KELLI KENNEDY Jul 2, 2021
Jul 2, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. â Everyone on the streets knows âSir Charles,â the skinny guy with the saxophone, sunglasses, felt hat and megawatt smile. At a gig this week at the iconic Elbo Room beach bar, he danced with a soda in his hand as the bouncers teased him, the ladies applauded and patrons slipped a few dollars into his tip jar.
But after the magic of a street musicianâs nightlife wore off, the 63-year-old returned to a seedy Fort Lauderdale motel, laid his head on a pillow and wondered how many nights he had left with a roof over his head.
David Moran poses in his hotel room, paid for by a pandemic voucher program, at the Hilltop Inn in Berlin, Vt., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Everyone on the streets knows “Sir Charles,” the skinny guy with the saxophone, sunglasses, felt hat and megawatt smile. At a gig this week at the iconic Elbo Room beach bar, he danced with a soda in his hand as the bouncers teased him, the ladies applauded and patrons slipped a few dollars into his tip jar.
But after the magic of a street musician’s nightlife wore off, the 63-year-old returned to a seedy Fort Lauderdale motel, laid his head on a pillow and wondered how many nights he had left with a roof over his head.
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Uncertainty ahead as hotels end COVID-19 housing for people experiencing homelessness Share Updated: 2:25 PM CDT Jun 27, 2021 By KELLI KENNEDY and LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Writers
Uncertainty ahead as hotels end COVID-19 housing for people experiencing homelessness Share Updated: 2:25 PM CDT Jun 27, 2021
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Show Transcript a look inside a cell in this motel being turned into housing for the homeless. The city and nonprofits use state money to buy the property through the state s Home Key Project Action News eight Reporter Christopher Salis has more on the transition for the building and the people who live there. Mhm. Salinas s former goodnight in now providing better nights for those like Regina Labelle. The biggest fear I ever had was being homeless. But that was her reality. Starting in 2017, I lost my father during that time. And uh it was very difficult with family with people who knew me in the community. Prior to that