What happens when homeless people are sent to motels? Some get stripped down rooms
A comfortable motel sounded good to Teasley, 47. A homeless man from Santa Ana, he’d spent two years sleeping in different spots on the banks of the flood-control channel. But, last week, when he initially was moved away from the riverbed, he stood in shock when he opened the door to his room at Baymont Inn & Suites in Anaheim.
The room had been stripped bare — no phone, no TV, no clock or radio, no mini refrigerator, no coffee maker. Even the shower curtain was gone.
Teasley and others from the riverbed placed at the three-story motel by the county could only surmise that their rooms purposely lacked such standard motel amenities because of the taint that comes with being homeless.
They’ve lived on the streets among those who see a bicycle, a TV or other stolen goods as quick cash on the black market to fuel a drug habit or other desires. But what could be argued as legitimate concerns over protecting property and liability to the homeless smacked of discrimination, especially since they also were barred from using the pool.
http://www.ocregister.com/2018/02/27/what-happens-when-homeless-people-are-sent-to-motels-some-are-welcomed-some-treated-warily-some-kicked-out/
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