"While her tiny home offers some privacy in the form of her own unit with a lock and key, her goal is to move closer to the Sunset, where her son, who is about to enter high school, still lives. But Spillane can't afford to live in the neighborhood and the city's homeless services are primarily concentrated downtown. "Even though I'm from the city, it can get really ugly down here," she said."
""They might turn down shelter for many reasons. One could be they are far away from where they became homeless.""
""That unfortunately just propels these negative stereotypes and misinformation about the housing crisis and folks who are experiencing homelessness or maybe living with mental illness or using substances or all three," Bennett said."
A San Francisco resident lives in a tiny cabin near Mid-Market but wants to return to the Sunset where her son will attend high school; she cannot afford housing in that neighborhood. Homeless services are concentrated downtown, which can push people far from their communities and lead some to refuse shelter. Cities are seeking to expand shelters and tiny-home transitional housing into new neighborhoods to move people off the street more quickly. Advocates hope ordinances will reduce local opposition, but portraying homelessness as a shared burden can reinforce negative stereotypes about those experiencing homelessness, mental illness, or substance use.
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