Life House's new expansion is a ten-bed teen emergency shelter called The Loft.
The lack of affordable housing in Duluth plus misinformation - or no information - about why kids end up on the streets means there is still a gap between the number of kids with nowhere to go every night in Duluth (100 on average) and the number of beds available.
Lack of affordable housing ... and a lack of imagination? Life House director Maude Dornfeld says most people "can't imagine not loving their kids."