DETROIT — A 101-year-old woman was evicted from the southwest Detroit home where she lived for nearly six decades after her 65-year- old son failed to pay the mortgage.
Texana Hollis was evicted Monday, and her belongings were placed outside the home. Her son, Warren, said he didn’t pay the bill for several years and disregarded eviction notices.
“I kept it from her because I didn’t want to worry her,” he told WXYZ-TV for a report that aired Monday night. “I was just so sure it wasn’t going to happen.”
Wayne County Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski said Tuesday that the Hollises took out an adjustable-rate mortgage in 2002. A default-and-foreclosure notice was filed last November.
A neighbor was letting Texana and Warren Hollis live in a rental house across the street, and Texana Hollis’ belongings were being moved there. On Monday night, she was taken to a hospital for evaluation after she became disoriented.
Szymanski said county officials were asking questions and looking into what they could do to help. “The teachable moment here is for people not to stick their head in the sand,” he said.
