They issued over 11K in tickets. He just ignores them. Apparently, they haven't caught on that the tickets are useless! He should be charged with operating a junkyard illegally, creating a public eyesore and health hazard. Arrest him, bring him to court, force him to get rid of the junk AND pay back tickets or go to jail for a year.
they really just have to keep ticketing him and put a lean on his house, then you can force them to sell it to pay for the leans and clean up fees. Some cities just show up with a dump truck and the sheriff and take it everything away and send you a bill, which then becomes a lean.
@@joeybydin439 that means nothing, the neighbors are clearly keeping their homes well maintained. Their block is clean even if the rest of the city is dilapidated. This new person doesn't have the right to run down the block just because.
I lived next door to a person who has a yard like that. That's not my fight to knock on someone's door. That's how people get killed. The city came and removed all of that junk and because they were leasing the home, the home owner evicted them.
One of my church members lives next door to that house. He has called the city several times and nothing has changed as far as that junk being removed. I deliver a food box to him once a month and sometimes can barely get to his driveway due to all the stuff and cars belonging to those people. The last time I went I took pictures of the house and a lady sitting in that black car you see in the video said she would “break that phone; just try me”. I hope the city does remove that stuff and I applaud those neighbors for their courage.
If it hasn’t worked so far, what do people think he’s going to do now? I bet he hasn’t even paid his fines. He’s been given already. This person needs to be evicted from the neighborhood. I feel sorry for the neighbors having this eyesore in their neighborhood.
Mrs. Thomas my heart goes out to you and the neighbors. Let us hope that the City follows through on their commitment to force the homeowner to remove the trash.
if you google the house, the only thing in the front yard was that mint green playhouse that was on the porch, side was filling up, all this happened in a year. Hoarders is back on the air, sign them up.
Sounds like the city is saying HE HAS MORE RIGHTS, THEN ALL OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. HOLD YOUR TAXES TIL SOMETHING IS DONE.🕊🇺🇲💕
No, the city never said this neighbor has more rights. I sure didn’t hear that in this report and this is just a two and a half news report. Look it up, there’s other people who work for the city of Detroit and they have tried several times to tell the neighbor to clean up. I was curious about this neighbor and there’s a lot more information about this house. They are saying he’s ignoring all his tickets that are up to $11,000, probably more now. That neighbor is just being stubborn and lazy. The city has tried several ways to warn the neighbor to clean up or else they’ll go and clean it up their selves and that person can be arrested and still have to pay fines for the city to clean it up. Apparently that person or family, just doesn’t care.
That's amazing! I had a neighbor who complained about me after I cleaned my garage on a Sunday afternoon, and left a pile of items on the driveway to go to the dump. I secured a green tarp over these items The next morning, at seven thirty, I caught this neighbor taking photos of the tarp. When I asked him what he was doing he ran back to his house. The items were picked up on Tuesday morning and taken to the dump. Wednesday a city worker showed up at my front door to post a notice about junk on my driveway on my door. After asking him if he could see junk on my driveway and him answering that he couldn't, he took his notice back and left. The fact that this homeowner has not been approached by the city to clean his mess up just doesn't make sense.
"Not worth the paper it's written on" . They should have sent in a dump truck and cleaned it up much earlier . I would be temped to torch that dump site , but I would not want to endanger the rats .
I feel so sorry for the neighbors. My mother is the oldest resident on her street and has a beautifully maintain yard with flowers everywhere for over 55 years. One by one neighbors moved away and the new residents became more and more dirty with trash everywhere. It looks so horrible. It makes me so mad that my mother can't enjoy her little paradise like garden, like she should be able to because her neighbors (all but one) have turned the street into a dump. And I don't dare call the township on them because they have already threaten my mother and I fear for her safety. She's 81 and has never hurt anyone, she tries to be neighborly but can't even enjoy her own yard in her final years.
@@glw5166Thankfully no. She lives in one of the suburbs about 20 minute from Detroit. And yes she's fine, me and my older sister check on her and help her out regularly. Thanks for asking.
That dump reminds me of the Sanford & Son house. I bet the inside of that house is also full of junk and trash. The owner of that property needs to be evicted. Disgusting.
There is junk for sale and then there's hoarding. This person has an illness and needs help! FYI Sanford's junk was organized and in code with his business, it was on an episode!
Yeah good luck. The govt has made that almost impossible. My friend tried to evict someone who wasn't paying the rent and trashing the place. It took him paying out his own money for court costs and months to even get an eviction notice. The woman just moved and left all her stuff so he had to pay to remove all of that as well. The govt has screwed over property owners and handed it to deadbeats.
