Coalition On Homelessness

Human Rights: Our organizers facilitated weekly meetings with families living in RVs along Winston Drive and, together, advocated for secure housing and a safe parking site, resulting in 14 families receiving housing. Our Human Rights Organizing team continued to monitor and publicize human rights abuses unhoused community members faced as the city increased sweeps in the aftermath of the Grants Pass Supreme Court Case. We successfully beat back $3 million in cuts to Behavioral Health services in Prop. C

SRO Families United: We outreached and provided direct support to families living in single room occupancy hotels in the Tenderloin, and improved the conditions of those hotels. We were able to move most families living in SROs into permanent affordable housing, by changing policy to ensure families recieved a preference for housing and expanded the number of subsidies set aside for families living in SROs. We then worked to find housing and place those families in housing.

This year, we strengthened our partnership with CCDC on the SRO Family Project, collaborating to support low-income families living in single-room occupancy (SRO) housing. Together, we organized several events aimed at providing resources, community support, and educational opportunities to help these families thrive.