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  • Free clothing at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse daytime warming center.
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    #OTGYpsi: The push for a 24/7 shelter on the eastern side of Washtenaw County
    Rylee Barnsdale
    While the Ypsilanti Freighthouse serves as a daytime warming center, the only 24/7 shelter for unhoused members of the Ypsilanti community is the Delonis Center in Ann Arbor. and it has limited beds available. There is ongoing community discussion about the need for a shelter on the eastern side of Washtenaw County. Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale that need and what's being done about it with Lindsay Calka. She's the managing director of Groundcover News, a publication giving voice to low-income residents.