DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday heard testimony from low-income families in Detroit who say they suffered hardships when the city cut off their water with no warning and are suing to prevent such shutoffs from happening again.
EE.UU.. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes – currently overseeing Detroit’s historic bankruptcy case – is hearing arguments Monday and Tuesday before deciding whether to issue a six-month injunction against water cutoffs. The larger hearing to approve Detroit’s plan for exiting bankruptcy is on hold for the week and will reconvene on Sept. 29.
LEER MÁS: Business Insider
Septiembre 29, 2014 en 3:50 pm
The verdict is in. They do not have the right to stop the city water company from shutting off the water to delinquent bill holders. It is easy to understand the hardship of the people in Detroit. Their city is dying, and now they are being stripped of the basic necessity of running water.
Hopefully through this bankruptcy Detroit will be able to build itself anew.