INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (WJW) – A gaggle of males experiencing homelessness and the Northeast Ohio Coalition for Homeless (NEOCH) is scheduled to carry a press convention Thursday about their dwelling state of affairs.
The Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry had been utilizing the Ramada Inn in Independence as an emergency shelter as a consequence of COVID-19.
In response to NEOCH, that contract was speculated to run by means of August.
Nevertheless, they are saying the contract was canceled early after a dialog between Cuyahoga County Govt Armond Budish and Independence Mayor Gregory Kurtz.
52 males are at the moment refusing to depart due to considerations about COVID-19 and the rise of the Delta variant, in response to NEOCH.
The proprietor of the Ramada Inn helps the group, in response to a press launch.
“Now we have supported LMM and these males for months and we can not allow them to go away this fashion,” stated Sharif Omara.
“They’ve the fitting, as people to have a secure and cozy place to remain. It’s harmful and inhumane to throw everybody into 2100 Lakeside Ave.”
2100 Lakeside Ave. is the placement of the Lutheran Ministry males’s shelter.
“I’ve obtained nowhere else to go. I’m not going again to 2100, particularly with this pandemic and the shortage of cleanliness there,” visitor Anthony MacDowell informed NEOCH.
FOX 8 has reached out to the county and Budish for a remark. Now we have not but obtained a response.