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. – MCT photos

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.

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