What a shame. Good neighbors who take care of their properties and pay their taxes have no say in getting rid of this horrible mess. Front and back, that's what needs to be cleaned up. This person is never going to change. Get him out of the house and neighborhood completely. Let him move next to the city dump where he belongs! Don't give up Mrs. Thomas and the rest of you. Keep your voices loud and constant. I hope I see a follow up on this from Fox 2 Detroit very soon.
Mad respect to the man who said in as many words that these knuckleheads are NOT gonna run him from the neighborhood he was born and raised in! I'd be proud to be his neighbor! That mess has got to GO!
That makes me sad because that looks like a nice area of Detroit and there aren't many like that and those people are trying to keep things nice this is what brings the ghetto in
It’s not just there. It’s sad that people can willingly get away with destroying a neighborhood and no one does anything about it so shameful for a community!
Find is going his name not on the address because the next owner will have to pay that fine to get that house or they’re just gonna drop the fine so the next guy can buy the house
My mom delivers food boxes to a neighbor there and the woman in the nasty home threatened her cause she was taking photos of the property. From now on I will go on those deliveries with my mom.
Black woman or white woman in the home and what age they look? Why don't you buy the a broom, dust pan, large garbage bags and some gloves so they can fix the issue. Why not help them instead of bash them
@@Martin199320 That person is a Hoarder. Even if they get help with cleanup, they will just fill it back up again. This is what Hoarders do. I don't see where Race is an issue here - Hoarders come in all sizes, shapes and colors.
@@Martin199320 So lead by example, YOU take your arrogant a** over there and get the ball rolling. Your kind are what’s mucked about this present society. Don’t bother with a reply, Mr, or whatever gender/pronoun, Perfect, not returning to even read anything. 👎🏿
Contact “Hoarders” to see if they would be interested in approaching the homeowner about a massive clean-up. If the outside looks that bad one can only imagine what the inside looks like. I’m guessing the owner of the cluttered yard has cameras outside so it probably wouldn’t help to quietly remove a yard ornament late at night once in a while.
Development companies pay people to move into low income areas to create unlivable conditions that makes homeowners move out which gives the development companies the opportunity to buy up every house that comes available on the market and once the developers purchase enough houses they begin to tear them down and build more expensive homes in it's place which attracts people of another demographic and economic status and that folks is one of the many methods of gentrification.
I live in florida and my neighbor that lived around the corner had the same junk pile. The city came out 5 times with dump trucks , the last time they came they had 6 dump trucks , and a bobcat to clean up his mess. They finally put Liens on the house for $65,000 and he is gone and so is his junk
Man, I do feel for the people in the Junkyard house, I'm going through the same thing for both myself and my family. It's not just a case of cleaning up trash, it's also a mental battle. I had untreated depression for the longest time, and my family was battling health issues, and the trash just got worse and worse and worse, and the worst the trash was, the worse my depression was. It's a vicious cycle, and thank god I got help when I did, cause I don't know where I'd be without it. I'm now helping my family get organized and back to having a cleaner house. It's not been easy, but the result of the effort when it's all done will all be worth it. I don't want to be an armchair psychologist, especially since I failed psychology in college twice, but If they are going through that vicious cycle, I certainly hope they get the help they need, for both themselves and their neighbors.
Omg.. That's hazardous on so many levels. Why bother to live in a house?? Move yourself and your trash to the nearest dump..you'll fit right in. I pray the neighbors get some relief .
I had a neighbor like that. The fire department came in and forced them to clear the front yard out as well as everything they had stacked against the fences in the back yard.
I think sometimes the neighborhood should warn the tenant and give them a 30 day notice. If they don't comply, then send those 1(800) Got Junk guys over and give the tenant the bill.
A total mess that is what I remember Detroit neighborhoods looking like. If I saw a neat and tidy yard there I would faint from the disbelief, shock and awe!
You're supposed to live in a trailer on several Acres if you want to collect stuff. He's building his nest of things he likes to bring home well he just needs to live in a different area so he can keep his nest
Good to see the rest of the neighborhood wanting to get rid of this eyesore to maintain the beauty and safety of their neighborhood and protect their property values. Too many good people would rather give up and move away, leaving only the bad neighbors behind, which is how neighborhoods eventually become crime ridden. And boo to the city of Detroit for taking this long to actually enforce their own ordinances, and finally decide to send somebody else out to haul away all the junk. In the suburbs if you even dare to let your grass grow too long, they will send a hired professional out to mow it for you and then give you the bill. A situation like this front yard wouldn't have lasted more than a week in Canton or Royal Oak or Saint Clair Shores
I live not far from detroit, R city would never allow anyone property to look like this. They Would fine them day-by-day. It is a Health hazard roton hazard... My city does not allow abandon horrible looking houses to stand for decades.... No one wants a horrible looking neighborhood were their paying rent and taxes.. Keep fighting...
