Venice Community Housing

Amani Chambers

La’shai was THE WORST

Ophelia

I was told that Youth build would be understanding of bad situations... I was to participate in toughness orientation on Sep 8th, but as soon as I told my interviewer, I was neurodiverse, he audibly took less interest in me. I wasn't given the links until I required at 5 in the morning the day of... by then I had stayed up all night and had already sent an email and made calls days before trying to get them... I hadn't slept all night and passed out and missed the first day. Alight, it was fine. I called and asked about the laptop they would lend me. I asked if I could have my "roomate" pick it up (I have fibromyalgia and was having my worse episodes of fatique where I could barely stand up the first day out of sheer vertigo, NOT safe to drive...) and was told it was okay. My roomate had been arguing with me for days because of this saying I don't do anything, and when I mentioned I was starting school had said no I was not. He knew I set my alarm for the next day so I wouldn't miss out. He silenced it so I missed class. I called the supervisor Marisol to explain the situation. She told me, "I understand, but we have STANDARDS, " I get that but there absolutely no empathy in her voice so i ended messaging the teacher to help with these situations amd not knowing Marisol was a supervisor, was directed back to her. I broke down after dealing with all these at risk and homeless programs over the years... some of which are literally the only options people seeking to stable housing have. These programs have no problem antagonizing formerly homeless people no matter how hard we try, and I've seen every youth at least once a year break down over how manipulative these programs can be. I suppose after three years of dealing with these programs while i was homeless with them ignoring me or visible discriminating against my race, etc and now trying to ensure I can pay rent (youthbuild provides income for work and school), it was finally my turn to have a break down. I've been crying for a week. Please, by any means, DON'T stop donating, just press for these narca sstic people to treat us with basic respect. If you really want to help, sponsor a homeless youth at SPY. Thank you if you read all of this. I also messaged Marisol because she said my roomate couldn't pick up my laptop, explained my medical issues, and was completely ignored.

Andrew Paul

How can I start I was 18 years of age from canada and I am native not a run away other life experience I did ended up at the place with me and some new friends from other parts of the USA