LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The city of Lansing has filed a lawsuit against two businesses for “allowing” a homeless camp to grow on their property.
In the lawsuit, the city claims the business has allowed the camp to thrive for the past several years. Officials say the camp has no water or gas, and that there’s even evidence of drug use on the property.
Since April of last year, Brent Morse, the property manager of one of the businesses, a warehouse on N Grand River Ave., has been dealing with the camp and says he has asked the city for help multiple times.
“We literally called LPD. We tried to get them to trespass them, and all LPD kept saying was that, ‘You know our hands are tied right now,’ and ‘There’s nothing we can do,’” said Morse. “‘We can kick them out, and they might leave, but they might just come back that day or that night.’”…