Video: No rail, no mail – post office stops delivery to resident over porch steps

After more than 50 years of delivery to this mans home the carrier refused delivery because there is more than 4 steps to reach his porch and there is no handrail – THERE IS NO SUCH USPS RULE! If this rule exists please post a link to same in the comments section below. Rick Owens – PEN

DETROIT (WJBK) – A Detroit homeowner has lived at the same address for more than 50 years without any problems getting mail delivered to his house. But just recently, the letters stopped coming because the carrier refused to come on the porch.

At first Rick Maruszczak thought no mail in his door meant there was no mail to be delivered. But one day when he saw his mail carrier, he was told differently.

“(The carrier said) ‘Your stairs are hazardous,’ and I looked at my stairs and thought, what happened to stairs?” says Maruszczak.

That was three months ago.

Since that time, Maruszczak has been working to get answers about why after living in this home for more than 50 years, his porch steps are now considered hazardous by the United States Postal Service.

“Anything over four stairs, there is a railing that is required,” he said. “But we have never received any documentation stating this.”

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