San Francisco has begun rolling out a new technology platform that officials say will better help the homeless population by giving priority for shelter and housing to those with the greatest need. But the ONE System also functions as a form of rationing of scarce affordable housing.
Category: Homelessness
Posted inEducation, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Homelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety, Social Services
On the Move: One Hardworking Family’s Struggle to Escape Homelessness
City native Victoria Ortiz’s path to homelessness began in the East Bay more than two years ago when she was pregnant, working at a Staples and subletting a room. A housemate stopped forwarding the rent to the landlord, and everyone was evicted. This is the story of her determination to find stable housing for her family while living at a shelter in San Francisco.
Posted inHomelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, Media, Social Justice, Social Services
Rebuttal to Beyond Chron Criticism of Public Press Report on Residential Hotel Vacancies
Last week on his blog, Beyond Chron, Tenderloin Housing Clinic Executive Director Randy Shaw belatedly referred to my Fall 2017 Public Press cover story about vacancies in single-room occupancy hotels as “extremely misleading” and “false.” I was disappointed, but not surprised. And I am not alone.
Posted inBay Area, Government & Politics, Homelessness, Homelessness Solutions: Part 2, Housing, News
Most Homeless Families Helped by City Rent Programs Move Out of S.F.
A San Francisco initiative to help homeless families find affordable apartments and assist them in paying the rent is sending the majority of them out of the city because of the high cost and shortage of housing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Economy & Business, Homelessness, Housing, Land use
Guerrilla Art Project Uses News for ‘Housing Displacement Facts’
The fall 2017 issue of the Public Press, which focused on some possible solutions to homelessness, inspired graphic designer Erik Schmitt to create informational labels he posted on single-room occupancy hotels listed as empty.
Posted inHomelessness, Housing
Community Workshop Attracts 200 Seeking Solutions to Homelessness
The symposium, organized by the Public Press, was an all-day gathering of advocates, architects, journalists, activists, service providers, innovators, city officials, policymakers and homeless men and women. But, before you can solve a problem, you have to know what the problem is. And, when it comes to addressing homelessness, there’s a lot the general public should know.
Posted inEconomy & Business, Health, Homelessness, Housing
Community Voices: Your Ideas for Addressing Homelessness
We asked readers for their ideas on how to address homelessness in the city. Here’s some of what they said. What would you do?
Posted inHomelessness, Housing, Neighborhoods
Two Women, One Homeless, Team Up on a Small Housing Experiment
A 44-year-old retired firefighter calls herself a “guinea pig” in an experiment to create more shelter for homeless people in San Francisco. For the foreseeable future, she said, how she handles herself will “make or break” a pilot project involving a tiny dwelling on a private lot.
Posted inBay Area, Community, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Neighborhoods, News
Health Funding for Clinics, Kids and the Homeless in Limbo as Congress Fights
Across the country, 1,400 community clinics that care for some of the poorest people in the United States are anxiously making contingency plans for how to cope with potential funding cuts, all because Congress allowed a critical program to lapse. The impact is already being felt in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
