Some homeless folks in the US live in storage units

Life, interrupted: Kyle Young, 20, sits with Bruno, the family dog, in the storage unit his family ended up in when their house was sold.

In the United States, where the homelessness situation varies from state to state, a recent trend is to move into storage units.

Lift the rollaway gates on some storage facilities, and a secret life emerges. The men and women huddled inside are not just storing old photo albums and family heirlooms. They’re living among them.