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Updated: 2:33 AM Mar 4, 2008
Living in the Woods
They paid their rent, but now they're homeless.
Posted: 9:06 PM Mar 3, 2008Reporter: Laurabree Austin Email Address: laurabree.austin@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- They paid their rent, but now they're homeless.
The roommates say they've been forced to sleep in the woods on Charleston’s west side. They were living in an apartment just across the street, but the city shut down the apartment building on Saturday saying it was unsafe.
It left about 10 people looking for a place to stay. Some went to shelters, others to hotels, but these folks say they don't have any money to spend on a hotel, and they shouldn't have to go to a shelter because they paid the rent.
We tried to contact the landlord, but she has not returned our calls.
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Posted by: Hattie
on Mar 5, 2008 at 08:00 PM
Just curious but does not the city inspect these places of public housing?If they do I think the city should house them since someone obviously failed.Come on WSAZ lets ask the mayor,or someone in city government Maybe do a little EXPOSE'
Posted by: Sadie
on Mar 5, 2008 at 07:49 PM
Where is the Red Cross ? What about shelters or churches? Wait and see if the next story on here will be where the West Virginia Department of children services have removed the children from the custody of their parents because they don't have suffient housing!
Posted by: dave
on Mar 5, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Certainly, there's better places to go than the woods to live? Getting booted from their apartment; City of Charlestons fault. Not getting money back; Landlords fault. Living in woods because they're too proud to go to a shelter for help; THEY'RE FAULT! I feel bad because they lost their place to live, but not for living like homeless winos. Do they not have friends? No family? I'm sure there's somewhere to go then under a tree. If not, all you people posting on here about how horrible it is, and who should get the blame, and these people need help... Why don't you offer a place to stay?
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