Need to send emails and photos to state representative Cynthia Johnson and mayor Mike Duggan , also to chief of police or governor Gretchen Whitmoor. Also call District 6 inspector Cesar DeArmas and explain situation or text him.

Owner of Abbys party store Jesse Hernandez should be involved with helping community fix this issue, the community spends money their so give back of boycott the store.

The owner is part of the issue. Many people have boycotted the store however the building is under new ownership both Jesse Hernandez and the owner of the building need to be held responsible. The liquor store does more than sell alcohol. It sells other things that keep this corner active in illegal activity. It is widely known through the community. We have contacted many people about the issue. We will continue and also contact the governors office about how poorly our area is tended to.

How can I contact you without putting it on this app to the public.

If this is the city responding- you should be able to see my information on the backend.

Thank you for submitting your concern. A work order has been issued to have this investigated to facilitate any required debris removal.

@DPW Environmental Enforcement: What is the long term plan for this dumping site and encampment? People dump trash, human waste, etc illegally every single day. There are children here. There’s a rat infestation from the refuse. I can’t imagine doing weekly clean up is the best use of resources. Why isn’t prevention being prioritized here? No one should have to live like this.

Why don’t we contact the owner of the lot which is the same owner or the prince valley supper market. That’s who should be responsible for maintaining their privately owned property

The building located at 6500 Michigan ave is where the people living on the lot go to get their drugs

The City of Detroit owns the lot the camp is on aka the land bank. They have been contacted. We need more police calls on this issue. The city does not allow this to go on in high income areas. Please call on this issue. Also the Prince Valley owner is aware and has asked for the police to remove them however they still will not tend to the area. They demand that active illegal activity be going on when they arrive and are unwilling to acknowledge photos or videos of illegal activity- aka they do not want to deal with the issue.
The problem comes from the liquor store.

I called Detroit land bank yesterday and they do own it, it is officially theirs, 4070 Cicotte and they said they would let their legal team know about it.

They have been contacted for two months and that is the same response they give everyone who has contacted them about this issue.

We have spoken to the land bank and their “legal team” for two months. Multiple residents have. This issue has NEVER been like this!! It is the liquor store providing them with their illegal activity. Everyone was in hopes that once the building was sold it would stop- but it has gotten worse showing that the new owners are helping facilitate the liquor store by keeping it open.

We are the new owners of the building located at 6509 michigan Ave we have been in constant communication with the city council and mayor's office to address these issues. The party store will be closing in a few months We are heavily invested in the southwest community and open to hear suggestions from the community on making the neighborhood better for all of us. We have offered to purchase and clean up the lot owned by the landbank and the privately owned parcels as well. You are all more than welcome also to contact me @ 248-617-6256. Or by email Hello@salveshld.com

Wow thank you

Many neighbors have tried purchasing the lots for years to create a park that is fenced off or a garden. However we have never been able to purchase even after making cash offers. Those of us connected will sit down and talk and will be in contact.

To the new owners of Abbys Party Store / Jesse’s Illegal Guns + Get Everyone Hooked on Crank Store, what is the plan for ceasing drug sales (there and across the street) and painting over that liquor sign ASAP? It’s an eyesore, it doesn’t represent our values as a community, and will increase your ROI faster than filling the top floor with renters. I hope you can use your developer leverage in this election cycle to effect the change our neighbors deserve. We look forward to having you continue to invest with conscience in our neighborhood.

Agree with user 48210!! A few months is not fast enough. There has been sex and child trafficking going on for years. This year has brought the worst to the lot. It is next to impossible to safely turn down the street. There is no way to exit the alley way. No one can sit on their front porches without watching multiple drug sales and fights go on. The neighborhood deserves the rights to those lots. Children used to be able to play baseball in them. We have tons of children under 10 yrs old and are being exposed to things they should not see or are point blank illegal.

Agree with user 48210.

Factual information is being blocked on here. This is now a bigger issue.

Either way all agency’s of law enforcement are aware of situation and you have to call 911 ASAP if you see any transactions or prostitution going on. The more calls generated the higher probability of mayor stepping in to see situation. Be specific when giving details when calling 911 and mire calls to that area then then I can bring channel 4 news.

“City of Detroit” I’m curious who you are as we all know you’re not actually the City of Detroit and that’s just what you made your user name as. If you have the connections to call channel 4 news then please by all means do so now. There are more than enough email chains, phone calls, and 911 calls to prove that the neighborhood has been trying to get this resolved. People have been calling 911 on this lot for years now and we are aware of the fact that one needs to call 911 right when something is happening. Two sets of officers were out there just last week and did nothing. The Commander of the 4th precinct has also acknowledged the issue and Eva Torres has called the Landbank directly. Still, nothing is done. So please, call channel 4 news.

