Experts say motel conversions not the answer to homelessness in Osceola County
In 2014, Michael Bailey, an army veteran, found himself homeless after getting into drugs and alcohol. He left a construction job in North Florida and moved to Central Florida where he didn’t know anyone. He ended up at a homeless shelter in St.Cloud where he met someone who referred him to the Coalition for the Homeless in Orlando. After just a few months of entering the coalition’s program, ...