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Joshua Thompson, right, Jamie Blakeny, center, and Andrea Wood, left, emerge from the Comfort Inn after securing a room for the night on a Red Cross credit card in Augusta on October 16, 2022.
A major factor that is driving homelessness is lack of support from family. Blakeney would like to help her daughter with a place to live, but because she is over 18, Blakeney would exceed the tenant limit on the lease and be evicted.