If Flint residents have their water shut off for non-payment, their home could be foreclosed and/or their children taken away. The Free Thought Project
Michigan law states that parents are neglectful if they do not have running water in their home, and if they chose not to pay for water they can’t drink anyway, then they could be guilty of child endangerment. Flint resident Melissa Mays says that some residents have already received similar threats from the government if they refuse to pay their bills.
The Flint residents have recently filed two class action suits to have water bills declared null and void from April 2014 to present.