SF Homeless Project

Tenants battle glut of evictions at troubled Mission hotel ‘The Pit’

Dec 20, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Inequality, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

This slideshow requires JavaScript.     On a rainy Wednesday evening, some two dozen activists...

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New navigation center proposed at 13th and South Van Ness

Dec 12, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

The City of San Francisco is looking to open a 150-person Navigation Center for the homeless at...

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Overnight center opens at SF General for patients with psychiatric, addiction problems

Aug 31, 2017 | Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

For a homeless or marginally housed person experiencing a psychiatric episode or struggling with...

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SF Navigation Center’s neighbors find impact better than expected

Aug 17, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

Nearly two months after a new Navigation Center opened on 26th and South Van Ness streets,...

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Listen Local: The story behind Stories Behind the Fog

Jul 20, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, ListenLoc@l, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

Listen Local is Mission Local’s biweekly radio program. We broadcast live online at BFF.fm every...

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Navigation Center opens, admits some chronically homeless residents

Jun 29, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

The long-awaited 120-bed Navigation Center at 1515 South Van Ness St. opened Thursday, clearing...

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For one vendor the street is both home and business

Jun 28, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

Abdiel Avila, 58, sets up on Mission Street every morning. He spreads a blanket out beneath the...

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New Mission District Navigation Center opening with increased security

Jun 22, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

A temporary Navigation Center uniquely serving the Mission’s homeless population is set to open...

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The Nuns Win at SF Planning Commission

Jan 13, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

A year of setbacks and opposition did not deter a trio of French nuns from following their calling...

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Homeless for the Holidays: What’s Needed and Where to Deliver It

Dec 23, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission, Video

If you, like many other San Franciscans, are wondering how to help the homeless over the...

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Homeless Man Found Dead in Mission District Driveway

Dec 22, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission, Trouble

A homeless man was found dead Wednesday morning in a driveway near the intersection of 25th and...

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Neighbors Remember Homicide Victim as Gruff but Kind Handyman

Dec 20, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission, Trouble

A “buck wild” exterior didn’t stop neighbors on the streets from seeing Eddie “Tennessee” Tate as...

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Board of Supervisors Honors Homeless Outreach Team

Dec 14, 2016 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors commended the city’s Homeless Outreach Team for its...

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Ladies’ Night at a Center for the Homeless Builds Community

Dec 10, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

For many of the Mission’s homeless and marginally housed women, Ladies’ Night at the Mission...

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The Navigation Center: A Haven for the Determined

Dec 8, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

Mission Street’s Navigation Center, the city’s first, is lauded for being a low-barrier shelter, a...

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How to Help the Homeless: A Bay Area Guide

Dec 7, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

This week, Mission Local is participating in a Bay-Area-wide push to cover homelessness. You may...

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