I’m wondering if adult protective services could be called in. Hoarding is a mental illness that cannot be fixed by threats. Tickets fines whatever won’t work. This person obviously can’t take care of themselves. Here in Alabama a deputy seeing this could call protective services instantly. I feel for this neighborhood. I also feel for the hoarder. But that’s not just an eyesore. Between the odors I know must be in that house and the pests being allowed to breed freely, I just can’t imagine living next door to that. The inside is worse. Guaranteed. Sad.
How can the city not do something about this??? Seriously. That's such a nice, beautiful neighborhood except for the dump on that property. Screw those tickets, remove it all and do something to prevent it. The neighborhood doesn't deserve to suffer because of one wingnut
Good for this gentleman not leaving the neighborhood he has called home all of his life - he is the type of neighbor you want to have. I wouldn't move either because of a mentally ill neighbor. I'm glad the news and city are stepping in.
A question for the Americans here: Why do you guys not have fences/walls around your front yards? It’s much safer, you’d have much more privacy and depending on the fence things like this would be much less noticeable. I always see videos of houses like these with nothing on their front yards apart from maybe some plants and it doesn’t really make sense to me. Why have big front yards if you can barely use them?
That's bringing the property value down in the neighbors homes. If they could even sell now (due to the neighbor) they wouldn't get what their home is worth. This is horrible.
We had a guy down the street from us who's house looked something like a junk yard. Not only that. The house was falling apart. No grass, just huge concrete rocks, broken down vehicles with green stickers. City said he gets tickets all the time. All he does is pay the fine or go to jail for a few days. Homeowners association wont force him to clean it up. Just report it.
It is now 10 days past the deadline for the owner to clean it, has the city cleaned the yard as they said? The city can place a lien on the property for the tickets and cleanup.
IF THE CITY ALLOWS: use a green fence screen or plant that same bush (0:04 over her right shoulder) along the property line. That way you dont see it... out of site; out of mind.
The house my parents own had a neighbor that had so much stuff in his yard. He had so much stuff in the yard it was crazy. It was when I was younger they ended up getting everything out the yard. I can only imagine if the person has bugs rats and snakes. Hopefully the neighbors can get help.
I feel so bad now. I was just over there the other day and couldn’t get any help. I thought it was an estate sale. Now I have to go take down my review.
The tickets are just paper to the offender. The city should haul away the trash and scrap metal, sell the metal to recoup funds lost on the tickets, and expel the offender from the home or keep it tidy. The residents have fewer rights than the junk man! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
My neighbors are always leaving garbage in the yard...when working on cars they leave their tools everywhere..tires on the front and back porch...a broken down vehicle that looks like it has been there forever.I don't complain to the landlord because after my son graduates I'm moving...I'm a clean person....folks are getting crazier by the minute just leave that man alone because no telling what he might do next
We also have a problem in my neighborhood but just like your story not much get done. It depreciates the resale value of your home. Asia is many houses in my neighborhood are up for sale. Next move is to call the county health department.
So this guy rents the property and the landlord won't make him clean it up? It would be the property owner getting the tickets, right?? Looks horrible, I don't blame the neighbors for taking this problem to the next level. I'd like to know what the resident looks like...and cringe thinking of what the inside of the house is like
Whomever lives there is sick mentally. They need help. They are hoarders as you guys can see. Instead of kicking them and giving them fines. Call Adult protective services to see if this person is mentally stable enough to live on their own at least. This is so sad. I'm looking deeper into the situation. This person is is sick to think that this is ok to live like this.😢
Do they honestly think that the homeowner is going to clean that mess up? Or pay the fines? They didn’t care when they started hoarding and they won’t care now
This is totally ridiculous and I feel for the neighbors who have to endure this eyesore everyday. Who lives like this? Looks like a junkyard and I see mental illness and depression. It is apparent there is no HOA in that community.
I wonder if any of the neighbors have asked the messy yard people if they need help. Sometimes a person gets overwhelmed with the task at hand and ignores the task rather than tackle it. A man near me had a similar looking yard. He just wasn't able to take care of it on his own and did not know where to start. A neighbor started helping him get rid of things. It took months, but I can see his house and entire yard now. It looks good.
