Of Michigan’s 33,000 individuals experiencing homelessness, roughly half are placed in shelters. The other half sleep outdoors, in hotels, or in their vehicles.
Lindie, a mother of five, has been living out of her SUV in the Lansing area for the past four months – moving between rest areas, campsites and parking lots.
“My oldest is seventeen. I have a 16, 15, 13, and 11[-year-old too],” she said. “I was homeschooling my kids, but when school starts back up, they’re gonna have to go back to school.”…