LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan State Rep. Emily E. Dievendorf has posted the next assertion to Fb relating to the eviction of residents on the Kristana Cell House Park in Dewitt Township:
Thanks to all who’ve reached out in regards to the unacceptable situations at Kristana Cell House Park. I need you to know that I hear you and I share your outrage.
Since my workplace was first made conscious of the scenario on March 31, 2025, we have now been actively engaged in supporting the residents of Kristana MHP. I’ve been in direct contact with the residents, visited the park myself to witness the situations firsthand, and labored alongside MHAction, the Tenant Useful resource Middle and Dewitt Township officers to make sure residents are linked with assets. We have now additionally reached out to MI departments for reduction, justice, and long-term reform. Presently essentially the most rapid reduction will come through supporting the direct service businesses and organizations which can be hustling to satisfy our neighbors’ most pressing wants.
As well as, we have now spoken immediately with Ara Darakjian and a consultant from TIR Equities to demand rapid and significant motion. It’s unconscionable that the residents of Kristana MPH are being pressured to reside in unsafe and undignified situations.
Let me be clear: Our workplace is dedicated to doing the whole lot inside our energy on the state stage to carry dangerous actors accountable and assist residents of Kristana MHP. We’ll proceed to press enforcement of licensing legal guidelines, discover each obtainable avenue to supply emergency reduction and long-term stability, and join residents with authorized advocates and housing justice organizations who can assist them in asserting their rights. As legislators, all of us have a job to play, and I intend to maintain doing mine.
State Rep. Emily E. Dievendorf
Residents of the park have beforehand advised 6 Information they acquired discover the park was shutting down on brief discover in the beginning of April, attributable to declining occupancy charges and the lack to keep up the park. From there, residents say the water was shut off on the park on April 2, and weeks later, they imagine the proprietor has turned off the carry pump linked to the sewer.
Kristana Cell House Park (WLNS)
In keeping with residents, the park gave them two choices—to take $1,500 and transfer out inside 25 days, or take $2,000 and go away in 10 days.
NAACP Lansing calls on native leaders to intervene in ‘inhumane’ eviction
The NAACP Lansing Department says, “This isn’t only a housing concern — it’s a civil rights concern.” “When landlords exploit loopholes, misrepresent occupancy, and leave families without basic services like water and sewer, they violate the dignity and humanity of residents who already face barriers to fair and stable housing,” stated the group in a information launch obtained by 6 Information.
Over the previous few weeks, 6 Information has referred to as and emailed the proprietor of Kristana Estates and reached out to a contact listed in one of many letters despatched to residents.
We have now but to listen to again from them.
