Fifty-nine-year-old Danzell Madison spent 11 months living out of hotel rooms or sleeping on couches at friend’s homes as she tried to find a place to live in South Florida.
Madison, an outreach coordinator with the Lord’s Place, a nonprofit that actually addresses homelessness in West Palm Beach, never expected to find herself without a roof over her head and having to skip meals — she had a steady income and had always managed to pay for a place to live. But she had little choice as South Florida rents skyrocketed out of her budget in the spring of 2021.
“I didn’t plan for this,” said Madison. “I would have never thought, not even 20 years ago, that I would experience this situation.”
