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One of Bartle Hall s exhibition rooms will provide shelter for the homeless until March 31. This was the first weekend and more than 150 people came for a bed.
The convention center will now be a temporary shelter as more people find themselves without permanent homes due to the economic impact of the pandemic.
It was still dark Sunday morning when William, 50, was among the first to descend the escalator from the cavernous exhibit room at Bartle Hall that, in more normal times, he might visit for a home show.
Over the weekend, he and some 150 other people without houses of their own spent the night on rows of cots with pillows and blankets provided by Kansas City, Missouri.