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QUESTION

Has there been a need to sleep on the street or other places due to homelessness?

0:27:43

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38 sec

A testimony panel member confirms experiencing homelessness, leading to sleeping on streets and trains and collecting bottles at night.

  • The member confirms sleeping out on the street due to homelessness.
  • They share that in the absence of shelter, they've resorted to sleeping in whatever space is available, including trains.
  • To keep occupied during nights without a proper place to sleep, they collect bottles until morning.
Diana I. Ayala
0:27:43
Have there been times where you've been forced to sleep out on the street?
0:27:46
In
UNKNOWN
0:28:06
It did happen, yes, and sometimes you just sleep somewhere wherever you can.
0:28:10
Basically, you could be in a train, you could be anywhere.
0:28:13
You just spend the night collecting bottles, you know, just to find something to do during the night until morning.
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