Shelter, Nutritious Food, and Health Care, are Human Rights
Housing 4 the Homeless (H4H) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to ending homelessness one person at a time.
We’re a group of social justice advocates who serve our unhoused neighbors. Our focus is older adults, many who are medically fragile, who make up 30% of the unhoused population in San Diego.
People who lose their housing come from all walks of life, some were essential workers who never had the opportunity to purchase property that provides the security so many of us rely on in our later years. Others have experienced a series of misfortunes, the loss of a partner, an accident, a health crisis. It doesn’t take much to deplete your savings, especially when you may be struggling with depression and anxiety associated with traumatic experiences and find it hard to think clearly. San Diego is the least affordable city in the United States, people on fixed incomes, many who have lived here their entire lives, are being priced out of the market. When we don’t have family or friends who can help us, it’s easy to lose everything very quickly.
That’s where we come in, in many ways we take the role of a family member or close friend and do whatever it takes to help people stabilize their health and find housing. This kind of engagement is especially important for older adults who often struggle with systemic barriers to care that rely on largely virtual environments. Once they start to experience cognitive impairment these barriers become insurmountable without help. They need personalized intensive support, the kind that very few organizations are able to provide, the kind of care that H4H specializes in.
Housing 4 the Homeless is a 501(c)3
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