Housing

Many families with unstable housing describe the process of qualifying for housing support ins San Francisco as opaque and emotionally exhausting.

A senior couple faces eviction from an affordable housing complex amid Sacramento County's failure to address 'renovictions' that advocates say intensify the affordable housing crisis.

Ninety-nine year old Ronghui Ye lives in a senior housing complex subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the federal Section 8 program, which provides long-term rental assistance for low-income families. Residents who live in these units pay about 30% of their income in rent. Ye moved in 2000, after winning a lucky draw — a system now replaced by decades-long waiting lists.

After being evicted from her Housing Choice voucher apartment more than a year ago, Tytinisha Mitchell, a 26-year old pregnant mother with a young child drifted in and out of the homes of friends and acquaintances, before living in her car for several months. The experience left a physical toll on her. She was hospitalized once for high blood pressure and later developed pre-eclampsia, a condition marked by dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy. Affordable housing options for people like Mitchell are critical, say housing advocates.

For Vietnamese seniors living in a mobile home park in Santa Ana, limited English proficiency make navigating leases, code enforcement, or eviction notices difficult to understand. They teeter on the edge of eviction for failure to comply with the numerous demands from the management.

Unhoused and Housing unstable Vietnamese seniors gather on the streets in Little Saigon, communing with each other and preferring that "freedom" over shelters. Severe rent burdens, an aging population, and low labor force participation are factors that have increased homelessness risk in this population.

在聖蓋博谷，為尋找可負擔住房的弱勢華人移民所設的「家庭旅館」或「寄宿屋」已存在多年。
對新來者而言，這些地方往往是落腳的第一站；
對年長者而言，則可能成為人生的最後一個住所。
有些人已在同一間寄宿屋住了數十年，早已對他人難以接受的惡劣環境認命。
這些寄宿屋狹窄、危險、缺乏尊嚴，
但同時也是一張脆弱的安全網，讓許多長者免於流落街頭。

In Santa Clara county, many face a silent struggle: staying healthy, without shelter, and with limited resources. Rosa Maria lives in a makeshift tent with her six dogs and relies on mobile clinics to get regular checkups.

商家歇業與居民流失正重塑華埠面貌，侵蝕著社區的情感連結與身心健康。

Store closures and displacements are reshaping Chinatown and eroding the community’s emotional and physical well-being.