NEW: As a lawsuit around SF clearing encampments makes its way through the courts, data from the city’s Homeless Outreach Team call log and interviews with service providers reveal the barriers unhoused people face when seeking shelter.
"We are assessing families from the moment our doors open to the moment they close. It’s an unending tide of need."
-Hope Kamer, director of public policy & external affairs at
Compass Family Services, a nonprofit that helps to connect families with shelters.
According to activists and residents, nine of New Delhi's #homelessShelters as well as several slum clusters housing thousands of families in the heart of the city, were razed as part of a #beautification strategy ahead of the high-profile #G20 leaders summit coming up on Saturday and Sunday.