They are called multiple times a day by multiple residents. They were there again today. If you have connections to the news outlets why are we still discussing this and explaining what is going on. Since the Mayors office has point blank stated- they will not do anything about the homeless issue, the city is not the one responding on this feed.

Also agree with user 48210 - a few months is not fast enough and what exactly is a few months? 3,6,8? We have been dealing with this for years now and it needs to stop now.

These people are not homeless, these are addicts and prostitutes that need help, so homeless is not the word to use for these people. with no addiction with no where to go then they are homeless. By choice they are homeless now, their are places for them to go but they keep choosing addiction so they are considered loitering on private property. I have contacted a few of local channels they are in process of doing their part.

Someone wrote: “Since the Mayors office has point blank stated- they will not do anything about the homeless issue, the city is not the one responding on this feed. “
Please tell us how/ when the Mayor/his office said they will do anything about this issue.

If homeless camps along Michigan Ave are officially endorsed then all this outcry is useless.

FYI about the party store: a complaint to the liquor control commission that minors are being sold liquor will bring in secret and unannounced inspections. That should reveal drug sales as well.
The LCC shut down Vienna Market on Junction and Toledo for selling to minors and permanently removed the liquor license from the owners.

Do u need the email thread to the mayors office and every office contacted on this thread?! It’s not useless. It is giving up and accepting city officials not doing this job that is useless. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
This area has stopped calling 911 and reporting issues and resigned to “this is how it is” and that’s not acceptable.
Change is needed and if we get loud and put pressure on the laws being enforced so we do not have to live in a trash and drug infested land- then all of this is necessary.
It is a persons choice to make outcries and be loud.
We will NOT stand for Detroit ignoring this area any longer. Period.

I am asking to see where the Mayor’s office specifically said that no action will be taken on this issue

These people are not considered homeless they are addicts. By choice they let their behavior choose to be on the streets so do not use the word homeless related to drug addiction. I have contacted local channels and let them do their part.

“City of Detroit” - They’re are homeless / un housed and addicts. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Real City of Detroit: More people are on the lot as of yesterday.

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…wow. No one is crying, just posting an update….directly related and about the matter at hand. That is the wrong mentality to have. It doesn’t have to be this way, change is achievable and a good thing. Let’s all stay focused and not start coming for each other, definitely not what we are here for.

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New post made to address this issue. It is ridiculous that neighbors are being rude when the goal is the same.

Okay -another Avenue is to attend the monthly 4th Precinct meeting and ask if the City has a policy to ignore homeless camps -many, many cities do -San Francisco’s and Portland for example.
Maybe you can find out why nothing is being done.
If the City wants to turn a blind eye-then you can turn to the Neighborhood Services organization to see if they will intervene. I think the NSO is a private non-profit

I had an issue like this last year, it took me 4 months by myself to get things done. You have to call the governor constituiet services, call Cynthia Johnson state representative, call mayors office, call Wayne county sheriffs. Every entity in every department needs to be notified and take down names and times and what they are saying to do or not. Eventually everyone gets in content with each other.

The people in the near vincinty seeing everything illegal happening need to document everything or it’s as good as hear say because the city wheels turn slow. You have to act as if you are a lawyer and show just cause. Someone will drop the ball and be disciplined or possibly fired. It sucks but patience and doing it correctly the first time is worth it.

Who actually LIVES on this first block of Cicotte from Michigan to Gilbert?? This is important because there are a group of us on this thread who all know each other. However a few people chiming in seem to not live over here especially after reading the last comment. It seems as if the City of detroit doesn’t even live in this area. Strange.
So to clarify- there are a large group of us that have contacted everyone that has been suggested. This is also the way to do things as well. We do have lawyers. We are aware of the laws and go about things the way they need to.

Okay -I don’t live on Cicotte, but as a concerned citizen I did independantly report this encampment as a squatters issue (using the Michigan Ave. side address and also the poor guy living in a tent on the sidewalk on Michigan Av and Livernois. I used the squatter report -and no one has acknowledged the report for weeks. So u know that no agency is reading the squatters requests.
For the long-overflowing trash bin on the Michigan Ave. side I used the curbside solid waste request. It is still not emptied weeks later. But that one was at least acknowledged -and closed!
It also looks like no one in City government is reading this thread -or it is being ignored purposely.

You are not the only people concerned and, having lived in this neighborhood some 70 years and having been employed by the City -I think I can make some suggestions. Good for you if you are sure you are the only experts.

User Anna, I would like for you and I to be on the news together, I have spoken to news and it is almost a go. My email is jorge355040@yahoo.com contact me and we will go from their.

Thank you for submitting your concern. A blight violation has been issued. This request will now be closed.

Issue 10527690 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

If no one wants to be on the news then what’s the sense of bringing them, you need to explain what is happening on camera. My email is their anyone fed up with situation respond because until then news will be waiting.