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On any given night, about 28,000 people are homeless in Florida. In Osceola County, there are no homeless shelters. For some people the only option is to live in a motel that has no running water or electricity.
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There are no homeless shelters and there is no transitional housing in Osceola County.
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Osceola County has voted to use the 69.5 million dollars it got from the CARES Act on public safety.
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Residents of the Star Motel in Kissimmee are still without water and power.
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On this episode of Intersection, we talk about how the pandemic and the recession is amplifying the housing crisis with Barbie Austria, founder of Kissimmee Poinciana Homeless Outreach; and Rev. Mary Lee Downey, executive director of the Community Hope Center in Kissimmee.
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Things have gotten worse for the residents of a motel in Osceola County since their power was first turned off in July.
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Families at the Star Motel in Kissimmee celebrated Thursday after their power was turned back on for the first time in more than a week.