There is no way rhe city should not be able to have the owner clean up the property. When we decide to live in a civil society we all have an obligation to respect our neighbors and maintain our property, especially the outside.
Even if he'd have tried to sell their home, the 1st sight of that neighbors over cluttered yard would dissuade any potential buyers. As well as devalue their surrounding properties values.
Oh, stop it. This person is violating the law. Would you want this mess next to you? The city needs to go there asap and remove this mess asap at the owner’s expense.
Can only imagine what the inside looks like
Omg ur so right
Oh it's full of s h I t , fuel for a toxic neighborhood fire. Should be condemned.
Like all the rest of them…….
I am sure it's just as gorgeous as the rest of Detroit. Got to be.
I'm just surprised there's not a 2004 Tahoe on 20k worth of rims in the front yard with 4 ft grass growing around it.
They issued over 11K in tickets. He just ignores them.
Apparently, they haven't caught on that the tickets are useless!
He should be charged with operating a junkyard illegally, creating a public eyesore and health hazard.
Arrest him, bring him to court, force him to get rid of the junk AND pay back tickets or go to jail for a year.
Agree! The legal process that’s set up is baffling at times. TOO SLOW.
they really just have to keep ticketing him and put a lean on his house, then you can force them to sell it to pay for the leans and clean up fees. Some cities just show up with a dump truck and the sheriff and take it everything away and send you a bill, which then becomes a lean.
Send him to Judge Bryant.
Have you seen the rest of Detroit?
@@joeybydin439 that means nothing, the neighbors are clearly keeping their homes well maintained. Their block is clean even if the rest of the city is dilapidated. This new person doesn't have the right to run down the block just because.
I lived next door to a person who has a yard like that. That's not my fight to knock on someone's door. That's how people get killed. The city came and removed all of that junk and because they were leasing the home, the home owner evicted them.
Exactly this! It’s the city’s responsibility. The neighbors can go to the city and complain, but definitely not speaking directly to the occupant.
Remember what just happened to that bLK women that got shot! I’m not about to cause a seen and get shot for stupidity
@@javiruiz8365cause a scene.
Someone had the courage to call the city, didn't happen out of the blue
@@javiruiz8365This and what happened to that woman in front of her children is TOTALLY DIFFERENT! 🤬
One of my church members lives next door to that house. He has called the city several times and nothing has changed as far as that junk being removed. I deliver a food box to him once a month and sometimes can barely get to his driveway due to all the stuff and cars belonging to those people. The last time I went I took pictures of the house and a lady sitting in that black car you see in the video said she would “break that phone; just try me”. I hope the city does remove that stuff and I applaud those neighbors for their courage.
Keep us updated
If it hasn’t worked so far, what do people think he’s going to do now? I bet he hasn’t even paid his fines. He’s been given already. This person needs to be evicted from the neighborhood. I feel sorry for the neighbors having this eyesore in their neighborhood.
@@MrBencher446you should be evicted from your neighborhood as well
@@mikalatrice7962 Good advice! I'm sure they would issue some tickets.
@@mikalatrice7962 Tell the health dept. there are rats the size of footballs roaming around over there. That might get some action!
Mrs. Thomas my heart goes out to you and the neighbors. Let us hope that the City follows through on their commitment to force the homeowner to remove the trash.
What a eyesore for the neighbors to have to look at and endure every day they get off of work/come home 😢
Yes thanks for the comment Captain obvious
You can tell by the location of some things he’s now adding more in spite.
@@Theyralltakenfu, Yup, and blasting ppl without context lets interview the homeowner maybe there's something else behind this... you never know.
its America dont Tread on my rights...my land and i pay for Taxes
You ever seen Detroit? The whole place is a eye sore.
if you google the house, the only thing in the front yard was that mint green playhouse that was on the porch, side was filling up, all this happened in a year. Hoarders is back on the air, sign them up.
Sounds like the city is saying HE HAS MORE RIGHTS, THEN ALL OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. HOLD YOUR TAXES TIL SOMETHING IS DONE.🕊🇺🇲💕
Move them next to the city people homes, and see what happens!!!!!
They give him tickets. What else do you want them to do?
@@PyroShields So just ignore the whole thing? People like you are why that horrible neighbor gets away with the inconsiderate stupidity.
It would be terrible if a fire happened.
