State Sen. Dennis Bradley is asking for the public lend
help to a disabled Bridgeport woman and her four kids, who he says will be
homeless on Tuesday.
Laura Romaine says she is
being evicted because her landlord applied for an eviction order before the
pandemic began. This means she doesn't qualify for protections under the
moratorium on residential evictions.
Bradley says with the clock
ticking and a long waiting list for shelters, Romaine's only hope will be to
get help from the public.
"Laura is in this very
dire situation," he says. "It's time that we as Bridgeporters come
together and wrap our arms around her and make sure we don't see her and her four
children and granddaughter out in the cold during this pandemic."
Romaine says, "As of Tuesday, my children and I and my granddaughter will physically be
in the street exposed to this pandemic, the winter storm, the snow. We have
nowhere to go."
A
GoFundMe was set up for the mother to help raise funds.