Working with the department of building inspection to open this as soon as possible and this will happen soon, and even when that opens we are talking about a limited number of beds and it is not the answer, it is part of a solution. We have to do more than just build an lgbtq shelter, we have to address the root causes of homelessness, and that is why this hearing today is so important. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor campos. Supervisor weiner . Thank you. And mr. Chairman and thank you very much for calling this hearing. And thank you for campos for your remarks. And i agree with them. We know that there is a myth of lgbtq aflu ans and that our community is somehow healthy than other communities because we are less likely to have kids or whatever else or what other narratives are out there but we know that many in our community are not afluent and many struggle particularly in a city as expensive and challenging as San Francisco. As wonderful as this city is, is challenging in a lot
Fourth in our series even if hearings i called a while ago around our Homeless Population thank you to all who participated in the hearings. This will be their second hearing focusing on the sub populations to analyze hopefully is programs and policies in place and into the future can be put in place to have a large effect. 0 todays hearing for the veterans and citizens that are experiencing homelessness weve talked to Community Leaders and others including the va well be hearing from them shortly. Our Homeless People over the age of 50 in terms of homeless they fall between the cracks of the safety nets because theyre not old enough to quality for medicare and they have a hard time vnltsd heirs in San Francisco. For any the ssi is not enough to cover the cost of housing weve had a 9 percent drop of nonveterans receiving ssi. 35 percent even if Homeless People didnt think they were eligible for assistance and that doubled in 2011. Image e i believe theres a city for elderly we have to
Percent of that 72 were white, and 20 percent, or 26 percent identified as lgbtq. But, what we found astonishing in this particular count was that 71 reported that they were unemployed. 57 percent received some type of a jail, government assistance, and 25 percent reported a history of foster care. And as devon mentioned earlier, 25 percent has not completed high school or gotten a ged. And so homelessness crosses all barriers. 18 percent were on probation, or on parole and 16 percent indicate living in San Francisco at the time that they became homeless. So i notice that some Behavior Health issues here but margo from dph will go into a little bit more information about that. But 27 percent experience chronic depression, 23 percent experience a Substance Abuse disorder and 22 percent experience mental illness. So, last year, lobbied for additional funds for what we called the lgbtq 2, youth, out reach contract. And it was in collaboration with mary housed Homeless Youth alliance and i
A spaceless people are living. Those are the temporary homes but, of course, were surround by strangers and we found for example, when we did this survey that the transgender population was experiencing physical abuse and harassment at 3 times the rate of other shelter residents. A popcorn whos also done those surveys might have i do some interviews that were really upsetting in terms of what people are experiencing simply to rest their heads. And, of course, outside the shelter the health deteriorates. Everything gets worse you get a small infection or a cold and it turns into phenomena. I think that San Francisco is San Francisco, you know, were a gay town. Were supposed to be craigs and we have a Huge Population without housing and they dont have a place to go or live. Weve been working on this looked like were really, really excited about this. Our experience with delores street is great. We create a warm and caring environment where people are really made to feel its atkins a sanc
We have a Huge Population without housing and they dont have a place to go or live. Weve been working on this looked like were really, really excited about this. Our experience with delores street is great. We create a warm and caring environment where people are really made to feel its atkins a sanctuary. And were completely confident this space is going to be exactly that and people who were not able to rest are now able to do so. Hoping youre going to support it and confident youre going to support it, its really historic. Thank you thank you. Hello the executive director of the aids foundation. I want to take a moments the memory even if erick. When tommy and i came up with the idea for the homeless lgbt shelter we had a two prong strategy. One was to procedure beds but i went to erick and if we could find space in one of his existing buildings we didnt have time to wait for a huge long process. Others mentioned that 29 percent of the Homeless Count identified as let the record sho