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Homeless service providers across metro Detroit are facing a trio of challenges, as the temperature drops and COVID-19 cases surge.
They normally see increased demand during winter and this year is no different. At the same time, pandemic safety restrictions have forced shelters to cut back on the number of people they can accommodate. On top of this, state and federal safeguards against evictions are expected to end in December. Without further intervention, housing experts expect an eviction crisis that could send people into homelessness, taxing an already overwhelmed system of providers. Now during the pandemic, anybody could be two paychecks away from being homeless, said April Fidler, executive director of the Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter.