Lakeland mobile home park being renovated into village for the homeless
A local nonprofit is working to provide homes for Lakeland homeless.
and last updated 2021-02-23 18:10:25-05
LAKELAND, Fla. â A Polk County non-profit is transforming a mobile home park into a community for people without a place to call home.
Gospel Village is what a mobile home park near downtown Lakeland will become when it s all finished.
The non-profit, Gospel Inc. is renovating these homes for people experiencing homelessness who have COVID-19 or who are at risk of contracting it.
âItâs very hard for a person whoâs homeless to social distance. If they need to go get a meal or even use the bathroom, theyâre always going to have to be entering into a public space or a shelter or something along those lines,â said Brian Seeley, Founder Gospel Inc.