House surfing and living in abandoned buildings, Wisconsin`s rural homeless population is underserved

Homelessness is often seen as an urban problem, but evictions, deteriorating housing and a lack of rentals have left people throughout rural Wisconsin without a home and many miles from the nearest shelter.

Until this year, there were no shelters in Taylor County, a rural county west of Wausau with a population of around 20,000. That left many people with no place to stay and nowhere close enough to get help, said Amanda Newberry, the director of Taylor House...