Four months ago, Texana Hollis was allowed back in her Detroit home after she was evicted when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) foreclosed on her property.
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Now, the federal government says the 101-year-old Detroit woman it once promised could move back into her foreclosed home, says she can’t return because the building’s unsanitary and unsafe.
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Hollis has been living at her home for the last 60 years. She told Detroit News:
“Here I am, 100 years old, and don’t have a home. Oh Lord, help me.”
Department spokesman Brian Sullivan said that an inspection determined the house:
“Was completely unsuitable for a person to live in, we can’t allow someone to live in that (atmosphere) now that we are essentially the owners of the property. The home isn’t safe; it’s not sanitary. It’s certainly not suitable for anyone to live in, especially not a 101-year-old mother.”
Hollis was evicted Sept. 12 after her 65-year-old son failed to pay property taxes linked to a reverse mortgage and HUD foreclosed on the home.
HUD took control of the mortgage after the amount paid to the family exceeded the value of the house in 2006.
