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Michigan Woman Lived in Grocery Store Sign for a Year

A 34-year-old woman created a makeshift home inside a grocery store's rooftop sign, highlighting issues of homelessness and housing affordability.

  • The woman equipped her living space with amenities like a computer, printer, and coffee maker.
  • Discovered by contractors, she had been residing in the sign unnoticed for nearly a year.
  • Local police did not press charges and offered her housing assistance, which she declined.
  • The store, Family Fare, responded with compassion, assisting her to relocate her belongings.
  • The incident underscores a broader, national challenge of securing affordable housing.
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