Los Angeles, U.S. ¨C For the past few months, Michael Gilpin has slept in a small, prefabricated house he moved into when he got off the streets of Los Angeles as part of a major drive to reduce homelessness.
The single-room unit is a long way from perfect ¡ª he says it has the air of a ¡°jail cell¡± ¡ª but it¡¯s a huge improvement on sleeping in his car.
¡°It¡¯s better than the streets, hands down,¡± the 44-year-old said of his 65-square-foot home (six-square-meter), which he shares with another man. ¡°I don¡¯t have to deal with cockroaches.¡±
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