An unhoused man recovering from surgery is speaking out after he was recently denied a stay at a Halifax-area hotel room, despite having the money to pay for it.
Jacob Hicks – who lives in a tent at a ballfield in the Halifax suburb of Lower Sackville – says he’s “used to being discriminated against” due to his housing status, but that doesn’t quell the disappointment he felt when the Stardust Motel in neighbouring Bedford turned him away.“It sucks that just because I don’t have a home, they would automatically profile me as someone who isn’t fit to have a room with them while I’m recovering.
“I blatantly did ask her … ‘Is this about third-party payment, or is this about discrimination for our unhoused community?’ And she didn’t answer,” said Greer. “She said it’s up to the owner and it’s the owner’s decision.” Greer phoned the hotel in front of Global News, and was told that third-party payments are decided by the owner on a case-by-case basis. Global News made multiple attempts to contact the hotel’s owner Wednesday and Thursday to ask about their third-party payment policy and why Hicks was turned away, but did not receive a response.As advocates scrambled to find a room that would take him, Hicks said he had to continue sleeping in his tent at the ballfield as he recovered from surgery.
Gated Community Association volunteer Samantha Banks said it was critical to get Hicks out of his tent and into a bed, and is disappointed that he had to spend a night in his tent while recovering from surgery.Greer was eventually able to find Hicks a room at a Comfort Inn in Dartmouth, but says the whole situation was disheartening.“We just need to have some sort of additional accommodation for unhoused individuals who are going through the medical system,” she said.
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