“It should not have taken a pandemic to get them to realize that maybe no water in people’s houses is a public health issue,” one advocate said.
DETROIT — The cold winter months were grueling for Valaria Griffin.
The city of Detroit shut off her water late last fall because of unpaid bills and a broken plumbing valve that she couldn’t afford to fix. Griffin, 55, was forced to rely on donated bottled water to drink, cook and bathe. She used space heaters to warm her home; without running water, the boiler didn’t work.
Then the coronavirus hit…
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