“We’re showing people that we’re not just low lifes. He adds it’s hard to trust the offers for help now, especially when people he says arrived here after them got vouchers before them. Todd says they went through an entire process of applying for a housing voucher and were denied. The two have multiple part time jobs and despite not wanting to go to a shelter, they’ve made an attempt to find a home. So, they were abiding by all the rules and laws. “The heaters we had we bought at Walmart so they were made for camping. The original clean up included getting rid of heaters Todd Godek says they bought that were made specifically for camping. “When the city had come down, they said we had met their demands and that we were fine and then two days later we were blindsided later by ‘remove your property or go to jail’ basically,” Suki said.

All of them are hazards according to the mayor. She helped organize a cleanup of the site when inspectors first made a visit and cited waste, an unregulated structure for a shower, and propane heaters. “There’s the lack of privacy, there’s a lot of different people with mental health issues in a small space that it’s actually worse than if you were living on the street,” Suki said. Stamford Police Investigate Suspicious Death After Body Found in Park

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