Detroit contractor helps rehab veteranโs house for free
DETROIT โ As America pauses to honor those who served our country on Veterans Day, a Detroit contractor is helping to rehab one veteranโs house free of charge. Renita Wilson, of SEIU Home Health Care Providers, was overcome with emotion when she checked on William Norman -- an 81-year-old Army veteran. Disability Network Wayne County, the Wayne County Community Action Agency and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib came together to help Wilson. โWhen I got here, I was shocked,โ said Orlando Robinson, of Flipping Detroit. โThe damage was devastating.โRobinson owns Flipping Detroit, a contracting company.
Detroit family forced out of home after house collapses, is condemned
DETROIT A house belonging to a mother and her daughter on Detroits west side came collapsed over the weekend, and they said their landlord wouldnt answer their calls. READ: Detroit familys home collapses as landlord refuses to answer callsEva Hunter, 77, and her daughter, Nikki, were renting a home on West Philadelphia Street on Detroits west side. Over the weekend, the house came crashing down. They condemned the house, Hunter said. With everything going on, Detroit police and building inspectors are looking for the landlord.
Detroit familys home collapses as landlord refuses to answer calls
DETROIT A house belonging to a mother and her daughter on Detroits west side came collapsed over the weekend, and they said their landlord wouldnt answer their calls. Eva Hunter, 77, and her daughter, Nikki, were renting a home on West Philadelphia Street on Detroits west side. Over the weekend, the house came crashing down. UPDATE -- June 29, 2020: Michigan coronavirus cases up to 63,497, Death toll now at 5,915We dont have any help, Nikki said. Despite a crumbling facade outside and ceiling and structural damage inside, Hunter said their landlord would not answer their calls.
How a successful Detroit inventor solves lifeโs little problems, wants to give back
DETROIT โ Ever since he was a teenager, Orlando Robinson has been looking for ways to solve some of lifeโs dilemmas. I got products for days and days and days,โ he said. I make it, and then from there comes my design for a production-grade product,โ Robinson said. โWe want to completely fund, a coding fund, in Detroit Public Schools, completely funded by us. All we want Detroit Public Schools to do is give us the students and the classroom,โ he said.