Everyone Salt + Light works with — whether living on the streets or in one of the organization's 53 permanent supportive homes — is referred to as a neighbor.
When Celina Alvarez took the reins at Housing Works of California, her first step was to revisit its motto: "Do whatever it takes for as long as it takes."
Houston has built an effective model that keeps people like Navy veteran Aaron Cooper off the streets. Federal cuts are now threatening that vital work.
In the San Gabriel Valley, boarding houses for vulnerable Chinese immigrants are often cramped and unsafe. Yet they are also keeping many off the street.
As President Trump’s deportation agenda fuels fear in immigrant communities, advocates say cases of tenant discrimination and harassment are on the rise.
In police sweeps of homeless encampments and the militarized crackdown on immigrants, the rights of already-marginalized groups are being stripped bare.
