Family of kids who froze to death reached out at least three times to Detroit's homeless response team [View all]

Julia Cardi
The Detroit News

A family facing homelessness reached out at least three times to Detroit's homeless response team, including as recently as late November, before two children froze to death in a van in a casino parking structure on Monday.

A day later, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan called for a review of city services for homelessness, the city's homeless call center and ways to make services more accessible after the children's deaths. They were ages two and nine.

Duggan said a preliminary review of city records shows the mother of five reached out at least three times, the last time being Nov. 25, 2024. The family said they'd been living with relatives but were told they'd need to find another place and would need somewhere to go.

"In the course of that conversation, there was no resolution reached on where they would go," Duggan said.
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