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The landlord-tenant la in ichigan
require that your landlord make rep . s.
So hat do you do hen your landlord
on't m e repair? hen the p int on
your all . p eling so much that you'r
fr ld that your 0 year old might e t
the paint chip ? hen you di cover that
the apartm nt you ju t moved into has
coc roache?
You rt by taking tep to protect
your legal right. If it is minor repair
problem and your ndlord is una are
th t i exi ,then a fri ndly phone
m y t e care of it. Ho ever hen
our landlord h ignored your r que ts
to m e repairs, then you must art
puttin th reque t in riting.
ir, rite your landlord a letter.
The I tter ould be dated and li the
ecifi repair problem and a phone
number and! or tim hen you can be
re ched th t your landlord can come
d m e repair. e p tr c of all
and ritten cont ct that you
ith your landlord on a separ te
eet of p p r. 0 importantly, keep
copie of your letter. Your local library
or po t offi e 'ould prob bly h ve
copy m chin hich ill m e copie
for 15 to 20 cent e ch. You ould
fo 0 up the letter ith phone call
to find out hen your 1 dlord can make
repair.
nd if your landlord ill do 't
m e repair then you ould rite
letter to th Health Dep tment. The
He th Department m e insp ctions of
homes or apartment upon the request
of the landlord or tenant. Someone
from the Health Department will come
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out and make a report of the hou ing
violation. It i generally a good idea
to follo up all ritten request with
a phone call. Be sure to get th name of
th per on you peak ith.
When the Housing Inspector comes
to your home or apartment point ou t
all of the problems to make re they
get written into the inspection report.
ake ure that your home i clean.
You don t ant poor housekeeping
written into the inspection report.
Reque t a copy of the inspection report
since the purpo of calling the Health
Department is to e tablish a credible
record of your problem.
ichigan law does not allo landlords
to evict people just becau they request
that repairs be made. Ho ever, your
landlord may try to evict you becau
you have complained and you may end
up in court defending your position.
If your landlord attempts to evict you
on that basi then that is called retalia­
tion and you ould tell the judge that
you beli ve that is the reason why you
are being evicted.
This advice i only a suggested ay
of protecting your legal rights. It i
not the only ay. This article is not
meant to imply that just becau you
don't follo aD the teps suggested that
you do not h ve a good c and will
be evicted. It would help prevent it.
NEXT: Other alternatives to getting
repain made hen letters don't work.
(This rticle is" not meant to replace
th advice of attorn y as each iOO ivid­
ual's fact situation is differ nt. Th word
I ndlord is me nt to ref r to both sex.)
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Berrien County Action (BCA) ex-
ecutive director Charle Henderson
announced onday that A h d re-
cei ed $20,000 grant from the depart­
ment of Social Service .
The funds ill be u d to provide
emergency elter and food It Henderson
The fund ill be di ributed through­
ou t the county to insure 10 income
peop e in need of emergency food or
elter th t enci s meeting tho needs
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EMPIDS, Tenn. - The Lorraine
otel the ene of the . tion of
artin Luther ing Jr. on April 4, 1968,
purch d for $144ltOOO by the
artin Luther ing- emphis emorial
Found tion, ee and ill be the
ite of a memorial to the great civil
right ctiv· .
Funds for the purch came the
re It of fundrai . effort arhead­
ed by Bob La , producer of a radio
aired nightly from e
City 0 r tional Blae
The effort a begun
emphis busin en
ill be ble to do so.
According to the DCA chief, Jerry
Si , AFL-CIQ r pre n tive lected
A to 0 nee, al , distribution of
400 pounds of fish donated by tate
farmers d fisheries.
The fOO from the AFLCIO must
be given to food kitchens or pantrie ,
Henderson said. DCA ill determine
ho the fi will be di tributed county
ide.
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community di ruptions th t follo ,"
Pompa id.
"On the other hand, if the minority
community h better under tanding
of the police offi er' ro d the rea­
ns for certain policies and proceed'
citizen cooperation and police protection
would both improve. '
The booklet recommends teps th t
disputing police and citizens may t e
to addre each other's concern over
i e ch department' firearm
policy the procedure for handling
citizen' complaints and the recruiting
and training of officer.
The handbook is another ep in the
.. inten . led effort CRS began 0 er t 0
years . go in response to increasin
incident in cornmuniti involvin police
u u of force. Th ency's mo t
recent caseload figure hich are for
fi al year 1981 a 26 percent
increa in reque t istance 0 er
the preceding year.
Single free copie of the handboo
m y b obt ined from th Community
Relation Service U.s. Dept. ofJu ti e
shington D.C. 20530.
IF YOU WERE THERE - Any hi
B etb . ion ·th B . Q . cy Turn r, abo, ed to co
to Buch a at 925-9783 'before Saturday, January 8. "E n if you're not i
more caD me," Lu .. Senio particip tint e
held Saturday at . Luther . gym t 10:30, . 8
Ans er to police, minor- ie
confronta ions: ego iation
cia ses
pport for campaign to obtain the
motel a po ible memorial site.
The campaign w capped by a giant
fundrai r held at Antioch Baptist Church
in Brooklyn hosted by its pa or, Rev.
George La renee.
Rev. Lawrence, regional director of
the Southern Christian Leadership con­
ference, the organization founded by
King, said in remarking on the plan
for the memorial that e ouldn't
allo the nation or the orld to forget
here e . ted Dr. through
our hatred, malice, greed and all other
, • evils that J(e foun� in tN cpun.try.
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egotiation, not confrontation, holds
the an wer for many problems that
cau police and minority groups to
oppo one another rather than wor s
allies, ccording to ne booklet on
police u of de dly force relea d this
year by the Community Relations Ser­
vice (CRS) of the U.S. Dept. of Justice.
"Both group can learn and profit by
li tening to one another," CRS Director
Gilbert G. Pompa 0 in releasing "Police
U of De dly Force: Conciliation
Handboo for Citizens and the Police."
The handbook's premi is that the
mo effective way 0 to reduce police-
citizen conflict over the force i e i
for each side to make a concerted effort
to understand the other' concerns and
to act here possible to remove urces
of friction in the relationship. •
The publication also discu s police­
community relations programs, police
response to demon tration and civil
disorders, psychologi al testing of officer
and civilian revi boards.
" ot all police ooting are justified
and improved policies and training can
reduce the number of fatalitie and the
Expectan paren
scheduled
A free Ties of Expectant P rent
CI are heduled .for January 6,
through February 10, at emorial Ho
pit ,St. Joseph, accordi to Sue Re ..
chke, R ., coordinator of th classes.
The classes ill be held for . con- .
cutive Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the
hospital Forum.
Topics to be discu include all
aspects of childbearing, po t-partum,
ne born parenting, brea feeding, and
safety, r. Re hke id. The cl
are intended to provide parent with
better understanding of pregnancy labor,
delivery, cesarean ction and the po t­
partum period. .
Parent ill also be gi en a tour of the
maternity care unit. e ant to em-
phasize that are family centered
maternity care unit," r. Re hke id.
Expectant P rent CI be
ttended alon or ith birth partn r,
r . Re hke ld. Sh dded th t tho
ho h e children may i to ttend
me or all of the cl refre er
cou ,th fir time parent are encou-
raged to ttend every cl n.
cl 'on for expectant pent
ho ish to t ther during the birth
of their child is held once month in
the Forum. Re tion and breathin
cla are offered to tho ith ritten
con nt from their phy . i .
To receive dition information and
to register for the cl 983-
8268. E pectant Parent CI.
offered 0 time a ye r
next . n begins F bru
offered . time ye. The
begins Febru ry 3 1983.
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