Sale of Lakewood Motel leaves some Coloradans searching for new housing
Cross-post by Karen Morfitt, CBS News
Room 110 at the Mountain View Inn has everything Joyce Gonzales needs.
“It’s small, but it serves the purpose, you know, for me,” she said.
Over the last three years, she has worked at a nearby gas station to pay $425 a week needed to live here. From the pots and pans on the wall of her kitchen to the small couch and TV in her living space, she has made it a home.
“Don’t have much but it’s all I have. I don’t want to lose it,” Gonzales said.
The reality is she will likely have to leave. The motel was sold to Recovery Works earlier this year, which informed long-term guests they would need to vacate.
“I said ‘So you guys are going to make someone homeless to help someone who is homeless?’ What is the purpose here?”