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Advocates for the homeless testified about the need for more Affordable Housing and support to address homelessness around the country. The pandemic has made the issue worse. This hearing held before a Senate Subcommittee runs an hour and half. Without a safe, decent affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. It is nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are unsheltered. Homelessness ...

He doesnt know what it is to have a living room, neither him or the other children. And i am here now requesting your help. For all the races, for all the people. Thank you so much, supervisor mar. Thank you so much, supervisor avalos. You are also aware of our situation. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is [speaker not understood] collins and im here with the homeless coalition. I wear this black because its a black cloud over San Francisco. Im a person that [speaker not understood] homeless to my children for two years. Today i look, i go to diff...

Like, when people getting ready to get evicted with the attorneys and stuff, so, thats why im asking yall to help them, the program so they can be able to have attorneys. Like myself, when i was evicted, they had lawyers that were paid a lot of money. And when it came time for me to go to court, they had two lawyers that can help people like me to stay in their home. So, thats why im urging that yall support this. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Friedenbach and im the director of the coalition on homelessness and it is time to wake up, San Fra...

Be able to have attorneys. Like myself, when i was evicted, they had lawyers that were paid a lot of money. And when it came time for me to go to court, they had two lawyers that can help people like me to stay in their home. So, thats why im urging that yall support this. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Friedenbach and im the director of the coalition on homelessness and it is time to wake up, San Francisco. We have a massive housing crises and its hitting hard. Its hitting fast, and its hitting with brutal force. Right now we have elderly wo...