WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FAIL THE PAUPER IDOL AUDITIONS
Homelessness and its precursors are complicated, but the solution is simple. All that’s lacking is the willingness to do it
Louis (not his real name), 18, was perched on a leather couch. He had a pale baby face topped with messy black hair; the rest of him was hidden underneath baggy sports gear. I would’ve believed you if you’d told me he was 14. I spoke to Louis in 2020. Over a year earlier in February 2019, a week before his 18th birthday, he was forced to leave his parents’ home after a
