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Hope House Residents Deal With Roof Collapse

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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2013 · News & Politics

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio
(Angela Ingram) -- For decades the old Rose Furniture building withstood
 wind and rain.

But Sunday the weather was too much and the roof collapsed.  The
adjacent building, Hope House Rescue Mission, shook violently.

And rocks and other debris and gutters were coming down.

Those that were there said it felt very scary, felt more like an
earthquake.

Debris still litters the inside of the building, the old store has been
condemned since May.  Tuesday a city inspector told Hope House staff
members they'll probably need to find a new temporary space, moving all
33 homeless men out of their building.

Well there's definitely some uncertainty here and definitely some
feelings that well you know what is the future and where am I going to
be and that kind of thing.

By the looks of things, it's hard to believe that anything is
salvageable here, but the likely plan at this point is to keep the
facade and demolish the rest of the building.

When and if that happens, we'll be temporarily displaced for a few
weeks, so we will need to move elsewhere, but whether we're moving
temporarily or in the future, if we need to move permanently,  we're
committed to staying in Middletown.

Sandra Snyder says one in four adults in the city lives in poverty.
Hope House has been at the same location for 24 years and workers are
confident that with help they'll be able to find temporary housing for
the homeless.

We have many community partners and churches and groups that will look
out for us and take care of us for a few weeks absolutely.  There will
be no problem there.

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