What are the most pressing issues that homeless families and individuals face these days?
One of the most pressing issues is the lack of affordable housing. With housing affordability at an all-time low in the Bay Area, more and more low-income and at-risk families and individuals are falling into chronic poverty and homelessness. In Alameda County, alone, more than 4,500 people are homeless on any given night and approximately 48% are children in families. Housing that integrates social services represents an innovative and systemic change in confronting the long-term needs of at-risk families and individuals caught in the cycle of poverty. However, the demand for permanent supportive affordable housing in Alameda County far exceeds the supply. Lorenzo Creek Apartments is a good illustration of this: as the building reached completion in January 2006, Abode Services and its housing partner, Allied Housing, received 4,000 applications for the 28 new apartments! To begin to meet the housing demand, Abode Services has committed to providing 1,000 units of affordable supportiv
