Currently ssdi. And when they become of age to collect social security, they are going to be getting a smaller income and subject to eviction and, so, there will be a big wave of people being evicted if there isnt money set aside for that issue. And mr. Dennis, did you have a comment on this agenda item . Is this hopa . No, this is about the the agenda item is the fiveyear plan from the Mayors Office of housing. Hello, my name is keith dennis. Im a longtime resident of San Francisco. I say, god bless you, commissioner, and god bless the city and county of San Francisco. Now, ive talked about this since last year. I was a patient at laguna honda hospital. I was lucky enough to move out into the community of the fillmore, he okay. And the rest of the patients moved to the new hospital. And, so, that left the old hospital dormant. Nobody is in there, okay. But now the nurses and whatever, theyre starting to use them for offices. Some offices are warranted, some offices arent. I suggest th
Pretty low wages to provide this sort of safety net, especially in Supportive Housing or even in our lowincome housing and they deal with populations that [speaker not understood] trained on how to deal appropriately with. A lot of tenants, inner conflicts, stuff like that. Maybe Mental Health [speaker not understood]. And finally, eviction prevention. What we hear a lot from our partners in the nonprofit world along with the experiences that we have with clients is that oftentimes you work so hard to get a client housed and then either because of hoarding and cluttering or some sort of break in the rules or Mental Health exacerbation there is not the appropriate support. It is kind of ironic when it happens in Supportive Housing, the situation where we have clients with an eviction on their record. So, working with somebody intensely, putting up a structure in place that would really try to minimize eviction on the records would be really, really helpful. Those are great suggestions.
That thats not necessarily how it has to be. We know in independent living disability management, reasonable accommodation in the workplace and Assistive Technology are thing that can be instituted that can keep people employed or back into the work force. So, we do a lot of work around Economic Empowerment and trying to get folks into jobs who actually, you know, they want to work. We would be lost without the support of people like you. So, as a reminder, if you want to make a 10 donation to the great work we do at independent living, 202 22 and if you text the word access that will make a 10 donation. Ed roberts, and ed roberts, hes seen in many circles as the fa their of the independent living movement. What was unique about ed, he was student at cal u. C. Berkeley. And when he was enrolled and was accepted, he he had the grades and so forth, but they had no place to put ed. So, while you can live in the hospital room of u. C. Berkeley, and ed said, okay. And ed hired other student
Collect social security, they are going to be getting a smaller income and subject to eviction and, so, there will be a big wave of people being evicted if there isnt money set aside for that issue. And mr. Dennis, did you have a comment on this agenda item . Is this hopa . No, this is about the the agenda item is the fiveyear plan from the Mayors Office of housing. Hello, my name is keith dennis. Im a longtime resident of San Francisco. I say, god bless you, commissioner, and god bless the city and county of San Francisco. Now, ive talked about this since last year. I was a patient at laguna honda hospital. I was lucky enough to move out into the community of the fillmore, he okay. And the rest of the patients moved to the new hospital. And, so, that left the old hospital dormant. Nobody is in there, okay. But now the nurses and whatever, theyre starting to use them for offices. Some offices are warranted, some offices arent. I suggest that the old laguna honda hospital be made into a
Wheelchairs and also folk that have disabilities meaning they are only able to afford housing that is affordable for someone on Public Benefits such as social security. Housing is a big issue were involved in. Technology, and peoples ability to access Assistive Technology. So, that may mean a really cool wheelchair. That may mean technology that allows you to read braille, or could also just mean a computer with skype on it so if you have a hearing loss, for example, you can actually see the mouth of the person youre talking to as youre having the conversation. My organization operates a device lending library. Actually, one of your councilmembers, derek, is the lead on that project. And we have technology that people can essentially try before they buy. One of the big equalizers, i believe, that does allow folks with disabilities to function and live life of freedom, choice and autonomy is Assistive Technology. We know he its expensive, so, we have a mechanism to let people come in an