In dire search for housing, mother asks: 'How much worse can it get?'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — Melinda Parke doesn’t know who else to call.

After nearly five months of staying in an Everett motel, Parke and her 8-year-old son, who has severe autism spectrum disorder, are still searching for help.

“I literally thought it couldn’t get any worse,” Parke said. “But then people stop paying attention. People stop answering their phones, because they feel bad or don’t have any new answers.”

Parke is paying for their motel room. She received some assistance from Compass Health, but only enough to pay for 14 days at the motel. After The Daily Herald published a story that featured Parke and her son, Elijah, they received more than $4,000 in community donations. ChildStrive, an Everett-based nonprofit, also paid for a six-day motel stay.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/in-dire-search-for-housing-mother-asks-how-much-worse-can-it-get/

[LisaM]

1. Because all they care about here are tech workers.

The rest of us are worth squat to local government. They just want to entice non-tax paying high tech companies, build expensive housing for the worker bees they employ, and who cares about the rest of us. It's not a good place to be elderly, disabled, poor, or in need of social services.

[FuzzyRabbit]

2. Amen!