No, the city never said this neighbor has more rights. I sure didn’t hear that in this report and this is just a two and a half news report. Look it up, there’s other people who work for the city of Detroit and they have tried several times to tell the neighbor to clean up. I was curious about this neighbor and there’s a lot more information about this house. They are saying he’s ignoring all his tickets that are up to $11,000, probably more now. That neighbor is just being stubborn and lazy. The city has tried several ways to warn the neighbor to clean up or else they’ll go and clean it up their selves and that person can be arrested and still have to pay fines for the city to clean it up. Apparently that person or family, just doesn’t care.
That's amazing! I had a neighbor who complained about me after I cleaned my garage on a Sunday afternoon, and left a pile of items on the driveway to go to the dump. I secured a green tarp over these items The next morning, at seven thirty, I caught this neighbor taking photos of the tarp. When I asked him what he was doing he ran back to his house. The items were picked up on Tuesday morning and taken to the dump. Wednesday a city worker showed up at my front door to post a notice about junk on my driveway on my door. After asking him if he could see junk on my driveway and him answering that he couldn't, he took his notice back and left. The fact that this homeowner has not been approached by the city to clean his mess up just doesn't make sense.
I get your point,but dammmm what a nosy neighbor lol,I could understand if that was there for a long time jajajaja...
Ur neighbor is a real pos
pour salt and vinegar all over the noisy neighbor's yard at night then complain about that.
It probably depends on the city and location for something to actually happen. Some don't give af. Sad you went through that.
Tickets don't mean shit. They don't pay em and won't enforce it.
Add them to the property tax. If still unpaid long enough, then tax foreclosure.
@musicloverme3993 foreclosure takes three years or so. The city should step in and have the shit removed.
"Not worth the paper it's written on" . They should have sent in a dump truck and cleaned it up much earlier . I would be temped to torch that dump site , but I would not want to endanger the rats .
@@smerchly
👍🏿😂😂😂”You wouldn’t want to endanger the rats!!”😂😂I AGREE!!
I feel so sorry for the neighbors. My mother is the oldest resident on her street and has a beautifully maintain yard with flowers everywhere for over 55 years. One by one neighbors moved away and the new residents became more and more dirty with trash everywhere. It looks so horrible. It makes me so mad that my mother can't enjoy her little paradise like garden, like she should be able to because her neighbors (all but one) have turned the street into a dump. And I don't dare call the township on them because they have already threaten my mother and I fear for her safety. She's 81 and has never hurt anyone, she tries to be neighborly but can't even enjoy her own yard in her final years.
Dogs barking at nothing makes me the most crazy.
That’s why I moved out the city due to the home owners are leaving, while the renters trash the block
Does your mother live in Detroit as well? I hope that someone is checking on your mom if she has been threatened. That is not right.
@@glw5166Thankfully no. She lives in one of the suburbs about 20 minute from Detroit. And yes she's fine, me and my older sister check on her and help her out regularly. Thanks for asking.
@@t.e.1189 Glad to hear that.
That dump reminds me of the Sanford & Son house. I bet the inside of that house is also full of junk and trash. The owner of that property needs to be evicted. Disgusting.
I beg your pardon, Fred Sanford’s junk yard had its charm…
There is junk for sale and then there's hoarding. This person has an illness and needs help! FYI Sanford's junk was organized and in code with his business, it was on an episode!
I loved that show!❤
You big dummy!!!!
Just kidding. 😂😂😂😂😂
Oh… so this is a tenant doing this😮 I’d love to hear from the owner of the property! Why haven’t they evicted the tenant?
Probably related or The owner has no clue what’s going on …
Yeah good luck. The govt has made that almost impossible. My friend tried to evict someone who wasn't paying the rent and trashing the place. It took him paying out his own money for court costs and months to even get an eviction notice. The woman just moved and left all her stuff so he had to pay to remove all of that as well. The govt has screwed over property owners and handed it to deadbeats.
Oh, I feel really sorry for these folks having to live next door to that!! That would be really upsetting.
It is almost impossible to evict. The process takes years, even if tenant stops paying rent. Would not want to be a landlord these days.
@@Kinosis79 system gets money that way..judges, the twp,. the state ,lawyers are get there share
Not just an eyesore, it's a hazard for first responders, and a danger to children!!!
What a shame. Good neighbors who take care of their properties and pay their taxes have no say in getting rid of this horrible mess. Front and back, that's what needs to be cleaned up. This person is never going to change. Get him out of the house and neighborhood completely. Let him move next to the city dump where he belongs! Don't give up Mrs. Thomas and the rest of you. Keep your voices loud and constant. I hope I see a follow up on this from Fox 2 Detroit very soon.
