The councillor for the west end is cheering the unanimous council approval of a new special tax on vacant homes, believing it will help force a solution to the…
Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Jul 15, 2021 • 10 hours ago • 5 minute read • Sarah Hodgkins, a resident at River Place at 245 Detroit St., in Old Sandwich Town, takes a look into the men s community bathroom on Thursday, July 15, 2021. The City of Windsor issued a Prohibition of Occupancy Order and all residents must be out of the building by July 20. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
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“Unliveable, unliveable” conditions from unusable toilets and no running water to feces on the floors and fire alarms ripped from the walls have forced the City of Windsor to pull the plug on a sprawling dorm-like building with dozens of tenants and an unknown number of squatters.