When you have absolutely no money, you also have almost no housing options. But, say you do have some money oh, enough to rent a room from someone. How can you find a room that you can afford? How do you find someone who will rent to you given your background story? If you have […]
Read More Housing OptionsThere are many causes of Homelessness. Addiction is one of the most powerful instigators. When your focus is on drugs, when your thoughts are about how to get the drugs, how the drug will make you feel, and craving the drug…it is difficult to squeeze in time and effort to hold down a job and […]
Read More Addiction TrainingPermanent supportive housing is 90% effective in helping homeless folk come off the streets and end their homeless episode. Reseda is looking at adding units of supportive housing. Why? Because it is the right there by to do, the city has great internal structure to support it and the residents here are smart, compassionate people. […]
Read More Reseda Neighborhood Council MeetingIt is heartbreak to know that there is not enough shelter. It is heartbreak to not have access to beds for people who are sleeping on wet sidewalks. It is heartbreak to not be able to help everybody. It is heartbreak to move somebody out of a house because they haven’t beaten addiction but letting […]
Read More It is heart 💔 breakMaking moves to help LA County low income folk to rent and buy housing…here is the article.https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/LA-County-Landlord-Discrimination-Section-8-Families-504422071.html
Read More LA County Section 8 & DiscriminationReal addiction is a life ruining disaster. Putting an elderly lady back to the streets because she isn’t ready to kick her demon just about killed me. Goodness, we need more shelters and I need Winter Shelter sites to answer their phones!
Read More Broken hearts and the cold mean streetsHuman beings deserve something nice to soothe them and to motivate them. For folks with money, we call it “self care”. Without money, guess what, still self care. https://www.fempositive.com/homeless-woman-explains-why-she-spent-on-25-candles-when-she-cant-even-afford-food/
Read More It is the little things that make us feel human
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