Expert explains how Hennepin County homelessness hit 5-year high - KMSP-TV

Homelessness is on the rise in the metro, with Hennepin County officials now using two overflow shelters because homelessness is at a five-year high and other shelters are full.

FOX 9 News spoke with Mikkel Beckmen, executive director of St. Stephen's Human Services, to discuss why there has been a 15 percent rise in family shelter use and 7 percent rise in single adult shelter use this year.

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