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Each year, we assist thousands of individuals and families who come to us from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Their stories illustrate the complexity of housing crisis and homelessness, and how delivering solution-focused personalized support services ensures vulnerable community members thrive.

There is no one "face" or one cause of homelessness. The people we assist are a diverse group of individuals and families who have one thing in common: they have experienced a catastrophic housing or financial crisis. Often, that crisis is precipitated and/or complicated by a physical disability, chronic health condition, or behavioral health disorder, conditions that are exacerbated by the lack of access to proper care and resources.

Here are a few of their stories.

Aaron
Meet Aaron. Aaron has experienced homelessness for more than a decade. Found in a dumpster as an infant, he was placed...
Kimberly
Kimberly spent the past year without a home, living in cities across the country, in forests, and on the streets...
Client Couple
Some of the first people affected by COVID-19 worked in the service industry—people like Heather, a waitress, and Joe, a...
Thornton
Thorton is the lead worker on Housing Forward’s Interim Housing Program sanitation crew. Every weekday, he supervises a...
Sherman
Last winter, Sherman was staying in a house without heat. He thought his space heater was sufficient until a bitter cold...
Rousse
Rousse was among the first participants to enroll in our new Interim Housing Program. It was here that she found the...