Popular Resistance - Of [Detroit's] 170,493 residential customers, 73,457 were at least 60 days past due as of the end of February. That means that, under the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s current guidelines, more than 43 percent of all Detroit homes could face service termination once looming shutoffs resume following an overhaul of [Mayor Mike] Duggan’s 10-point plan.
A key component of Duggan’s plan is a supposedly “affordable” payment system the mayor said would help keep water flowing to delinquent customers by making it easier for them to pay off arrearages. That plan, however, has proven to be an almost complete failure.
According to the most recent numbers provided by Detroit’s Department of Water and Sewerage, 24,743 residential customers are enrolled in a payment plan. Of that number, 24,450 are at least 60 days past due on their payments—meaning that their homes are in danger of losing water service once the city resumes shutoffs.
Stated another way, only 300 of the 24,743 customers put on the mayor’s payment plan were able to keep up with their payments and ensure their water will keep flowing.
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Does anyone know what ever came of the U.N. looking into this situation?
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