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Detroit council presses for faster action as Leland House tenants seek belongings and answers
Summary
Residents and their advocates at Tuesday’s Detroit City Council meeting pressed city officials for swifter action after months of neglect at the Leland House. Law department and HRD officials outlined bankruptcy-related timelines and a proposed removal plan; tenants and attorneys said the plan misrepresents their consent and urged immediate access to belongings.
City officials and dozens of residents spent much of the Detroit City Council’s March 3 meeting focused on the fate of Leland House residents displaced after the senior building was locked out last winter.
In a briefing early in the session, Law Department attorneys told council they will ask a U.S. bankruptcy court to approve proposed tenant-asset removal procedures at a March 12 hearing and said tenant-union counsel has until March 10 to file objections. Jason Harrison, speaking for the city, said the plan would have professional movers pack apartments and allow each tenant a prescribed “two-hour” window to retrieve the most important personal items while movers box the remainder.
"We will be filing our motion today with the court so that the court will, we hope, approve the procedures that we have proposed," Harrison said.
Council members repeatedly pressed for clarity on timing and notification. Pro Tem Coleman Young asked…
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