CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Community leaders gathered to honor homeless individuals who died in the past year, reading names and lighting candles as organizers warned that deaths among Charlotte’s unhoused population are climbing to unprecedented levels.
More than 2,300 people are currently homeless in Mecklenburg County, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing and Homelessness Dashboard.
Michael O’Sullivan, an organizer with Homeless Services Network, said this year’s memorial list is the longest the annual event has ever seen…