Wayne County Circuit Court Hearing For Highland Towers Residents Left in the Dark by DTE Energy, Friday, Sept. 11, 9:00am

Atty. Jerome Goldberg speaking to WDIV TV on behalf of the tenants at Highland Towers during an interview inside the lobby of DTE Energy on September 3, 2009. DTE has shut-off services at the apartment. (Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe)
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For Immediate Release

Media Advisory
From the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shut-offs

Event: Wayne County Circuit Court Hearing on Highland Towers' Tenants
Location: Courtroom of Judge MacDonald, Room 1107 City-County Bldg.
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m.

Highland Towers' Tenants Seeking to Have Power Turned on by DTE

Since August 31 the residents of Highland Towers apartments have been living without electrical power. The landlord for the building had not paid the utility bills despite these costs being included in the monthly rents.

DTE Energy shut off the power without proper notice to the tenants and has refused to turn the lights back on despite public appeals made on their behalf by the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shut-offs.

On Friday, September 11, 2009, the tenants will have a day in court to seek relief from the severe humanitarian crisis facing the people at Highland Towers.

Please join us at the hearing located in the Courtroom of Wayne County Circuit Judge MacDonald, located in 1107 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Woodward at Jefferson at 9:00 a.m.

Come and stand with the tenants at Highland Towers in their quest for justice.

Abayomi Azikiwe,
Media Liaison
Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shut-offs
Contact: 313.671.3715
E-mail: ac6123@wayne.edu
URL: http://www.moratorium-mi.org