{"id":306604,"date":"2025-11-22T06:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/306604\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T06:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T06:33:09","slug":"motels4now-helps-transform-lives-from-homeless-to-housed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/306604\/","title":{"rendered":"Motels4Now helps transform lives from homeless to housed"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOUTH BEND, IN (WSBT) \u2014 It\u2019s a story about transformation. After years of living on the street two women moved to permanent supportive housing at Oliver Apartments.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s all thanks to Motels4now.<\/p>\n

From sleeping on the street, abandoned homes and years of homelessness to now having a place to call yours own, it\u2019s a transformation that wouldn\u2019t be possible without Motels4Now.<\/p>\n

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From sleeping on the street, abandoned homes and years of homelessness to now having a place to call yours, it\u2019s a transformation that wouldn\u2019t be possible without Motels4Now. (WSBT photo)<\/p>\n

“Oh lord I been homeless for years, oh my god where to start,” said Alice Adams Binion.<\/p>\n

In 1997 Binion moved to South Bend. She was married twice but neither worked out and became homeless after.<\/p>\n

“Sleeping outside in the winter basically finding bandos [abandoned homes], garages, broken cars. Basically, anywhere you could lay your head without getting arrested by the law or getting in trouble by those around you,” said Binion.<\/p>\n

But once she found Motels4Now her transformation journey towards her current housing situation began.<\/p>\n

“They also keep you active to keep you motivated and forward to keep you going and getting towards your goal of getting housing,” said Binion.<\/p>\n

For Tabitha Smith Wiley who became homeless in 2018, she’s thankful for the help and support from Motels4Now.<\/p>\n

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From sleeping on the street, abandoned homes and years of homelessness to now having a place to call yours, it\u2019s a transformation that wouldn\u2019t be possible without Motels4Now. (WSBT photo)<\/p>\n

She expressed what the housing opportunity means after being homeless.<\/p>\n

“Peace. Serenity. A quiet soul. Homeless, don’t get that very often,” said Smith Wiley.<\/p>\n

And for Binion it’s a blessing. She’s grateful to have staff who constantly check up on her and want her to succeed.<\/p>\n

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From sleeping on the street, abandoned homes and years of homelessness to now having a place to call yours, it\u2019s a transformation that wouldn\u2019t be possible without Motels4Now. (WSBT photo)<\/p>\n

“Once you lose this, it’s hard to get back in cause, I noticed people who’ve been in the program, and they lost their housing and they’re back on the streets and they’re struggling again. And they’re like, I wish I never lost my spot, and I’m looking at it like, I don’t wanna be there again,” said Binion.<\/p>\n

Motels4Now is evolving into the New Day Intake Center. The mission remains the same: Ending chronic homelessness by ensuring support and access to permanent housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH BEND, IN (WSBT) \u2014 It\u2019s a story about transformation. After years of living on the street two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-306604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}