Fines Arising From Failure To Connect House Directly To City Sewer System Leaves 93-Year Old Facing Foreclosure Of Residence She's Called Home For 55 Years
In Honolulu, Hawaii, The Associated Press reports:
- A 93-year-old Honolulu woman is facing foreclosure because she refuses to properly connect her home to the city's sewer system.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday that Sunny Lee owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for the home she has lived in for 55 years.
Lawyers say it's the first time Honolulu has foreclosed on someone for not hooking up a line directly to the city's sewer grid. Lee had been using a line that ran through a neighbor's house. But the line was discovered when it sprang a leak in 2000.
The neighbors sued to try to recover repair costs and settled with other residents but not Lee's family. The line was disconnected in 2002 when a judge ruled Lee didn't have rights to the line.
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