The owner of the Quality Inn in Kent, where the asylum seekers have been housed, claims he has not received any payment for their current stay, alleging exploitation by the city.
Asylum seekers in Seattle face yet another bout of uncertainty as the city fails to fulfill its end of a housing agreement, leaving families potentially out on the streets once more.Eli Min, owner of the Quality Inn, expressed his frustration, stating, "I feel used, I feel manipulated, and I especially just feel terrible for these families because they're traumatized."Families, along with Min, held a press conference Thursday urging the city to honor its promises.
"I have built relationships with a lot of families, met and played with their children," Min said. "They've told me their history and their travels from their countries." Making it very difficult for him to make tough business decisions. "Now I have to go tell them that that's not the case and that possibly they'll have to move out again very soon, and I'm not even being told how soon that is," Min said.
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