lindrios OP t1_ix1cacv wrote
Reply to comment by Norse-Gael-Heathen in Open Discrimination within the Agency of Human Services -- State Funded Abuse of a Vulnerable Population by lindrios
Incorrect, there are many successful hotels in the state that are participating in the THP that are still open to the public. Meeting health guidelines is simple.
I agree that there simply is no where better to move these people to, and a bed is a bed. However with these hotels receiving around $4k/month per room... on the low end each hotel having 30+ rooms in the program that's over $120k guaranteed income each month. They can absolutely be maintained at the "owners expense". At over two years into the program any property failing to meet "code" is on the behalf of the owners poor property maintenance and misallocation of funds.
Norse-Gael-Heathen t1_ix1dgua wrote
Clearly we live in different areas of the state. Most near me have 8 to 10 units. All arguments to the contrary, the basic fact is: If the state had the rooms, they wouldn't have signed these places up to begin with, knowing what they were like...and none of these motels would have agreed to the arrangement if it meant engaging in a fix-up project they had already decided against doing.
The larger hotels that participate with mixed homeless/tourist residencies are hotels in trouble. No hotel with a vibrant tourist trade participates. They are even reluctant to house temporary construction workers.
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