Advocates for sexually exploited women say they're glad an east ridge motel is temporarily shut down.

News 12's robyn estabrook joins us live in the studio with our update.

City officials gave waverly motel a violation notice.

They say police responded to numerous calls, including ones involving drugs and prostitution.

Organizers with a group helping women get out of prostitution say motels like this have to be permanently shutdown.

At the waverly motel, these yellow violation signs indicate its temporarily been shutdown.

Rooms were being cleaned and there was a pile of items near the dumpster.

City officials say the place was deemed unsafe and there were numerous calls about drugs and prostitution.

Over at clear creek church of christ, catrina cabe runs cry for the broken.

Catrina cabe/ cry for the broken "cry for the broken goes out to the streets to form personal relationships with sexually exploited women.

We meet their immediate needs by providing hygiene items, water and food.

And we additional offer them to come off the streets and enter a crisis centered recovery program."

For 20 years she experienced what these women are going through.

"i was a homeless sexually exploited woman and the lord rescued me off the streets and when i saw all of his many blessings and how good life can be i said how could i not go back out and let my friends know that this is not the end."

The teaching minister at the church says cry for the broken gives people hope.

Joshua diggs/ teaching minister clear creek church of christ "it is our attempt to go to the places that need hope the most.

Take a little flashlight into the dark corners and invite them into the light and again i think that more than anything else is a place where we get to see the greatest change happening."

Cabe says she wants to see change when it comes to these motels.

"we need to enforce these owners to be more accountable for the decisions that they are making for people coming in and out of their motels."

Her goal is to partner with owners and raise awareness, so women aren't exploited.

The east ridge housing commission will discuss what's nect with waverly motel at their meeting on monday.

Live in the studio, robyn estabrook news 12 now.