BIT.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> ALSO NOW AT 6:00, AN
EMOTIONAL MESSAGE FROM A
HOUSTONIAN FACING EVICTION.
HIS STORY WAS FEATURED ON CNN
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND IT GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION.
>> HEY, EVERYBODY, THAT REACHED
OUT TO ME, AT NIGHTTIME, PEOPLE
SEND MONEY THAT DIDN’T -- KEPT
SENDING MONEY TO ME.
IT’S ENOUGH TO GET ON MY FEET.
>> TONIGHT ISRAEL GAVE AN
EMOTIONAL THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT
SUPPORT.
>> WE TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT AT
10:00 ABOUT THE PRECINCT 1
CONSTABLE’S OFFICE SETTING UP A
GoFundMe TO HELP PEOPLE
JUST LIKE ISRAEL.
AND IT’S NOT THE ONLY EFFORT IN
OUR AREA TO HELP FAMILIES WHO
ARE FACING EVICTION.
>> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
THIS EVICTION ISSUE.
WE BEGIN WITH CHANNEL 2’S
MICHAEL LOPARDI.
HE’S LIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE ISRAEL
AND THE CONSTABLE SPOKESWOMAN
THIS AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: WE JUST HAD THE
CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH SILVER
OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE HERE A
SHORT TIME AGO.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HE WAS
EMOTIONAL AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE
WAS EVEN HOLDING BACK TEARS AT
THAT POINT, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS CHILDREN.
HE WAS FEATURED IN A CNN STORY
THAT ARID EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND THAT WAS FOCUSING ON
EVICTIONS IN HOUSTON.
HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE WAS
BEHIND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
UNPAID RENT.
BUT WATCHING HIM AND HIS SMALL
CHILDREN HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR
APARTMENT GENERATED A LOT OF
ATTENTION AND SYMPATHY.
THE CONSTABLES OFFICE WAS
HANDLING THAT EVICTION AND
CONSTABLE ALLEN ROSEN SAID HE
STARTED GET CALLS FROM ACROSS
THE NATION FROM PEOPLE WANTING
TO DONATE AND HELP ISRAEL AND
HIS FAMILY AND HE THANKED
EVERYONE, SAYING IN THE END,
THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST
THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO HIM.
>> I DIDN’T EXPECT ALL THE HELP
THAT I GOT.
BUT I -- IT HELPED OUT SO MUCH.
LIKE IT’S UNBELIEVABLE HOW
PEOPLE GOT SUCH A GREAT HEART.
>> Reporter: AND THE CONSTABLES
OFFICE SAYS IT’S BEEN WORKING TO
PUT ISRAEL UP IN A HOTEL AND
FINDING SOME LONG-TERM HOUSING
FOR THE FUTURE.
THE PRECINCT 1 FOUNDATION ARE
NOW RAISING MONEY FOR FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN EVICTED.
SO CLEARLY THAT STORY TOUCHED A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
LIVE DOWNTOWN, MICHAEL LOPARDI,
KPRC CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
