Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for housing homeless residents

Miami Beach looks to shutter Bikini Hostel for housing homeless residents

For over a year, Angela Lovingood slept on the streets of Miami, unable to secure a shelter bed. But when the Bikini Hostel on West Avenue in Miami Beach opened its doors to people experiencing homelessness last November, she finally found a place to stay. Now, the hostel is home to more than 100 individuals who were once unsheltered, but city officials are pushing to shut it down, citing concerns over public safety and its operation as an unoff…