Women's home fighting insurance giant to stay put

[kywildcat]

4. I lived at the Anna Louise Inn over 25 years ago.

At that time it was basically a 'hotel' for single women-much like the TV series 'Bosom Buddies" It did cater to low income women and women re-entering life out of prison, but it was also a safe and very convenient place to live if you worked in down town cincinnati and didn't have a car. I had a car-and worked at the airport (12 plus miles away) and living at the ALI allowed me to save a lot of money on a meager check that I otherwise would have been unable to.
It has since become a safe place for women in transition-from prison, or abusive relationships, etc. Many years ago-when my mother was newly graduated, some of her classmates took up residence at the ALI-as it was this side of living in a convent, but allowed young women a safe place to live close to work.

The message that the insurance company has sent is that 'these women' really have no place down town unless it's to clean offices.

I truly truly hope that Union Bethel prevails and the ALI stays as is. It is desperately needed.