During the last few weeks before I actually found a place to live (I was statistically homeless for 4 1/2 months) I lived in an extended stay motel in town. A lot of Amazon employees some with children lived there. Enough that the City School bus came every morning to get the kids. This was a regular school bus stop. There is nohousing in a county that is an Amazon hub and these people were promised housing which is why they came here
Thank you for sharing this. I can only imagine how heavy those months must’ve been—and yet, you still held on. The fact that families, including yours, were living in an extended stay while working and getting kids to school says so much about the kind of resilience people carry when systems fall short.
It’s heartbreaking to hear that people were promised housing and came seeking opportunity, only to be left in limbo. That school bus stopping at the motel… that image stays with me. It says more than most reports ever could.
Your story is a reminder of why I wrote this piece—to name what too often gets ignored. What you lived through matters. The children on that bus matter. And the lack of housing in places built on labor and promises has to be addressed.
Thank you again for your courage in naming this. I see you. And I’m grateful you added your voice here.
Being 68, disabled, a retired minister and a woman with a good care team kept me out of the Rescue Mission here thank goodness. I can only imagine how it would have been different otherwise
I know exceptional when I see it and what they've done most assuredly is not. Thank g d for people such as yourself and others that really do care. That imo is really being exceptional
💞💞 with numbers increasing beyond heart breaking to be sure. I never allow any to tell me this isn't about policies either because it is the root cause caused by years and years of bad policies. Everyone & everything is being wiped out because of them too. Think of this we are within the largest wealth transfer in history because of all these bad policies also while the list of people barely getting by continues to grow. Don't even think of telling me about their American exceptionalisms bs either they can stick it up their glutinous greedy non real economic theory ponzi con trickle down. Especially for all the children who deserve so much better and so much more.
During the last few weeks before I actually found a place to live (I was statistically homeless for 4 1/2 months) I lived in an extended stay motel in town. A lot of Amazon employees some with children lived there. Enough that the City School bus came every morning to get the kids. This was a regular school bus stop. There is nohousing in a county that is an Amazon hub and these people were promised housing which is why they came here
Thank you for sharing this. I can only imagine how heavy those months must’ve been—and yet, you still held on. The fact that families, including yours, were living in an extended stay while working and getting kids to school says so much about the kind of resilience people carry when systems fall short.
It’s heartbreaking to hear that people were promised housing and came seeking opportunity, only to be left in limbo. That school bus stopping at the motel… that image stays with me. It says more than most reports ever could.
Your story is a reminder of why I wrote this piece—to name what too often gets ignored. What you lived through matters. The children on that bus matter. And the lack of housing in places built on labor and promises has to be addressed.
Thank you again for your courage in naming this. I see you. And I’m grateful you added your voice here.
Being 68, disabled, a retired minister and a woman with a good care team kept me out of the Rescue Mission here thank goodness. I can only imagine how it would have been different otherwise
I know exceptional when I see it and what they've done most assuredly is not. Thank g d for people such as yourself and others that really do care. That imo is really being exceptional
💞💞 with numbers increasing beyond heart breaking to be sure. I never allow any to tell me this isn't about policies either because it is the root cause caused by years and years of bad policies. Everyone & everything is being wiped out because of them too. Think of this we are within the largest wealth transfer in history because of all these bad policies also while the list of people barely getting by continues to grow. Don't even think of telling me about their American exceptionalisms bs either they can stick it up their glutinous greedy non real economic theory ponzi con trickle down. Especially for all the children who deserve so much better and so much more.