LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Two troubled housing complexes in Lansing have initiated significant construction and rehabilitation projects to move hundreds of units from red-tagged to inhabitable.
6 News has reported on the ongoing issues at both Sycamore Townhomes, located in southwest Lansing, and Evergreen Apartments and Townhomes, formerly known as Autumn Ridge, for years.
Officials from both complexes say they are making dramatic changes – but each is pursuing different ways to fund the renovations.
Sycamore Townhomes
This southwest Lansing complex is under the control of a federal court-appointed receiver. A receiver is a person, usually a lawyer, appointed by a court to take over the day-to-day operations of a business and either make it functional or to dissolve it…