Florida has a tough new law aimed at getting the homeless off the streets.
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Florida estimates it has about 31,000 homeless people, though advocates say it's likely an undercount. That's a fraction of California and New York, but large majorities in the Legislature said the law was needed. Residents complain the homeless take over parks and sidewalks, threaten children, leave trash and urinate and defecate in public.
“We send our money up to Tallahassee, and they don’t send it back to help us,” Palm Beach County Commissioner Gregg Weiss said recently. Miami-Dade converted an abandoned hotel into a shelter for older homeless people and may buy 175 prefabricated two-bedroom houses measuring 450 square feet .Broward recently allocated $750,000 to buy prefabricated shelters. Patrice Paldino, director of the county agency that assists the homeless, said after getting individuals into a home or shelter, Broward provides counseling and other services to put their lives back on track.
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