Don’t give up waiting for housing

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I’ve been homeless and living on the street for 33 years, 20 of those in downtown D.C. and up on Wisconsin Avenue. I met Charles Davis, another Street Sense vendor, and he told me to go down to the office and become a vendor myself. 

When I came home from jail in 2006, I applied for my housing. I got my housing voucher in 2013, and then I went back to jail for a violation. Then I came back home and got it a second time. I went to Friendship Place to wait for a match. Now I am living in my new apartment. I’ve been in there for about 15 months with my wife. My wife and I are having a little problem because it’s a mental issue. But that’s OK, because we will work it out, and I will pray to God to help us out. 

Now I’ve been there more than 12 months, I can move anywhere I want, and I would like to move uptown because I like the people who live there. The area where I live has drugs and I don’t like to be around drugs, so I would ask God to help me out. 

Applying for housing may be a good thing for anyone. When you apply, it may take years before you hear anything. You have to wait for your name to be called. Some people have been on the housing list for more than 10 years. And that is so sad. So I will pray for them to get their housing. 


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