Deep Dive: Boise emergency shelters struggling to care for growing elderly homeless population
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, elderly people with medical needs started showing up at homeless shelters across the Treasure Valley in record-breaking numbers. The combination of rising rents at once-affordable apartments and the closure of two dozen assisted living facilities catering to low-income Idahoans fuels the problem. This BoiseDev article describes the extent…