A guide to Salem’s expanding homeless shelters

Salem is doing far more to shelter homeless people than it was a few years ago, with the number of shelter beds available in the city more than tripling since 2018. The city is on track to have 1,000 shelter beds available by the end of the year.

Service providers said the expansion has given them more options to tackle the region’s homelessness challenge, and see the number of new beds as an encouraging sign.…