Finding hotel rooms for the homeless


COVID-19 homeless map
By state
Arizona: In April, Tucson moved more than 30 homeless people into hotel rooms.
California: Statewide effort called Project Roomkey secured 10,974 hotel and motel rooms and 1,133 trailers by mid-April.
Connecticut: Homeless shelters across the state were relocating many of their residents to hotels in March.
Illinois: Chicago partnered with five hotels in March to house, quarantine and isolate individuals diagnosed with COVID-19.
Indiana: Reports indicate Indianapolis is setting up a contract with a local hotel to house homeless people who are either older or have underlying medical conditions.
Louisiana: New Orleans has moved more than 400 occupants of homeless encampments to local hotels since March.
Maryland: In late April, Baltimore moved 150 homeless people from shelters to hotel rooms.
Massachusetts: At least five cities across the state have moved homeless individuals from shelters to hotel rooms.
Michigan: Grand Rapids has moved more than 220 people out of homeless shelters and into hotel rooms.
Minnesota: 540 homeless people in Hennepin County were moved to hotels from shelters.
New York: On April 11, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an initiative to relocate 6,000 homeless individuals to hotels.
North Carolina: More than 16,500 rooms in hotels, dormitories and other facilities were made available for homeless people.