They will absolutely not go into a shelter,” she said. “Everyone here has been damaged in some way by shelters and victimized by shelters. Most of the residents are shelter resistant, said Kniazeva, Nomad Alliance’s founder and executive director. There are no passenger seats and it has a wood-burning stove for heat that is also used for cooking.Įxcept for a couple of hammocks, the self-described “nomads” sleep in sleeping bags with thin foam pads and a few rugs to shield them from the cold metal floor. The 2001 bus, a repurposed food truck, is no frills. The bus has served as a warming center on wheels for people experiencing homelessness since the bitter cold of late January and early February, some nights sheltering 20 people from frigid temperatures. There are two consecutive days of rain and snow in the forecast and she needs to find a new place to park the Nomad Alliance bus. Kseniya Kniazeva’s attention is trained on the gathering storm clouds on the western horizon.
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