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With housing nearly impossible to find, many Millennials are staying with their parents. But those without stable homes have nowhere to go. Natasha Mat\u00fa and Colin Ray Jackson share their experiences with homelessness.| By Isabella Lord [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.69″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ed4441″ show_divider=”on” height=”false” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”3px” hide_on_mobile=”off” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” 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|||”]<\/p>\n More young adults than ever are staying with their parents after high school. 60 percent of all young adults ages 18-31 are getting financial support from their parents. In the previous generation about 1 in 10 young adults stayed at home. 1 in 5 Millennials are staying with their parents. This trend is called the \u201cboomerang phenomenon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Many parents are willing to take in their children, no matter their age, but there are thousands of Millennials who are estranged from their family and don\u2019t have a choice.<\/p>\n So what happens to them? They end up on the streets.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image: main” src=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Isabella_NextGen_02.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” animation=”fade_in” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_margin=”10px|||” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.0.51″ text_font=”Arial||on||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”10px|||” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Colin Jackson (center) watches TV with his friends at the LGBT Center in Sacramento. (Isabella Lord\/Next Generation Radio)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position_1=”top_left” background_position_2=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat” background_repeat_2=”no-repeat” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_padding=”12px|0px|27px|0px”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” 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=”5px|||” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Colin Ray Jackson was kicked out by his family after he told them he was bisexual. He has been homeless for almost 4 years. He graduated high school with a 4.0 and studies Criminology at Sac City College. He spends the night in a tent at his homeless friend\u2019s camp near the river. He says he has been nearly beaten to death because of his sexual orientation.<\/p>\n \u201cHomophobia is a legit thing,\u201d he says, \u201cI\u2019ve been assaulted five times for who I am.\u201d He finds safety during the day at the LGBT Center in Sacramento, and spends some nights at St. Paul\u2019s church.<\/p>\n Without parental support, the affects of the housing crisis are intense on young people like Colin. Sacramento is experiencing the highest rent increases in the nation, while 96.4 percent <\/a>of Sacramento apartments are occupied. This competitive environment makes for more people on the streets. In 2015, Sacramento had the highest<\/a> number of homeless people ever recorded. Though the amount of of homeless youth in Sacramento decreased by 3% since then, people in their 20s now account for 25%<\/a> of the overall homeless population.<\/p>\n Natasha Mat\u00fa \u00a0was born in an abusive home, to parents who both used meth. She went with her mother and siblings from abandoned buildings to parks and alleyways, until she was legally separated from her mother.<\/p>\n Natasha and her mother were reunited in 2009 after her mother became sober thanks to the St. John\u2019s Program for Real Change in Sacramento, a home for women and children. \u201cWatching my mom get her life together it was my own kinda awakening almost,\u201d says Natasha. \u201cIn the years that my mother wasn\u2019t in my life, I was just walking through life without any kind of feeling. I just felt like nothingness.\u201d<\/p>\n Eventually, they were living on their own in Sacramento, but Natasha began her own addiction at the age of 16 due to her trauma. This led to her being on the streets again.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re putting a woman who very likely has addiction issues who is raising kids and has been sober in an area surrounded by a lot of negative influences,\u201d says Michele Steeb, Chief Executive Director of St. John\u2019s. \u201cSo it\u2019s not only finding affordable housing but finding affordable housing in a safe area for people who can be triggered by crime and drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n Natasha eventually went back to St. John\u2019s, where she lives now. She is currently looking for permanent housing, but admits she may have to leave Sacramento due to the housing shortage.<\/p>\n People like Natasha and Colin have places to go for now, but eventually, they both want to finish school and settle down somewhere. They eventually want to start families of their own, but they don\u2019t have anyone to help them find a place in the most competitive market California has ever seen. The median home value in Sacramento has risen sharply by 10.8% over the past year. \u00a0Zillow predicts it will rise 4.6%<\/a> during 2018. Going through life without familial support is unimaginably difficult, but in the midst of this housing crisis, it\u2019s even harder.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_audio admin_label=”Audio” audio=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Isabella_ColinRay_Master.mp3″ title=”Listen to Colin Jackson’s story” artist_name=”Isabella Lord” album_name=”Next Generation Radio” image_url=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Isabella_NextGen_04.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ background_color=”#7EBEC5″ \/][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ed4441″ show_divider=”on” height=”false” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”3px” hide_on_mobile=”off” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ \/][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial: Colin Jackson” author=”Colin Jackson” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ body_font_size=”30″]<\/p>\n “My dad cried for about three hours. My mom blamed him. I said ‘I’m making the decision to be bisexual.’ They said, ‘You need to go.'”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ed4441″ show_divider=”on” height=”false” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”3px” hide_on_mobile=”off” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ \/][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Isabella_NextGen_01.jpg” animation=”fade_in” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ custom_margin=”10px|||” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Natasha Matu’ helps a child with his homework at St. John’s Program for Real Change. 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