An Atlanta shelter provider says the city’s population of over 3,000 unhoused people is increasing as racial disparities and housing insufficiency persist.
Telicia Maxwell is the campus director at My Sister’s House, an overnight shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness run by the Atlanta Mission.
The campus serves over 600 people. Maxwell says that over three-fourths of those she serves are African American and people of color.
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