Former tenants and members of the Triangle Tenant Union gathered outside of the Comfort Inn for a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 20. (Photo by Greg Childress/NC Newsline)
Displaced residents of Camelot Village in Chapel Hill are growing anxious as time runs out on their stay at the Comfort Inn in Durham. The residents were forced to leave their rental homes in early July after rain from Tropical Storm Chantal sent Bolin Creek overflowing its banks and spilling into the nearly 60-year-old townhome community.
At a press conference Wednesday, the residents told reporters that they must leave the hotel Aug. 29 after disaster assistance from Orange County, Triangle Mutual Aid and private citizens runs out.
“I’m gonna be homeless, pretty much because I haven’t found a place to go that I can afford,” said Jessica Tickles. “I had to take out of work to find housing, so I’m like restarting back to work and it’s like starting from zero.”…