7 people share what got them out of homelessness

Pedestrians walking past a homeless man. Those who have come out of it say that what got them out of homelessness were people who cared enough to help them through their dark times and hold them accountable with love and graciousness. Photo: AFP

Much of the policy conversation about how to ease homelessness involves people who have never been homeless. It’s rare for most of us to hear directly from someone who got off the streets about what helped to at least start to turn things around.

A reader, Kim Roberts asked, “What do people who formerly were homeless, but are now housed, say about the factors that helped them overcome homelessness?”