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Riverpointe Towers tenants press council for repairs, written responses and protection from retaliation
Summary
Residents of Riverpointe Towers and tenant-union organizers described years of maintenance failures, pest infestations and alleged retaliation; they asked council for written responses from management and help enforcing code compliance, and councilmembers pledged follow-up.
Tenants from Riverpointe Towers and organizers with the Detroit Tenants Union used public comment time at the City Council meeting to press for immediate help and a written response from property management.
Teresa McCormick, who lives at Riverpointe Towers on the East Side, described long-running problems — roaches, bedbugs and what she said were inadequate repairs — and said management had retaliated against tenants who organized. “We have the issues of the past, the roaches, the bedbugs… They put a band aid on it, they changed companies, but it’s…
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