City of Ocala Sued by ACLU and Southern Legal Counsel Over Ordinance Used to Police Homeless
• The rule makes it illegal for homeless people to sleep or even rest in public places.
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• The rule makes it illegal for homeless people to sleep or even rest in public places.
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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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