A grandmother of 12 and disabled, Ann Isler-Korbaj is now part of an exploding homeless population here in Massachusetts living in encampments.
On a cold morning in Lowell, Massachusetts, outreach worker Alex Medina walks along the banks of the Merrimack River looking for familiar faces.
“A lot of folks may have burned their bridges with families and are no longer able to stay there,” Medina explained. “We actually look for jobs every day and do the right thing. But it's hard to get a job with a two-time convicted felon,” Waylein said. We met Ann Isler-Korbaj at a local outreach center in Lowell. She showed us a cart filled with supplies.Isler-Korbaj once owned a house in Florida, but after financial problems, she has found herself living in an encampment in the Massachusetts woods.
Bradley said they’ve seen a 46% increase in homelessness across Worcester County in the past few years., since the COVID-19 pandemic started the unhoused population living in shelters has gone down, while the unsheltered population has gone up.Bradley and people from other outreach organizations around the state say the unhoused population has only grown. Those numbers were taken this January and won’t be released until later this year.
“We need to see communities, whether it's at the state level or local level, really addressing zoning restrictions and loosening their zoning so that the development of housing can be improved so that developers are able to create deeply affordable housing,CTI serves 72 communities in Essex and Middlesex counties, including Lowell.
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