Much of that trash is scrap metal - a scrap metal dealer would clear much of the trash for little or no cost.
Mad respect to the man who said in as many words that these knuckleheads are NOT gonna run him from the neighborhood he was born and raised in! I'd be proud to be his neighbor! That mess has got to GO!
That makes me sad because that looks like a nice area of Detroit and there aren't many like that and those people are trying to keep things nice this is what brings the ghetto in
It’s not just there. It’s sad that people can willingly get away with destroying a neighborhood and no one does anything about it so shameful for a community!
Please give us an update. I’m curious to see what will/ or will not happen.
They got more fines than what the house is worth. It would be cheaper for them to just move to another house with their stuff.
Find is going his name not on the address because the next owner will have to pay that fine to get that house or they’re just gonna drop the fine so the next guy can buy the house
That is terrible and who wants to live by somebody like that. I would like to hear the update on July 10.
Yes, today is July 22. Do you know what happened?
@@sereneamani1713 The city made him get all the junk up! Glad the news stepped in to help! I wouldn’t won’t to live by that mess!
I hate when these type of people move in on the block, especially when they are your direct neighbor
My mom delivers food boxes to a neighbor there and the woman in the nasty home threatened her cause she was taking photos of the property. From now on I will go on those deliveries with my mom.
Black woman or white woman in the home and what age they look?
Why don't you buy the a broom, dust pan, large garbage bags and some gloves so they can fix the issue.
Why not help them instead of bash them
@@Martin199320 the people don't care..this you couldn't help them
@@Martin199320 That person is a Hoarder.
Even if they get help with cleanup, they will just fill it back up again.
This is what Hoarders do.
I don't see where Race is an issue here - Hoarders come in all sizes, shapes and colors.
@@aheimdahl5201there not hoarder's lol.... Some people are just nasty.
@@Martin199320
So lead by example, YOU take your arrogant a** over there and get the ball rolling. Your kind are what’s mucked about this present society. Don’t bother with a reply, Mr, or whatever gender/pronoun, Perfect, not returning to even read anything. 👎🏿
If this was in Atlanta, that stuff would of been stolen in two hours
Chicago too!
Someone should put large sign saying FREE TO TAKE.
Idiot homeowner wouldn’t notice and at least some crap would be gone!
That's trash bro. They may steal the scrap metal but that's trash...
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Contact “Hoarders” to see if they would be interested in approaching the homeowner about a massive clean-up. If the outside looks that bad one can only imagine what the inside looks like. I’m guessing the owner of the cluttered yard has cameras outside so it probably wouldn’t help to quietly remove a yard ornament late at night once in a while.
If the outside looks like that I can’t imagine what the inside looks like 😬
Development companies pay people to move into low income areas to create unlivable conditions that makes homeowners move out which gives the development companies the opportunity to buy up every house that comes available on the market and once the developers purchase enough houses they begin to tear them down and build more expensive homes in it's place which attracts people of another demographic and economic status and that folks is one of the many methods of gentrification.
that sounds plausible 😢
Facts. It’s all by design
That is disgusting. No one should have to be subjected to this lunacy. I hope the city carts it all away.
That kind of hoarding is really a mental health issue - those people are not right in the head.
I live in florida and my neighbor that lived around the corner had the same junk pile. The city came out 5 times with dump trucks , the last time they came they had 6 dump trucks , and a bobcat to clean up his mess. They finally put Liens on the house for $65,000 and he is gone and so is his junk
Man, I do feel for the people in the Junkyard house, I'm going through the same thing for both myself and my family. It's not just a case of cleaning up trash, it's also a mental battle. I had untreated depression for the longest time, and my family was battling health issues, and the trash just got worse and worse and worse, and the worst the trash was, the worse my depression was. It's a vicious cycle, and thank god I got help when I did, cause I don't know where I'd be without it. I'm now helping my family get organized and back to having a cleaner house. It's not been easy, but the result of the effort when it's all done will all be worth it. I don't want to be an armchair psychologist, especially since I failed psychology in college twice, but If they are going through that vicious cycle, I certainly hope they get the help they need, for both themselves and their neighbors.
Omg.. That's hazardous on so many levels. Why bother to live in a house?? Move yourself and your trash to the nearest dump..you'll fit right in. I pray the neighbors get some relief .
That is ridiculous
I wonder what it looks like inside, i can only imagine it being accessible via hazmat suits. 🤢
probally Fred Sanford place
I had a neighbor like that. The fire department came in and forced them to clear the front yard out as well as everything they had stacked against the fences in the back yard.
