Source: New York Post
Desperate Angelenos looking for a free place to live were left out in the cold Thursday after viral social media posts hyped a hotel event as a chance to score an apartment — only to find empty promises. Hundreds of people flocked to the Mayfair Hotel in downtown LA, hoping to land free housing, only to discover the event was never open to the general public. 7 Hundreds of people were lined up outside the Mayfair Hotel on Thursday FOX 11 Los Angeles 7 The event was actually a pre-planned event for about 300 people FOX 11 Los Angeles The housing opportunity was actually limited to about 300 people who had already enrolled in a Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority program and were accompanied by their assigned case managers, according to a FOX 11 reporter at the scene.
