It takes a lot of creativity to find a landlord willing to rent to us. Usually landlords want an income that is 3 times the monthly rent, a tall order for a low-income person living on disability in an area where studio apartments can start at $1000 per month. In fact, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Searching for that needle can be exhausting, especially when you're not feeling so well. It's hard to keep up hope when every door you knock on gets slammed in your face. If I sound like I'm talking from experience, I am.

We try our best to find those landlords who are open to renting to us and help them make accommodations to their policies to help reduce some of the barriers to housing we face.

There's always going to be more of us in need that there are available units. We've done surprisingly well helping people who didn't have any hope get into an apartment of their own, but we're not magicians. Sometimes we can get people placed directly. This can happen the same day and has taken as long as 14 months, depending on each persons situation. Consider us to be an augment to your own housing search. Your personal network is always the best bet, so always invest in your friends.