Tenants of Detroit’s historic Leland House plan to rally Saturday afternoon, accusing city officials of blocking them from retrieving their belongings after a sudden evacuation earlier this month and raising alarms about what they call a “hostile takeover” of the troubled and storied downtown building.
The rally is set for 1 p.m. Saturday outside the Leland House after residents were told they could not reenter to collect their possessions following a Dec. 10 power outage that left the 20-story apartment building without heat, lights, or elevators during extreme cold.
Tenants say they were given little warning and no meaningful opportunity to gather essentials when the Detroit Fire Department ordered the evacuation…