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Starting Tuesday, Saginaw city officials are “suspending” new water shutoffs, after drawing criticism for sending out 750 shutoff notices earlier this month.
About 236 households have been disconnected since June 15, and 95 still haven’t had their water restored, said John Stemple, the city’s Director of Neighborhood Services and Inspections. But now, he says, they won’t shut off any more homes for at least a week.
The state s moratorium on water shutoffs has expired, but the city s critics say many are still struggling financially.
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“Beginning tomorrow, we have basically suspended the actual shut off,” Stemple said Monday. “However, we re going to use a process that we ve used in the past, by putting door hangers on those customers that are getting close to shut off. And that notice will say basically, ‘We re going to come back after a certain number of days.’ And we re also going to provide contact information for the
Fatal shooting puts spotlight on short-term rentals in Saginaw
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
1315 Randolph St. in Saginaw, site of an unofficial short-term rental where a fatal shooting occurred on May 3, 2021.
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SAGINAW, MI As the week began, Saginaw was marred by a shooting in a rental house that left one person dead and four wounded. The house was a short-term rental, advertised on Facebook as an unofficial Airbnb.
As short-term rentals continue popping up in Saginaw and Bay City, officials in both cities are in the early stages of discussing the role they play,
assessing the pros and cons they can bring to communities, and what regulations could or should be enacted to strike a balance between residents and tourists.