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Several cold-weather shelters will begin opening Friday evening.

The Orange County Commission approved the use of $519,080 in American Rescue Plan funds on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of homeless have been staying in hotels across the U.S. paid for by federal programs aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.

A company called Pallet demonstrated a new solution to sheltering people without permanent housing in Orlando at the Salvation Army today.

Some 4,931 people have been living on the streets in Orlando since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The number of people who are homeless in Central Florida has continued to decrease since 2017.

The more than $750,000 dollar grant from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services will be distributed to local agencies who will provide housing and mental health services.

The count will help experts determine whether additional social and housing services are needed.

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.

With temperatures in the 90s displaced Puerto Rican families and their advocates continued to protest in the makeshift tent city for a third day. They are calling for emergency funding as FEMA’s temporary shelter assistance ends tomorrow.