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How to protect people who are homeless during COVID-19

People who are homeless face unique issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. An expert talks about about their challenges and what's needed to protect them.
Two men sit on the sidewalk near a few belongings

The COVID-19 pandemic requires action to protect people who are homeless or facing homelessness, Jennifer Erb-Downward warns.

Here, Erb-Downward, a senior research associate at the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions initiative who studies family homelessness, behavioral health, chronic illness, and the reduction of health disparities, talks about the challenges people who are homeless face and the need for action to protect them:

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