Saturday, May 18, 2013

2,275 Homeless In Hillsborough County

Advocates for the homeless found a total of 2,275 homeless people in Hillsborough County — about half the number from two years ago — in a count and recount this year. The good news: The drop suggests that several new efforts to address homelessness are making a dent in the number of people living on the streets, in emergency shelters, in transitional housing or in jail.
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Pic: Cowboy, i first met him on September 21 of 2011. He is now working at the yellow food stand across from
the Marion Transit Center and living in a motel. Stop in and say hello, try their chili dog.

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