I think sometimes the neighborhood should warn the tenant and
give them a 30 day notice. If they don't comply, then send those
1(800) Got Junk guys over and give the tenant the bill.
I wonder how the neighbor would react if that happened.
A total mess that is what I remember Detroit neighborhoods looking like. If I saw a neat and tidy yard there I would faint from the disbelief, shock and awe!
But didn't you just see neat and tidy houses on this block from the video with the exception of the featured house?
People need to be held accountable like they use to.
anyone else have the sanford and son music playing in your head while watching this video ? The "G" stands for Getting fined!
Best wishes to all of the neighbors.
Hoarders show can't imagine inside of home obvious something else is going on sicknesses? 😱
Think it's similar to OCD, dunno.
Really sad! I hope there's a resolution soon after the 10th. Hopefully Fox does a followup.
You're supposed to live in a trailer on several Acres if you want to collect stuff. He's building his nest of things he likes to bring home well he just needs to live in a different area so he can keep his nest
Good to see the rest of the neighborhood wanting to get rid of this eyesore to maintain the beauty and safety of their neighborhood and protect their property values. Too many good people would rather give up and move away, leaving only the bad neighbors behind, which is how neighborhoods eventually become crime ridden.
And boo to the city of Detroit for taking this long to actually enforce their own ordinances, and finally decide to send somebody else out to haul away all the junk.
In the suburbs if you even dare to let your grass grow too long, they will send a hired professional out to mow it for you and then give you the bill. A situation like this front yard wouldn't have lasted more than a week in Canton or Royal Oak or Saint Clair Shores
I live not far from detroit, R city would never allow anyone property to look like this. They Would fine them day-by-day. It is a Health hazard roton hazard... My city does not allow abandon horrible looking houses to stand for decades.... No one wants a horrible looking neighborhood were their paying rent and taxes.. Keep fighting...
I’m wondering if adult protective services could be called in. Hoarding is a mental illness that cannot be fixed by threats. Tickets fines whatever won’t work. This person obviously can’t take care of themselves. Here in Alabama a deputy seeing this could call protective services instantly. I feel for this neighborhood. I also feel for the hoarder. But that’s not just an eyesore. Between the odors I know must be in that house and the pests being allowed to breed freely, I just can’t imagine living next door to that. The inside is worse. Guaranteed. Sad.
Great place for a match💥
How can the city not do something about this??? Seriously. That's such a nice, beautiful neighborhood except for the dump on that property. Screw those tickets, remove it all and do something to prevent it. The neighborhood doesn't deserve to suffer because of one wingnut
I’m glad I live in a neighborhood that doesn’t allow cars parked on the streets over night and no recreational vehicles can be seen from the road.
Good for this gentleman not leaving the neighborhood he has called home all of his life - he is the type of neighbor you want to have. I wouldn't move either because of a mentally ill neighbor. I'm glad the news and city are stepping in.
A question for the Americans here: Why do you guys not have fences/walls around your front yards? It’s much safer, you’d have much more privacy and depending on the fence things like this would be much less noticeable. I always see videos of houses like these with nothing on their front yards apart from maybe some plants and it doesn’t really make sense to me. Why have big front yards if you can barely use them?
I know some people dislike Homeowner Association, but this is why I like HOA.
That's bringing the property value down in the neighbors homes. If they could even sell now (due to the neighbor) they wouldn't get what their home is worth. This is horrible.
My city would send a couple of warning letters, then come in and remove everything and assess a lien on the property until the bill was paid.
It actually looks like an improvement to that city.
Please follow up on this-it’s unacceptable!
We had a guy down the street from us who's house looked something like a junk yard. Not only that. The house was falling apart. No grass, just huge concrete rocks, broken down vehicles with green stickers. City said he gets tickets all the time. All he does is pay the fine or go to jail for a few days. Homeowners association wont force him to clean it up. Just report it.
It is now 10 days past the deadline for the owner to clean it, has the city cleaned the yard as they said? The city can place a lien on the property for the tickets and cleanup.
Someone needs to call the “Hoarders” program. They may have a new assignment! 😮
That’s so disrespectful. 😢
IF THE CITY ALLOWS: use a green fence screen or plant that same bush (0:04 over her right shoulder) along the property line. That way you dont see it... out of site; out of mind.
It is insane that the city hadn't forced a clean up. Not only is this property an eye sore it is a hazard to all in the neighborhood.
How is that allowed???? It looks like a safety and health hazard.
I Am So Sorry You Are to put with this 🙏❤
That messy neighbor really hates everyone and wants to piss them off!
