bad neighbors..?

Question

our neighbors are refugees from africa, a church sponsored them and now they live in the US. the problem is ever since they've moved here the police are constantly over! their 15 year old murdered someone, and his uncle is on house arrest and is mentally unstable. one of the woman that lives there apparently beats her children. i have no idea how many people live there, and not ALL of them are criminals. but my family is afraid that property values are going to go down if the police are constantly over. what can we do about this problem?

and i dont wanna make it sound like im racist or anything, im far from that, 3 of the people that live in the house are actually nice people, but i dont think they can have that many people living in their house anyways, there is the grandmother, her 3 grown children, 1 baby, 2 younger children, and 2 high schoolers, and its not a big house. but im just afraid of what the unstable one may do. a few days ago he was at the park (hes supposed to be on house arrest) but he tried starting a fight with my other neighbor who was at the park with his little girl, my neighbor hadnt provoked him or anything...then the guy jumped up on the tables at the park and was yelling at everyone at the park that he was going to kick their asses, hes clearly a danger.

Answer 1

write to the president of the united states and have your neighbors start a petition tell your landlord/home association and also contact the church who sponsered them more than likely it was the catholic church who has sponsered go to your city counsel and explain the situation they will have to contact the members to see if they can infact try to get them evicted if they have been getting 15 cops called on their premises then they should do something about that and then they will be very upset that property values are going down do to this and if you live in a apartment complex the manager / owner / realestate company who manages the property for the owner can step in and file an eviction

Answer 2

They may be ignorant to our way of living. From another Country. It's hard starting over in a new Country and living with another beliefs. New language, etc.

Check with the local building codes and zoning commission and find out what the law is in how many people can live at a house IE: one child over twelve to a bed, etc and so many to a home. This may be one way to solve the problem.

Child beating? if you see it and actually record it this may be another way to solve the problem.

If the father is unstable like you say, you can record that, if he's a danger to the community and others. Report that after recording it.

Try and find out if they're naturalized and what the guidelines are in accordance with the laws they're breaking.

In some areas to many police calls will start an investigation into the welfare of the children, check into that.

Remember, they're from out of town and need help, maybe that's part of they're problem?

Answer 3

What you can do about this problems? You do not have any counsellors that you could approach? What about city hall people for urban planning committee? They could probably give you a hint or two. How about local churches in your community, I guess those people involved are church going people just like you. Since you told in your story that they are refugees from Africa and was sponsored by a church, you can probably start there. The pastor or a priest, tell them what is the problem and find a solution if ever.

Everybody has a problem in this world, try to understand them since they are not from your country. Finding their place is not that easy in a new and modern civilization such as your place. I think they are asking is your understanding and full support if any.

Answer 4

Get a copy of every police report from a responce by police to that house. After a six month collection (even if the reports are not your complaint or before you started to collect them keep them). Take lots of pictures with time/date stamped on picture. After six months contact the owner of the home and tell him/her you will be filing a suit against him for loss of value and use to your property.

Have a lawyer write and deliver this notice, should cost you more than $200 max. If the lawyer does not recieve a response or receives an unsatisfactory response proceed with the suit.

Ask you lawyer but you may be able to demonstrate a loss of use and a loss of value of 25%-40%. If successful you would receive a judgment against the owner of say $50-$80 thousand plus legal costs.

The secret is documentation.

Answer 5

Move.....
Unfortunately there probably isn't a whole lot that you can do other than report any incidents to the police and they will have to deal with them one at a time. It is unclear whether they rent their home, stay there for free (the church owns it), or own the house themselves. Whatever it be YOU probably cant do anything about it, It would have to be up to the church or landlord to do it (if they own the place no luck their).

Answer 6

If you can dig up enough proof of the trouble you can have there citizenship revoked. There also is a ordinance in almost every town were that if you have established a trouble spot in town you can be shut down. This is usualy reserved for buisnesses however it has been used to do away with things like crack houses.
good luck

Answer 7

Basically, nothing. Keep calling the police and maybe they will get tired of the harrassment and move. You could try contacting the church that sponsored them and raising a complaint.

Answer 8

I strongly suggest contacting Jerry Springer, this may be an opportunity for them to wash their dirty laundry in public.

Besides it just might make them famous, then they can move...

Answer 9

Move.

If your current neighbors go the church will just ship another lot in.

Answer 10

talk to the church supporting them and file complaints with police sorry they dont usually help untill violence or death