| Four months ago, reporter Marisa Kendall wrote about Daniel McClenon, an artist whose work stops people in their tracks but who had been living on the streets for years, unable to find a toehold in a system that couldn’t seem to figure out how to house people like him. Now, help has come from an unlikely source: A stranger in Utah read about Daniel and made it his mission to find him a room of his own. And — after some heartbreaking setbacks and with many obstacles still ahead — that’s what has happened. “Just being behind a closed door and being able to just sleep — that’s crazy,” McClenon said. “I’m very much enjoying that.” But McClenon’s good break, and the long, convoluted journey that brought him here, shows how difficult it is for the average homeless person to find help. Read the update and the original story. |
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