We’re proud to be joining other SF Homeless Project partners for the second Homeless Day of Action. Today, we bring you stories of currently or formerly homeless San Franciscans.
“I slept in my car and abandoned houses for six months.”
From Columbia Law School in the 1970s to homelessness in the 1990s. Read more…
Exploring the meaning of freedom with a man who just got out of prison
“‘I was sentenced to 25 years to life,’ he tells me. ‘A sentence like that changes you. There is no easy way out. You have to reinvent yourself.’” Read more…
“Being a woman on the streets is hard. I had to do things to survive.”
“My SRO…people are shooting needles in the bathroom, and they’re having sex in there. That’s why I avoid being home. I often feel like I’m still homeless.” Read more…
“The garden is sanctuary.”
Monroe lives in an SRO (single-residence occupancy) unit in downtown San Francisco. Formerly homeless, Monroe finds his true passion in one particular hobby: gardening. Read more…
The faces of San Francisco’s homeless crisis
How is one of the wealthiest regions in the world incapable of providing the most basic human right to its constituents? Read more…