The house my parents own had a neighbor that had so much stuff in his yard. He had so much stuff in the yard it was crazy. It was when I was younger they ended up getting everything out the yard. I can only imagine if the person has bugs rats and snakes. Hopefully the neighbors can get help.
I feel so bad now. I was just over there the other day and couldn’t get any help. I thought it was an estate sale. Now I have to go take down my review.
The tickets are just paper to the offender. The city should haul away the trash and scrap metal, sell the metal to recoup funds lost on the tickets, and expel the offender from the home or keep it tidy. The residents have fewer rights than the junk man! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
My neighbors are always leaving garbage in the yard...when working on cars they leave their tools everywhere..tires on the front and back porch...a broken down vehicle that looks like it has been there forever.I don't complain to the landlord because after my son graduates I'm moving...I'm a clean person....folks are getting crazier by the minute just leave that man alone because no telling what he might do next
We also have a problem in my neighborhood but just like your story not much get done. It depreciates the resale value of your home. Asia is many houses in my neighborhood are up for sale. Next move is to call the county health department.
Looks better than most of their neighborhoods.
' someone junk is another persons treasure' I see treasure
Put an ad on craigslist: "yard sale, everything FREE!!!"
If he ever wants to sell that house I imagine that he'll have to pay all the tickets and penalties.
Looks like a case for Hoarders.
😐 wow. Well, at least the City & the Mayor has a plan. I just didn’t hear “garnish wages “ to collect those ticket fines.
So this guy rents the property and the landlord won't make him clean it up? It would be the property owner getting the tickets, right?? Looks horrible, I don't blame the neighbors for taking this problem to the next level. I'd like to know what the resident looks like...and cringe thinking of what the inside of the house is like
Imagine what the inside looks like 😭
Sue the city for not doing anything
The city needs to take some real action. Neighbors that keep their yards nice should not have to put up with this.
Whomever lives there is sick mentally. They need help. They are hoarders as you guys can see. Instead of kicking them and giving them fines. Call Adult protective services to see if this person is mentally stable enough to live on their own at least. This is so sad. I'm looking deeper into the situation. This person is is sick to think that this is ok to live like this.😢
Reminds me of the scene from the Office where Dwight gives Jim a demerit for being late.
Oh hell, that’s it? I’ve seen places twice as bad, even storing caustic chemicals in open barrels on the front lawn
we have one in taylor mi too....and been complaining 4 years now and city does nothing...time for a lawsuit.
Omg This would drive me insane to pull up to my home everyday to see this.
Do they honestly think that the homeowner is going to clean that mess up? Or pay the fines? They didn’t care when they started hoarding and they won’t care now
It's called hoarding disorder. The hoarder needs help.
This is totally ridiculous and I feel for the neighbors who have to endure this eyesore everyday. Who lives like this? Looks like a junkyard and I see mental illness and depression. It is apparent there is no HOA in that community.
It's like this at alot homes in Bacliff,Texas. There's no ordinance here. It's sickening
Where is Bacliff in relation to the largest nearest city?
@@sereneamani1713 Houston
That is a health hazard. If some kids start playing around crap they could be injured.
City stated they had to remove everything in the
"front yard" so move it all to the back yard?
IMO, that wouldn't really help. I wouldn't want to live next door to someone with a back or front yard like this.
Wow! That’s insane
Now I have seen junkie porches before but this is tops them all.
I wonder if any of the neighbors have asked the messy yard people if they need help. Sometimes a person gets overwhelmed with the task at hand and ignores the task rather than tackle it. A man near me had a similar looking yard. He just wasn't able to take care of it on his own and did not know where to start. A neighbor started helping him get rid of things. It took months, but I can see his house and entire yard now. It looks good.
I think it was mentioned that neighbors have tried to approach the resident.
And they want 17 trillion in reparations 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣FTS!!!!
There's only $96 trillion cash in the entire World, the dimwits.
The poor neighbors 😢….this crap brings the whole neighborhood down
There is no way rhe city should not be able to have the owner clean up the property. When we decide to live in a civil society we all have an obligation to respect our neighbors and maintain our property, especially the outside.
Even if he'd have tried to sell their home, the 1st sight of that neighbors over cluttered yard would dissuade any potential buyers. As well as devalue their surrounding properties values.
Why complain? How about helping this poor person,obviously they have a hoarding problem. So very sad. Please someone reach out to them!
Oh, stop it. This person is violating the law. Would you want this mess next to you? The city needs to go there asap and remove this mess asap at the owner’s expense.