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One young person\u2019s journey out of homelessness [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ed4441″ show_divider=”on” height=”false” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”3px” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22″ _builder_version=”3.0.51″ locked=”off” hide_on_mobile=”off” disabled=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” custom_padding=”50px||50px|” _builder_version=”3.0.51″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ background_position_1=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat” background_position_2=”top_left” background_repeat_2=”no-repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text 1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.0.51″ text_font=”Roboto||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n Eroz Burse walks an hour in the mid-afternoon sun to his single-room apartment in downtown Sacramento. This is his long-time daily routine that started when he became homeless.<\/p>\n \u201cI started doing hour walks when I was 12,\u201d says the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n Now that he\u2019s found housing, the foot-commute continues, as he makes his way to a home paid for in part through the federal Shelter Plus Care program. The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds Shelter Plus Care to assist people facing homelessness and chronic health problems.<\/p>\n In Burse\u2019s opinion, the program has fallen short of its aim. The Sacramento State student says his transition from couchsurfing to his own apartment has been a struggle. Burse got his housing certificate in September 2016, but it took six months to get into a home.<\/p>\n \u201cIt only became a nightmare when I actually got the voucher and there was not one single apartment available, and it was also getting colder outside,\u201d Burse says. \u201cI thought it would be a relief at first.\u201d<\/p>\n His situation is familiar to many living in the Sacramento area.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very hard to find housing, especially in this tight rental market,\u201d says Sarah Thomas, assistant director of Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. \u201cThat is a challenge that is faced by many, not just those in the Shelter Plus Care program.\u201d<\/p>\n Other programs that help people move from homelessness to housing are hard to come by. Waitlists for Housing Choice Vouchers (also known as Section 8) and similar programs are estimated to top 70,000 people in Sacramento County.<\/p>\n People who are eligible for Shelter Plus Care don\u2019t have that particular hurdle, because they\u2019re referred by their social worker. Still, it\u2019s not easy to qualify. And even for those who do qualify, then the challenge is finding a place that will rent to a person on the program.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have landlords who aren\u2019t willing to accept these vouchers, mostly because they could get more money in a quicker amount of time with market rate rents,\u201d says Darryl Rutherford, executive director of the Sacramento Housing Alliance.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_audio admin_label=”Audio” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ title=”Darryl Rutherford discusses the difficulty of using vouchers for renters” audio=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Rutherford_PULLQUOTE.wav” background_layout=”dark” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_audio admin_label=”Audio” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ title=”Listen to %22Housing assistance still has a long way to go%22″ album_name=”Next Generation Radio” image_url=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Hilda_NextGen_02.jpg” background_layout=”dark” border_style=”solid” artist_name=”Hilda Flores” audio=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Hilda_ErozInterview_Master.mp3″ \/][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ed4441″ show_divider=”on” height=”false” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”3px” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ divider_style=”solid” hide_on_mobile=”off” \/][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ author=”Eroz Burse” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”on” use_background_color=”on” quote_icon_background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” body_font_size=”30″]<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of the things I was getting from the people who live there, and online, is that it was cockroach infested, bed bug infested… If you’re living outside and you’re homeless, that’s what you deal with, but if your living indoors that’s something that you shouldn’t have to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ed4441″ show_divider=”on” height=”false” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”3px” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ divider_style=”solid” hide_on_mobile=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_position_1=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Hilda_NextGen_03.jpg” animation=”fade_in” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_margin=”10px|||” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Eroz walks an hour to and from work every day. (Hilda Flores\/Next Generation Radio)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text 2″ disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.0.51″ text_font=”Roboto||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n The challenges continue even after getting help paying rent and finding a landlord who will take Shelter Plus Care.<\/p>\n After Burse\u2019s wait to find a home, he wasn\u2019t happy with the apartment that he found.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I very first found out that there was a unit available, I was actually disappointed,\u201d Burse says.<\/p>\n Burse lives in a Single Room Occupancy unit (SRO). The small units, many in converted hotels, are a low-cost option for those transitioning from the streets to a stable home.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the problem you have with some of the SROs that currently exist is that they haven\u2019t been maintained over the years,\u201d Rutherford says. \u201cSome of them are pretty substandard.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s what Burse found.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of the things I was getting from the people who live there, and online, is that it was cockroach infested, bed bug infested,\u201d Burse says. \u201cIf you’re living outside and you’re homeless, that’s what you deal with, but if your living indoors that’s something that you shouldn’t have to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cPlus Care\u201d portion of the HUD program Burse uses aims to provide services for chronic mental and physical disabilities without prioritizing any specific disability.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text 3″ disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.0.51″ text_font=”Roboto||||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n Sarah Thomas says the program helps people get connected with personalized care.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are getting assistance as well to be stably housed, become self sufficient over time, address daily living activities, and increase daily income,\u201d says Thomas.<\/p>\n Burse finds the supportive services he received by the program inadequate.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Shelter Plus Care Voucher hasn’t necessarily helped me in the \u2018Plus Care\u2019 aspect and getting the services I need. 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\nBy Hilda Flores<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n