Arica Crowder has struggled to get repairs in her Detroit apartment, even as she repeatedly called her landlord’s maintenance line.

Down in the basement one September afternoon, dark brown sludge sat in sinks. A stench filled the air, wafting into her unit. She said she worried about her children’s health. Her family’s home was rife with problems: doors were detached, the living room ceiling bubbled and a lock didn’t work. It is not yet up to code.

“I can’t even wash my clothes or anything right now. … I can’t do anything,” Crowder, 26, said at the time.

Crowder moved into the unit more than a year ago and faces eviction after withholding rent because of her struggles to get repairs done, she said. Her next court date is in January.

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