Daily Mail
September 6, 2011
They are known as the last resort. Millions of Americans are staying in budget long-stay motels as the country’s economic problems get worse.
The grisly rooms are seen as the lowest of the U.S. housing ladder, only just above a cardboard box.
In tiny rooms with paper-thin walls and nylon sheets, vulnerable Americans are making their homes for a few hundred bucks a month.
Many of the people taking advantage of the rock-bottom charges have been made redundant during the recession. The motels have strict rules. Drugs are banned, but alcohol is allowed.
Rent must be paid on time, but every 28 days guest must clear everything out of their rooms and check in again so as not break hotel licensing rules.
There is no room service and guests have to clean their rooms and wash their own sheets.
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