Homeless and doubled up, families living with other households may fall into aid blind spot
“To avoid staying at a homeless shelter, Kristie Filippello and her three children have been sleeping on the floor of a relative’s one bedroom apartment for nearly two months. Filippello, 32, left her home after the pandemic caused her housecleaning business to go under and the financial stress of unpaid bills led to abuse from her boyfriend of two years with whom she lived.”