Two weeks ago, city officials told them that they had to be out of the motel by Dec. 11.
Since then, multiple city partners, including Crisis Assistance Ministry, stepped up to place tenants in other hotels.
Tenant Tamara Jennings said Wednesday night was her first night at her new temporary home.
“Never thought that I would ever have to use them as a resource,” she said.
Jennings is also getting help from The Housing Collaborative to get permanent housing.
“This the greatest Christmas gift that I received,” said Tamara Jennings.
It’s a gift that Jennings said came with hot water and electricity which are two things she had to live without for a while.
“Coming here and seeing that it was clean and it’s spacious, shower runs, heat works,” Jennings said. “Hot water is running. It just made it all the better.”
The Housing Collaborative was there to streamline fundamental needs, Peele said.
“For us, this is about a feeling that everyone deserves to have a roof over their head,” said Tara Peele, the CEO of Housing Collaborative. “That’s just a basic human need.”
