blackamazon: shortformblog: 101-year-old woman evicted from home, government won’t let her return Who says you can’t go home? In the case of 101-year-old Detroit resident Texana Hollis, the federal government. The woman, who lived in her home for 60 years, was evicted from her home in September by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after she was unable to pay property taxes on her reverse mortgage. A couple days later, she was told she could return home, but HUD later said her home was in such disrepair that they wouldn’t allow it. But all is not lost; other agencies might be able to help fix the home up. Hollis, meanwhile, is staying with a friend who offered her a free room. Where’s Ty Pennington when you need him? (photo by John T. Greilick/Detroit News/AP) So we putting CENTENARIANS OUT INTO DETROIT WINTERS!?!? Lord I’m calling cause I can’t  They could develop an entirely different branch of Peace Corps just for Detroit. While there are definitely less privileged places around the world, I cannot wake up feeling accomplished until the life is brought back into a city that was once so filled with it.

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101-year-old woman evicted from home, government won’t let her return

Who says you can’t go home? In the case of 101-year-old Detroit resident Texana Hollis, the federal government. The woman, who lived in her home for 60 years, was evicted from her home in September by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after she was unable to pay property taxes on her reverse mortgage. A couple days later, she was told she could return home, but HUD later said her home was in such disrepair that they wouldn’t allow it. But all is not lost; other agencies might be able to help fix the home up. Hollis, meanwhile, is staying with a friend who offered her a free room. Where’s Ty Pennington when you need him? (photo by John T. Greilick/Detroit News/AP)

So we putting CENTENARIANS OUT INTO DETROIT WINTERS!?!?

Lord I’m calling cause I can’t 

They could develop an entirely different branch of Peace Corps just for Detroit. While there are definitely less privileged places around the world, I cannot wake up feeling accomplished until the life is brought back into a city that was once so filled with it.

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    really fucking sad.
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    I’ve seen two stories about this on the news. Friends have her staying in their home for now, and some carpenter...
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    Now I’m angry. Putting out a 101-year old woman!? WTF!?
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