The answers to the questions tell a familiar story.
An advocate for the homeless stands in a common area of a north side apartment building where the smell of urine and hopelessness is overwhelming and goes through a questionnaire with Brad and Megan Fielding.
Question: In the last three years how many times have you been homeless?
Lots, says Megan. Maybe four times? At least that, says Brad.
Question: Have you called any agencies?
All of them, Megan replies. We ve called so many since this happened.
The Fieldings are sheltering in the apartment building after having hopped from friends couches to a place on the southeast side where they were about to begin paying rent before it burned down and left them with a few days vouchers at a local hotel and nothing beyond.