Presents:Homelessness In

San Francisco

Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice-it is the result of extreme poverty

How many people are

homeless and who are they?

The Face of Homelessness

-Families with children are the fastest growing group of homeless people.

-Seniors & people with disabilities are a dramatically growing population onthe streets & in shelters.

How has the Recession Impacted

Homelessness in San Francisco?

http://www.antievictionmappingproject.net/

How does mental illness and/or addiction factor in?

Human Rights and Homelessness

Criminalization of Homelessness

Source: http://wraphome.org/

What about San Francisco’sShelter System?

6,544 — Population of homeless people in San Francisco (per homeless count)

1,134 —  Total beds in single adult shelter system

How is the Coalition on Homelessness

Responding?

We need to reach out to the poor and marginalized, not because they need it,

although they do, but because we need to do that

in order to be healthy.

-Pope Francis