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Over 8,000 Flint residents could lose their homes if they don’t pay their water bills

The Flint water crisis isn’t over: Residents of the Michigan city are still cautioned against drinking water from their taps without filtering it. 

According to NBC25 News, however, over 8,000 people could lose their homes if they don’t pay their water bills in coming weeks.

“I got scared, for probably the first time since this all started this actually scared me,” Melissa Mays, a Flint mother and activist, told NBC25. 

On Friday, she was notified that she had until May 19 to pay an outstanding $900 water bill, or the government would place a tax lien — a federal claim — on her home.

According to NBC25, the city recently notified many Flint residents that it would be shutting off their water if they didn’t pay for water, a move that generated about $3 million last month. 

Officials hope the threat of liens could net as much as $6 million in revenue. Read more (5/4/17)