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• Derek Shay was 17 when he ran away from home. Stranded near Las Vegas and desperate for money, he was an easy victim for human trafficking in the area. He eventually escaped to central Florida after two years and turned to Homeless Services and later Zebra Coalition for help.
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• The number of people who are homeless in Central Florida has continued to decrease since 2017.
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• A group of Central Florida women are building affordable homes for other women and their families in Apopka.
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• The count will help experts determine whether additional social and housing services are needed.
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• A driver’s license or a state I.D. may seem like simple thing to acquire, but it’s not. It requires a number of documents that many of us have tucked away safely at home. However, if you are homeless, you may not have those documents and it is difficult to get them.
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• Analyst Dale Brill with think tank Orlando Economic Partnership studies trends in the local housing market. He says people need to make at least 36,000 dollars a year to afford a one bedroom apartment in Central Florida.
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• A report released today by a local homelessness nonprofit says housing costs continue to rise in Osceola, Orange and Seminole counties.
The gap between these costs and wages is increasing people’s risks of becoming homeless.
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• To help homeless youth, first you have to count them. Orange, Seminole and Osceola Counties now have an idea of the number of youth living on the streets thanks to a tri-county survey.
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• Orlando leaders have broken ground on an affordable housing complex on the city’s west side. Half of the 166 units at the Village on Mercy will provide housing for formerly homeless families and individuals.
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• The Orlando metro area has one of the most severe shortages of affordable rentals for low income households in the nation according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. The Gap Report finds just 17 available rentals for every 100 extremely low income households in the Orlando – Kissimmee- Sanford area.
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