Tracy Families Worried They'll Be Spending Thanksgiving In Hotel Room After Tree Falls
TRACY (CBS13) — It's been nearly a month since eight Tracy families were forced from their homes when a tree came crashing down on their apartment building, and some may be faced with Thanksgiving in a hotel room.
Six of the eight families displaced will be able to move back in this week, but two families are worried they won't be home for the holidays.
"I don't want to spend another day here," said Alisa Laverne.
But she and her young children have had no choice, forced to live in a cramped hotel room for at least four weeks.
"They can't even give me an answer when I can go home," she said. "I want to know."
It was a few days before Halloween when a tree came crashing down on a building at the Tracy Village Apartments. The city deemed it too dangerous to occupy, because of the damage.
After a weeks long fight, apartment management agreed to put the families up in hotels.
CBS13 caught up with the property manager who surprised us with the good news that six apartments are good to go. But two units, including Laverne's weren't ready.
"That's depending on the construction and on the city, so as soon as all the permits and everything are done with the city we'll be able to get everything done," said property manager David Brooks.
He told us he didn't have a time frame for that.
Meanwhile, Laverne can't even get in to get her kids' winter coats.
"They don't have hats, they don't have winter coats, and they have plenty of them at my home."
The property manager said its up to the construction company if the family can get their winter clothes from the building.
So for now, Laverne and her family are stuck in a hotel room, hoping it's not the setting of her Thanksgiving holiday.
"I want to get back in my home, I want to provide a home for them, get them a warm coat. I want to give them security, and right now I'm not providing that for them," she said.
