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When homeless shelters are full, families call motels 'home'
This year’s homeless count found three quarters of the 53,000 homeless people remain unsheltered.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenThis year’s homeless count found three quarters of the 53,000 homeless people remain unsheltered. City and county leaders are building permanent housing -- a long term solution -- while looking for emergency measures like building temporary tent shelters. They also recently passed a law to make it easier to convert motels into homeless shelters.
Palm Tree Inn; Sophia Diaz and Jose Ramirez pose with their son and a friend’s son at the motel. Photo by Matt Rogers.
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