For Portland Woman, Home These Days Is Where She Parks Her Minivan
![Lavon (shown here before the pandemic hit) considers herself fortunate compared to other people without housing.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/06/23/naida_wide-b47bc3d494fcbd662e498af0133b0760aa669eb3.jpg?s=600)
Naida Lavon, 67, was recently furloughed from her job because of the pandemic, after losing her housing in March. Now, she lives out of her minivan as she navigates the changed world around her.
(Image credit: Laura Jones)
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