From shelter to home — how one woman climbed out of homelessness
The text describes the story of Hogan, a woman who lost her home after her husband died from COVID-19 complications. She had to leave everything behind and live in a shelter for about a year. Hogan is part of a growing number of women and families in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland who are homeless. In 2022, the number of women identified as homeless in shelters rose 18%, and the number of unhoused families went up 14% during the same period. Homelessness has multiple root causes, from mental health challenges and substance abuse to evictions and affordability hurdles. It’s a family living out of a car, a person sleeping in a vacant home, or a teenager couch surfing.