julie Schneider, director of the Department of Housing and Revitalization, briefed the council while court proceedings were ongoing. “The city in the last 7 days has been working very hard to assess what it will take to temporarily restore power in the building, for the belongings of the residents to be safely and securely removed,” Stein said. Schneider told the council the administration had obtained 21 inventories from tenants and that “14 households have have found permanent housing,” with three more moves in process.

Conrad Mallett,…

City says bankruptcy judge accepted plan to secure tenants’ belongings at Leland House

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