Hotels aren’t meant to be homes. But for many working families in metro Atlanta, they are the only option.
A recent report released by Georgia State University’s Center on Health and Homelessness found that more than 4,600 adults and children in DeKalb County rely on motels and hotels as a last-resort shelter. These families make up one of the county’s largest unrecognized homeless populations, the study states.
Roughly 45% of the 200 families who agreed to be surveyed reported that they have lived in hotels for the past one to five years. But as many as 16% reported they had been living in hotels for even longer…