All aboard our house! The family who lived in a school bus – in pictures

While vehicle-dwelling is not a new phenomenon, the numbers of people living in this way are sharply on the rise. Today, more than 16,000 people in Los Angeles county live in a vehicle. Just as with the rest of the homeless population, individual circumstances are diverse. The Reis family decided to live in a bus to spend more time together. For them, it was a rational decision that cut their living expenses by 90%, while allowing Ismael Reis to stay at home with his family instead of having to work long hours, seven days a week, to pay rent