Coronavirus forces SWFL couple deep into the woods

As part of an ongoing series on homelessness, FOX 4's Rochelle Alleyne got an exclusive look at a SWFL couple's temporary living situation after the coronavirus forces them deep into the woods.

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.ROCHELLE ALLEYNE TAKING YOU INTO*NEW TEMPORARY LIVINGSITUATION..FOR THIS SOUTHWESTFLORIDA VETERAN ..

DEEP IN THE*WOODS.(41-46)This is part of an ongoingseries on homelessness we’vebeen covering here at Fox 4.

Andtoday, you’re going to hearabout a woman who says COVID-19forced her out here.{PK}((matched action sequence))IN AN UNDISCLOSED PART OF LEECOUNTY...FOX 4....... GETS A TOUR OF ACAMP SITE..."You lay it out somewhere flatwhere the sun can heat it up andyou can get a hot shower."BUT *THIS CAMPING TRIP IS ONETHAT DOESN’T REALLY HAVE AN ENDDATE...THE COUPLE OF WHO LIVESHERE SAYS THEY RECENTLY LANDEDON THIS PLACE AFTER LOSING THEIRHOME AND JOBS DURING THEPANDEMIC.((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"We slept behind a dumpsterbehind Burlington, we sleptbehind like little medicalbuildings, without any actualshelter."THEY TELL US OTHER HOMELESSCAMPS CAN SOMETIMES BEDANGEROUS...AND SAY THEY TRIED AFEW LOCAL SHELTERS...((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"People steal your shoes yourunderwear, your socks.I THEN ASKED IF SHE TRIEDAPPLYING FOR THE COUNTY’S RAPIDREHOUSING PROGRAM..((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"Nothing came out of it."THE WOMAN WE SPOKE TO SAYS SHE’SCURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AJOB...AND IN THE MEANTIME RELIESON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS TOGET BY.SHE’S TELLS US SHE’S NOT SUREWHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS...((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"What’s next?

I don’t reallyknow.

I’m just taking it day byday at this point."BUT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS....((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"Home.

A home.

Definitely."AND WHAT SHE DOESN’T.((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"I do not want to be out here."AND *THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS SHEWANTS *YOU TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLEIN HER SITUATION.((Woman struggling withhomelessness))"If you actually sit down andtalk to homeless people, you’llknow that they don’t really wantto live like that.

You’ll getthat and they’ll say this isn’twhat I choose to do this is justmy life circumstance and whereI’m at right now."And on October 20th the LeeCounty commission, the Leecounty sheriff’s office andother partners in our area aregoing to be having a meeti