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Through efforts from a local nonprofit and city funding, each Greyhound-style bus will provide 21 beds where guests can sleep and get help.
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Once completed, the program will offer 60 beds for guests who experience unsheltered homelessness across the county, on a reservation basis.
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Critics say a new executive order makes it easier to arrest and institutionalize unhoused people.
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The law bans unauthorized camping or sleeping on public property. Its effectiveness is unclear, and depends on who you ask.
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Experts believe Florida’s camping ban is having an affect on the number of people experiencing homelessness in the region.
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Tim McKinney has been working with the “forgotten community” of Bithlo, asking for homeless shelters, especially now with Florida’s camping ban.
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Several 2025 Point-In-Time Counts hinted to legal and social pressures, making it harder to track the unhoused.
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A regional reporting collaborative aims to track the impact of Florida’s tough homelessness law.
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Overall, homelessness case numbers are on par with last year for Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties. Nearly half of them are children and seniors.
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The project will repurpose two Greyhound-style buses as shelters, providing nearly 40 overnight beds for the unhoused in the Downtown Orlando area.