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There's no summer break for homelessness in Hall
More than 100 in county lack shelter, survey shows
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Jose Casellas who works nearby points to the belongings of a homeless man who sleeps under this trailer parked on Dorsey and Davis streets in midtown Gainesville. - photo by Carlos Galarza
In the course of a month, Ray Rochell has gone from living with a roof over his head to sleeping on a dirty mattress tucked under a trailer near a tire shop on Dorsey and Davis streets in Gainesville. The two-bedroom house on Bank Street where Rochell was splitting $550 rent with a buddy was recently demolished by the city of Gainesville after the property was deemed unsafe by Code Enforcement officials. Jose Casellas and other nearby workers who have seen the 56-year-old Rochell sleeping under the trailer have warned the man they have seen large snakes near the woods where he keeps his mattress.