That is how 69-year-old Jim Lamm describes what happened to him when Utahns found out he needed work so he wouldn’t become homeless.
“Many, many people said, we have work for you. We want to help you,” he said Wednesday at a job site in the Avenues. “People were so kind, they’d say, we’ll give you $500 the day you start. We don’t want you to become homeless.”
Originally from New York, Lamm is a general contractor specializing in painting and tile. After relocating to West Valley City in October, he was unable to find work and was on the cusp of homelessness.