Tight rental market keeps domestic violence survivors in shelters longer
Advocates said they could meet only a fraction of the demand for emergency housing, with only 14 percent of eligible clients receiving shelter statewide.
Yasmeen Khan is a Fitzgerald Fellow at The Maine Monitor and a rising senior at Harvard College.
In her reported writing, Yasmeen strives to illuminate the ways systems of power play out on the personal level. She is especially passionate about reporting on issues related to gender and sexuality.
At Harvard, Yasmeen is the co-editor-in-chief of Fifteen Minutes, a weekly magazine of narrative journalism published by The Harvard Crimson. She is also a Ledecky Fellow at Harvard Magazine, where she writes a column on undergraduate life.
Contact Yasmeen with questions, concerns, or story ideas: gro.r1754699058otino1754699058menia1754699058meht@1754699058neems1754699058ay1754699058
Language(s) Spoken: English, proficient in Spanish