DALLAS — The City of Dallas, with the help of Austin Street Center and multiple other agencies, began moving the former residents of The Clyde Apartments to new temporary housing on Monday while a clearer picture emerged of the events that led to last Thursday’s deadly explosion and fire.
“I’m still waking up thinking it’s not what it is. But it’s real,” said Aleya Montana, who lost two dogs in the blast and subsequent five-alarm fire that destroyed the two-story structure and killed three residents. Montana is among the families in 19 apartment units temporarily housed at the Comfort Inn & Suites on Inwood Road in Dallas. With the help of Catholic Charities, St. Vincent de Paul, the Red Cross, and Mission Oak Cliff, Austin Street Center is finding new apartments in the same general area of Dallas with 6-months free rent.
“There will be a couple of households that will be moving today,” said Austin Street Center CEO Daniel Roby. “The majority of which will happen over the course of the next week.”…