As of Oct. 1, people living on the streets or any other public spaces across Florida could be arrested.
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This is after the new homeless encampment ban went into effect. Now, local organizations across our area are bracing for an expected influx as Orange County prepares to enforce the new law.
“This is my house, one story house. It’s all I got,” said Stephen Golub as he showed the place he’s called home for over four years – a car full of his belongings. “Shortly after COVID, I lost my apartment because it was just so expensive, and I had medical problems. I went on disability because I couldn’t work full-time hours or even part-time.”
Golub, who used to work at a local theme park, is now disabled and spends most of his days between homeless services and public parking lots. “It gets depressing each and every month I go by; you think about it and what you have, and then you just lose everything,” he said. “I had everything; now I’m just living in my car.”