Dozens Of Poor Families Face The Boot As Judge Cites Structural, Health Reasons For Tagging Cash-Strapped 'Homeless Hotel' With 'Shut Down' Order

In Colorado Springs, Colorado, KKTV Channel 11 reports:

• Dozens of families living in the Express Inn could soon be forced back out on the streets if the hotel can't get the funds to make repairs and/or avoid foreclosure. The hotel, [...] became a half-way house of sorts for homeless in the community when the city was at the height of its tent city problem.

• [Last week], a judge ordered the hotel be shut down, citing structural and health reasons. The hotel is also in the midst of financial turmoil, and the non-profit hoping to purchase the hotel has yet to be able to strike up a deal.

• Now in the face of being shut down, residents are growing concerned, but also believe a deal can be struck and repairs made before the judge's May 15th vacate deadline. "What we do here is we try to bring people in and help them get back on their feet and provide the care that they need to become self-sufficient" said Matthew Henderson, a resident and an employee. "It's not only my home, it's my livelihood, ya know, I don't have this I don't have nothing".

Source: Half-Way Hotel Facing Judge-Ordered Shut Down (Dozens of families living in the Express Inn could soon be forced back out on the streets if the hotel can't get the funds to make repairs and/or avoid foreclosure).