StoryCorps Interviews

“No One Really Chooses to Be Homeless”

“I saw children that came, who literally looked lost, and some of them they were blaming themselves for the family’s homelessness.” Desmond Pullen started volunteering at a homeless shelter for families near… [More]

“When I First Started in Human Services, There Weren’t Homeless Families”

“How you stop family homelessness is not really complex. You put a roof over people’s heads, and then you figure out the rest.” Mary Jane Brell Vujovic has devoted her life to… [More]

“I Was Getting Ready to Have a Baby, and I Didn’t Have a Home”

“You were faced with a decision that no mom should be having to make.” During this conversation with Argelia Grassfield, her supervisor and “guardian angel,” Gina Enochs describes the day she realized… [More]

“None of Us Are Choosing to Be Out There”

“I was on the street with kids that were magnificent.” At age 13, Izeekiel Lundsten fled violence and sexual abuse at home, and ended up on the streets of Seattle. Thirty years… [More]

“I Had Nothing”: Mother Forced to Choose Between Abuse and Homelessness

“It was almost like…if you stay, your boys will someday do this. And your boys will never respect you, and they will never respect any woman.” Jordan Hedgecock, age 26, describes the… [More]

“I Felt Like a Letdown as a Father and a Man”: Family Evicted Into Homelessness

“It took years for me to grow up and become the man that I should be,” Dion Willis tells his case manager, Ali Hufane. Dion’s mom had been diagnosed with cancer when… [More]

Photography Was Teen’s Guiding Light Through Homelessness and Depression

Homelessness “kind of ruined the thought of childhood for me,” 19-year-old Taylor Henson tells his friend Chelsea Lindquist. When Taylor was a tween, his family became homeless after his mom left the… [More]

For Mother of Six, Discrimination Is Hardest Part of Homelessness

“I was a single mom, I had six kids, everyone looked at me as if I was going to just take their property and trash it,” says Dawnell Lewis. Dawnell is a… [More]

“We Had to Tell Her About Santa”: Homeless Parents Face Impossible Choices

“It was just kind of hard to explain how Santa might not be able to find us in the hotel,” Lawrence Charles says, recalling the moment when he and his wife, Andrea,… [More]

Separated From Abusive Husband, Homemaker Falls Into Homelessness

In 1979, Jenny Edmondson* was an idealistic young English college graduate traveling the world when she made a stop in San Francisco and suddenly became one of the thousands of young women… [More]

StoryCorps Interviews

“No One Really Chooses to Be Homeless”

“When I First Started in Human Services, There Weren’t Homeless Families”

“I Was Getting Ready to Have a Baby, and I Didn’t Have a Home”

“None of Us Are Choosing to Be Out There”

“I Had Nothing”: Mother Forced to Choose Between Abuse and Homelessness

“I Felt Like a Letdown as a Father and a Man”: Family Evicted Into Homelessness

Photography Was Teen’s Guiding Light Through Homelessness and Depression

For Mother of Six, Discrimination Is Hardest Part of Homelessness

“We Had to Tell Her About Santa”: Homeless Parents Face Impossible Choices

Separated From Abusive Husband, Homemaker Falls Into Homelessness

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