As we head into the cold winter months, many Detroit families are preparing for mounting household expenses, like groceries, electricity and water bills.
To help, Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department is rolling out a scaled-back version of its current water affordability program, designed to offer relief for low-income residents.
“It uses outside funding, either regional, state, or federal dollars, to pay the difference between the actual water, sewer, and drainage charges in the fixed bill amount that we provide, and we wanted that program to continue,” said Detroit Water and Sewerage Department spokesperson Bryan Peckinpaugh…