“It’s all gone,” one survivor from the Iowa building collapse says. “We all literally walked out with just the clothes on our backs.”
The tenants of 324 Main St. fled their homes "with just the clothes on our backs." Now they are trying to rebuild their lives.
But now their home has been destroyed. The six-story building at 324 Main St. crumbled on May 29, killing three residents and leaving dozens without homes. While the collapse came as a shock, it was preceded by months of complaints about structural and managerial failures.The night of the building collapse, the displaced residents gathered in a back alley near the rubble. “We cried together,” she said. “It was a sad silence as we all just sat there and watched everything unfold.
Since the collapse, Hill has been operating on autopilot mode, she said. At times, she wakes up in the middle of the night “completely confused” about her whereabouts, disoriented after abruptly fleeing her home.Clothing still hangs in a closet in a collapsed section of the building on June 5.Hill, mother of a 3-year-old, was homeless following financial woes and family trouble in the six months preceding her move into the Davenport.
Fearing being homeless again for the second time, especially now with her young son, who lived with family members while she was in the shelters, Hill felt a strong sense of urgency to find a new place to live. She said she went “on foot,” gathering resources and information. Her efforts led her to secure a new apartment last week.
She said the attitude from building managers was, “‘Oh, you are homeless. Don’t complain. You got a roof over your head.’” Dahnke is using a $6,000 grant she received from the city following the collapse to continue paying for the motel room she has been placed in.Residents said that the building’s demographics consisted of a diverse and mixed-income group of college students, young professionals and formerly homeless individuals.
He was actively searching for new living situations for the last year, but did not find options comparable to the benefits of his unit in The Davenport. His rent was $575 and he lived close to his job, an important factor since he did not drive.
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