“Family Is Home. That’s What’s Important—Nothing Else.”
“The day I got laid off, I got home and I knew I had enough money for one more week to stay at the motel, and that was it,” says Tony Tansey, a…
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StoryCorps Interviews
The “Finding Our Way” StoryCorps project recorded conversations between people who have experienced homelessness, as well as reflections from housing advocates and service providers. Listen to powerful stories from Washington families in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, and please share them widely!
“These Are Our Walls, This Is Our Place”
“I definitely remember sleeping in the car while you’re in the emergency room and the kids have passed out in the back seat. I would barely sleep at night because I was watching…
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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…
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“I Work as Hard as I Can”: Single Mom Challenges Stereotypes of Homelessness
“I’ve never been to jail. I don’t do drugs, I don’t drink. I don’t even go on dates. I sit at home, and I take care of my son, and I go…
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It’s Impossible to Do Homework While Living in a Car
“I try to go to the library to do my homework, but sometimes that’s just kind of impossible. Like, we’re not near one or we don’t have enough gas to get to…
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