As local homeless outreach groups sound the alarm about what appears to be an increase in need, Milwaukee County’s housing navigators are working to connect with individuals and maintain the county’s place as a national leader in addressing homelessness.
“We were put in a tough spot and we were evicted from our house and didn’t really have anywhere to go,” a man named P.J. told TMJ4’s Ryan Jenkins at the Holt Avenue Park N’ Ride on Thursday.
P.J. and his son, Logan, have been living in an R.V. in that parking lot for about five months.
“We are actually here when it was negative 8 degrees and you know our heat went off and stuff like that,” said P.J.
That’s until housing navigators stepped in to connect P.J. and Logan to a new apartment. They are helping to make sure rent and utilities are handled.
“Being homeless, there’s nothing good about it. But, when there is applicable, available programs through the county that actually make sense, you utilize them and look where we’re at now,” he said.