DETROIT (WXYZ) — Leland House apartment residents in Detroit may not have to move out after all, after the building's management secured new financing Tuesday afternoon and received a one-day extension.

"This is my dad's home and it has been for 20 years, and I know he didn't want to leave," said Lashell Warner, who was helping her father move out.

Watch Jolie Sherman's video report below: Detroit apartment residents may avoid eviction after last-minute financing deal

The attorney representing Luis Ramirez, the authorized agent of The Leland, said they filed for bankruptcy last month, which required them to pay a utility deposit of $43,000 to DTE Energy by Wednesday, Dec. 3 or face a power shutoff.

We're told their original lender fell through on Friday, Nov. 28, leaving them without

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