ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Come October 1, Floridians will no longer have the right to sleep in public places.
“We’ve been able to communicate with different providers so that we can enroll clients more into supportive housing, rapid rehousing programs, working with our housing authorities for possible vouchers, so we’ve all been collaborating together to get ahead of this,” said Daisy Corea, the CEO of the Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas County.
According to the new 2024 Pinellas County Point in Time (PIT) Count Report, an annual look at the state of homelessness in St. Pete shows the county counted 721 unhoused people in 2024, about a 12% increase from 2023.
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“I believe that’s because we are such a rich resource county, a lot of people tend to flock over to Pinellas County, because they’re looking for services, and they’re looking for resources,” Corea said.
So …