“I left an abusive relationship in New York and I’m also a musician," Shore said.
Thousands like her seek out a way off the streets every day, just as more fall victim of the cycle, and when all they want is a place to call their own, a lack of housing makes it all the more difficult.
“The biggest struggle we have isn’t finding people who want to make the change but finding apartments available for rent," Rowan Vansleve, of Hope of the Valley rescue mission, said.
Getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of all Americans is hard enough. But vaccinating homeless communities poses additional challenges that are even trickier to overcome. They include getting homeless people to mass vaccination sites or bringing the vaccines to the streets, as well as overcoming their mistrust of health officials. Ben Oreskes, a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, joined LX News to talk about those challenges, and what progress is being made.