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Camping Ban In Wheeling And State Lawmakers Talk DHHR Restructuring, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a new camping ban went into effect in Wheeling this month. But as Chris Schulz reports, advocates for the unhoused community are pushing back. 

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Statewide Homeless Survey Bill Advances

SB 239 would have behavioral health providers, treatment specialists, statewide government leaders and community stakeholders assess a breakdown of homeless demographics.

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Morgantown Art Exhibit Aims to Celebrate, Humanize Unhoused Neighbors

Issues of housing and homelessness can be very complex. A group called Humans of Morgantown is using art created by unhoused citizens to bring a humanizing perspective to the discussion.Chris Schulz spoke with Corbin Mills and Jordan Stosic about the group’s “Neighbors Beyond Neighborhoods” exhibit.

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W.Va. Counts Its Homeless Population

There were more than 580,000 people experiencing homelessness in the United States in 2020. That estimate exists because each year, the federal government requires all states, including West Virginia, to count the number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night.

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