Will Local 4 News Help Me Hank Consider Helping Us Good Landlords?

Where is our local hero Help me Hank when good landlords cannot get bad tenants out of their houses? The landlord who sold this house had to sell it to us at a deep discount because he knew we would have to remove this horrible tenant who was letting her dogs destroy the house. We finally got the tenant out only to learn her dogs were left there eating through the bedroom door and leaving feces in the basement. It took us a good four months before she and her dogs were gone so we could renovate the house.

I have never heard of a city inspector removing a tenant from a home that was uninhabitable because the landlord couldn't get her out fast enough. We have dealt with bad tenants for MONTHS waiting on the courts to remove them. It is currently a good 3-4 month process to remove a tenant.

I now have a well-vetted Section 8 tenant moving in. I checked out her current rental to be sure she doesn't live anything like the prior occupant of this house. The Section 8 rent is really good! Check out my website for more details. I have other houses for sale as well.

Hey, Hank! You ought to make an episode of how much landlords are hurting these days by the courts. The city inspections don't bother us. They seem fair enough. They're only a problem for slumlords. There are good landlords out here! But there sure are bad tenants getting away with living in our properties for free as we pay insurance, taxes, and upkeep. I've been waiting on CERA funds to help me with one of my tenants now since July of 2021. How about a Help Me Hank about the backlog at Wayne Metro Housing? That's hurting a lot of us. Or the backlog at Detroit Housing Commission. I've been months without rental payments because they lost one of their extremely low-paid caseworkers. Now I cannot rent to anyone with a Detroit Housing voucher because I know they are a mess there. Those voucher holders are really hurting too.