Manor Motel Residents in Millcreek Voice Eviction Concerns
Residents at the Manor Motel in Millcreek have until the middle of May to find new places to live. They say they were promised help from the township to find homes but did not hear anything. Tuesday evening, Millcreek Township Supervisor Jim Bock went to the motel and spoke with residents to give them some answers.
"I voted against these purchases and I really feel for these folks," Bock said.
Bock says for any residents that need help, "Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC) or Housing and Neighborhood Development Service (HANDS) would be two viable entities that they could reach out to."
"The other buildings like Joe Roots or the Bel-Aire Hotel, those are vacant properties but this is a residential dwelling where many people live on and rely for their housing," Bock said.
Rob K, a Manor Motel resident, said, "it is kind of a shock to get told that you have to leave within three and a half months."
"Six months ago when they first started planning this, they could have told us there could eventually be a sale," he said.