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Shelter Bed Scarcity, Coronavirus Eviction Crisis Raise Concerns as Winter Approaches

Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Access Services program development director Mark Boorse enters an encampment in the woods in Norristown with supplies for campers.

About 15 thousand Pennsylvanians are experiencing homelessness on any given night, and as temperatures drop housing groups across the commonwealth are faced with a double dilemma. Pandemic safety rules have made shelter space scarce, and the COVID economy could lead to a wave of evictions in the dead of winter. WHYY's Laura Benshoff reports.

(Original air-date: 12/10/20)