While it appears there are more homeless visible around Hutchinson, it’s an issue not unique to Hutchinson or Reno County, local and state housing experts said, but a growing problem nationally and statewide. Based on signals in the economy, it could get worse. Local officials, agencies and churches haven’t been idle, working for decades to find solutions to age-old challenges. But the reasons for homelessness are myriad, and the solutions complex. The Tribune will take a deeper look at some of those issues and community responses in a series of articles beginning with this broader look.
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