Every morning, Gwen Torres visited the front desk of the Holiday Inn where she had holed up with six family members. Could they stay just one more night?
Though they had a voucher from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the place was full. The hotel could give her family just one more night in the two rooms they shared. Torres, 50, would repeat her request the next day. And the days that followed.
Eventually, she managed to book a longer stay. But after two months, they would have to check out by Dec. 6. Torres didn’t know where they would go next…