Acadiana Business Advocate

Friday, June 9th, 2023

Lafayette is grappling with a growing homeless population

by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor

Happy Friday, Acadiana business news readers. It's business news time. Let's dive in.

In the latest challenge involving addressing the needs of the homeless population in Lafayette, an encampment of homeless people at Catholic Charities of Acadiana’s St. John Street campus was broken up Thursday morning.

There was not an immediate place for them to turn in Lafayette.

Acadiana has lost 40% of its emergency shelter beds over the last three years, a Catholic Charities spokesman said. The decline has made serving the homeless population more difficult, especially as the number of people experiencing homelessness has grown.

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