Man says city of Detroit razed his fixer-upper

[TitsMcGee]

By ED WHITE, Associated Press Writer

DETROIT – There are thousands of buildings that should be demolished in Detroit. Eric Roslonski says his house wasn't one of them.

Roslonski filed a lawsuit against the city Monday, more than two years after a house he was restoring suddenly was destroyed.

He said he put more than $30,000 into the property on the east side of Detroit after buying it for $7,000. One day in summer 2006, he couldn't find 13405 Flanders.

"I drove up and down the street three times — where is my house?" Roslonski said.

His lawyer, Jeffrey Dworin, said the house was taken off a demolition list, then apparently reinstated without Roslonski's knowledge.

"It happens," Dworin said.

A message seeking comment was left with the city's law department, which was closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday.

Roslonski is suing Detroit for his losses under a federal civil rights law. He fixed another house on the same street and sold it for $85,000.

"I see all these boarded-up and burned-out houses. I'm trying to make the city a better place," he said.

[taysteewonderbunny]

Whoops! Wonder if this was one of those XCel Construction contracts Ferguson got.

[candyman]

Ahhh...its the demolition robots! They have secrets and dreams! Damn AI!!!!

[Scary Guy]

Ahhh...its the demolition robots! They have secrets and dreams! Damn AI!!!!

Well at least he wasn't IN IT when it happened. There should be notices on the door or something saying "scheduled for demolition". If they're going to tare down anything why not get rid of a few eyesore buildings in the industrial district that haven't been used for YEARS and just attract bums. The Fischer stamping plant comes to mind.

[Goth Brooks]

Detroit needs to be razed entirely.