The new program, designed to save the city $3 million in the face of a $66 million structural deficit, provides motel staff more authority over whose vouchers they allow, particularly through the creation of the "Do Not Rent" list.
Cherise Green, who now sleeps in the stairway of an apartment complex in Fruitridge, was living in a Motel 6 as part of the former motel program when she received a notice to relocate on June 1. Upon asking to remain in her motel, Green says she was told that her check-out time was 8 a.m. the next morning.
"[Green] went to use their voucher and they were told you cannot rent a room here," said Caryn Spragg, Sacramento Homeless Union officer.
Green is one of many who were denied housing following the change to the voucher program and who failed to receive a reason for what caused their placement on the "Do Not Rent" list.
The Heckarts spent nearly a week living in their broken-down minivan before they secured housing through Sustainable Wellness Solutions (SWS), a third-party organization that serves individuals with chronic mental illness or physical disabilities. Heckart explained that her family qualified for assistance because her husband suffers from Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
"Every night was a new struggle, every day was a new struggle, not knowing how long we were going to be allowed to be in one spot, how hot is it going to be today, are the kids going to fall and scrape their knees and we don't have any more band-aids?" Heckart said.
The City of Sacramento states that nearly all displaced families have been relocated, as of June 9.
Spragg pushed back.
For both Heckart and Green, long-time residents of Sacramento, such recent experiences with homelessness underscore broader systemic challenges in the city. Heckart repeated that while she is now housed, her story is far from over.
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