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Robert's Story

View a video about Robert's successful housing journey.

Video summary

He was living a minute-to-minute existence. He would sleep wherever he felt tired. He had about a six-block radius that he would travel. He would find food and eat whatever he found. He was diagnosed with mental illness and the disease turned him into a different person.

The Homelessness System of Care created a new opportunity to have different providers coordinating care; dealing with the entire person—addressing the different issues that are barriers to housing—and recognizing that housing is the solution to people's health.

That is a game-changer. Learn how it helped Robert.

Page last updated on September 22, 2025.