As the COVID-19 incidence rises again, the Biden administration, with their alleged immense desire to keep people housed, are nowhere to be found. The Delta variant is surging in much of the United States, sending thousands to the hospital daily, and eviscerating the other COVID-19 variants. More than 90 million eligible people in the country...
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Poor People Deserve Nice Things
Poor people are expected to wake up, grind as hard as possible, spend as little money as possible, complain about nothing, and go to bed. Amidst the holiday shopping sales and frenzy, I decided to treat myself to a necklace I’d been eyeing for a while. It was $180 — normally a cost that is...
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I Adopted Someone Else’s Kid When I Was 24
When I took her in, it was only supposed to be temporary. But then her mom became homeless, and I was able to give her a stable place to grow up. (The author of this article wishes to remain anonymous) This is a true story about motherhood, so naturally it will not be about me....
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Out of Domestic Violence and Into Homelessness: “The public doesn’t want to see this part of society.”
Homelessness may feel far away for most, but it truly just takes one small thing to set forth a spiral of events. For K (who asked us not to use her full name), it was an attack by her violent ex-boyfriend. K had a very unique living situation. Growing up in a tourist-trap town in...
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Simply the Basics Creates First-Ever Shame-Free Hygiene Bank for Homeless Folks
The homelessness epidemic grows as our cities’ populations expand beyond our infrastructure’s means (or willingness) to accommodate citizens’ basic needs — like living wages, shelter and even hygiene. Simply The Basics fills one gap that many cities leave open. The nation’s first ever hygiene bank, Simply The Basics, offers those in need access to hygiene products...
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For Many California Residents, Homelessness is No More Than One Crisis Away
Homelessness is easy to fall into — and astonishingly hard to climb out of. by Heather Seggel My dad and I became homeless in the summer of 2004. I’ve told the story so many times it sometimes feels like the only salient fact about me, but the just-add-water version goes like this: We were still...
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WYV Joins Week of Homeless Coverage
SF Homeless Project Aims to Change how Homelessness is Viewed — and Resolved This week, Wear Your Voice is joining 70 other media organizations around the San Francisco Bay Area to dedicate coverage to the region’s homelessness problem. Our coverage will include essays from women who are currently or formerly homeless. This massive project is being spearheaded...