People in Flint are being threatened with foreclosure for not paying for toxic water

[babylonsister]

http://resistancereport.com/news/people-flint-threatened-foreclosure-not-paying-toxic-water/


People in Flint are being threatened with foreclosure for not paying for toxic water
Posted By: Chris Walker May 3, 2017


Adding insult to injury, the city of Flint is sending thousands of residents lien notices for unpaid water bills — despite having unsafe, lead-contaminated drinking water for the past few years. If left unpaid, Flint residents could lose their homes, even though they have been essentially poisoned since at least 2014 by contaminated water lines.

One resident, Melissa Mays, must pay nearly $900 on her water bill, or risk receiving a tax lien on her home, reports NBC 25 News in Michigan. Unpaid liens can result in foreclosures on properties for many citizens if the bills remain unpaid. The city sent nearly 8,000 notices to other residents of Flint.

Despite limited efforts to remedy the lead water crisis in Flint, nearly 5 percent of all homes still have lead levels that exceed federal standards. Yet lead poisoning may be even more widespread than this: federal rules stipulate that lead levels at 15 parts per billion require action, but many experts agree that action should be taken at levels lower than that, and scientists agree that there is no safe level of lead exposure.

Flint and other government officials have known since 2014 that the water supply people were using was contaminated. A recall election against Flint Mayor Karen Weaver has recently been initiated, in part due to the slow response to the lead crisis.

The median income for a household in Flint is around $24,800, with 40 percent of the city living in poverty. Requiring residents to make thousands of dollars in water payments or risk losing their homes will undoubtedly be a hardship many families will not be able to afford.


http://nbc25news.com/news/local/flint-puts-8000-people-on-notice-for-tax-liens-for-unpaid-water-bills
Flint puts 8,000 people on notice for tax liens for unpaid water bills

[ck4829]

1. Disgusting

[MedusaX]

2. Real Estate Developers Wet Dream...

A new strategy for creating large contiguous blocks of real estate that can be acquired for pennies on the dollar ....
Razed...
And redeveloped .....

Just poison the water supply with perfectly legal but toxic elements ....
Take the water board members and city council out for nice dinners and presto....

[2naSalit]

6. Yup!

That's how they operate. Cheato will be proud.

[avebury]

3. I would think a class action

lawsuit would be warranted.

[aquamarina]

4. Aren't there any good lawyers in Michigan

who would defend these people. And shame on the Flint City Government.

[Bayard]

5. I'm sure Michael Moore will get involved in this....

[Vinca]

7. Maybe he could find an attorney to represent the citizens in a class action suit.

[Leith]

8. It Is Not Hyperbole When I Say

That my hometown is being murdered.

When I was growing up there in the 60s, it was a good place to live. Starting in the 70s, it started going downhill and kept picking up speed ever since. I was one of the lucky ones who got out.