Slumlord won’t relocate tenants at dilapidated motel; families told children can’t live there | McKinleyville Press

Slumlord won’t relocate tenants at dilapidated motel; families told children can’t live there | McKinleyville Press:

Although conditions the motel are substandard, the rent isn’t necessarily cheap.

Before the motel was red tagged, a standard motel room was going for $525 plus tax per month for single occupancy, and $575 plus tax for double occupancy, Cox said.

Safer and cleaner units can be rented elsewhere in Humboldt County for the same price. However, landlords often require a credit check, a deposit and first and last month’s rent. This can be financially impossible for someone on a very low income.

The Green Valley, on the other hand, only requires the first month’s rent (plus tax) to move in.

Crandall said she was paying $1,100 a month for what’s called the bunk house. It’s a five-bedroom structure which the county claims was constructed without permits and is not up to code.
Besides being out of compliance, the bunk house is falling apart. According the Crandall, the bathroom is broken, there are holes in the floor, roof tiles are falling down, there’s black mold on the walls, there are numerous leaks and some of the walls have rotted so much that you can see through them. There’s a broken window and a railing is missing from the staircase leading up to the second-story structure.

Crandall said she wishes the owner would just make the repairs. 

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