52 homeless men refuse to leave Independence hotel
By Hannah Drown - cleveland.com
Some of the homeless men staying at the Ramada Inn hold signs outside the hotel in protest of being told they have to leave. More than 100 men are leaving the hotel this week after being forced out by the Independence mayor.
Joshua Gunter - Tribune News Service
A homeless man who asked not to be identified waits for a bus to take him to a new shelter.
Joshua Gunter - Tribune News Service
Chris Knestrick, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, speaks on the importance of feeling safe during the pandemic.
Homeless men made to leave Independence hotel
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Help us out and let us stay here: 52 homeless men refuse to leave Independence hotel despite demand from mayor, county executive
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Homeless individuals to be moved out of Independence Ramada by July 15
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry will relocate the 150 men to a downtown shelter. Ramada s manager says the move-out is rooted in discrimination. Author: January Keaton Updated: 4:56 PM EDT July 13, 2021
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio
Editor s note: The video in the player above is from a story published on June 15, 2021.
The Ramada hotel in Independence – currently a shelter for men experiencing homelessness – is just days away from no longer being the place those men call home.
In June, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish told 3News that Independence Mayor Gregory Kurtz gave the County until mid-July to make other housing plans for the 150 men living at the Rockside Road establishment because the county was in violation of the law.