Cynara’s home is being destroyed from the outside in by raw sewage pooling underneath it. She’s disabled, and she and her family are living in a toxic environment. We need to move her to safety now. Please help us get her and her family to safe transitional housing.

Cynara Johnson is from Romulus, Michigan — and she is living in conditions no one in this country should ever face. Her home (that she owns) sits in a manufactured home community owned by a multi-billion-dollar publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), Sun Communities. We are currently fighting for Cynara and against Sun Communities to uphold their responsibility for the land they own and rent to homeowners.

As you will see in the video (link below) and in the photos, when we visited her home, we found:

• Raw sewage pooling underneath and around her home

• Floors soft, unstable, and sagging

• Cracks where daylight shows through the flooring

• Walls and trim visibly deteriorating

• A saturated yard you literally sink into

• Heavy mold inside and out

• A smell that hits you before you even walk up to her property and filters inside her home

This is the environment she and her family live in daily.

She can’t stay—and she can’t afford to leave without help.

She is trapped in a system with no safety net.

Cynara has made numerous complaints to her community management and the seriousness of her situation goes unanswered.

• We brought Michigan EGLE to her home

• Filed a formal complaint with Michigan LARA, Attorney General, and local authorities

• Connected with state and federal representatives

• Thoroughly documented every condition

All of this will help in the long fight ahead—but none of it removes her from the danger she is living in right now.

We have also contacted every available service in Michigan we could find or were referred to in order to help us find transitional housing for Cynara and her family. We have found no services available for someone in Cynara's shoes.

Where Your Donation Goes

FIRST: Emergency Relocation

THEN, if anything is left over: The Fight for Accountability

For every dollar raised above her transitional housing needs, your donation will help fund the legal work needed to pursue accountability for Cynara, to hold Sun Communities accountable, which will help protect other families from similar situations.

To watch the video of Cynara's housing situation on Youtube.

Thank you for your support!