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broke up one of the area’s largest homeless camps

. More than 100 people had been living in tents and other temporary structures at Camp Nenookaasi for months.

The encampment is just one of many signs that an increasing number of people in Minnesota are living without stable shelter. People without housing are also riding Metro Transit buses and trains to find safety and warmth. They’re sleeping in out-of-the-way corners of the skyways and living in their cars.  

The reasons for the rise in unsheltered people are complex, and government and social services are struggling to respond. Last week, a faith-based organization in Ramsey County announced it 

would start putting up people in area churches

 to help house some of the families who are overwhelming Hennepin County’s emergency shelter program.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about why we’re seeing a rise in visible homelessness and possible solutions.

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