Hospitality House In The News

Check out the latest stories featuring Hospitality House below.

July 2nd - The Nation article by Mary Kate Bacalao, Director of External Affairs & Policy at Compass Family Services
We Take Homelessness for Granted. The Pandemic Should Change That.

June 25th - Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND virtual series moderated by SF Chronicle columnist Heather Knight featuring Joe Wilson
No Place to Shelter

June 23rd - KPIX 5 CBS SF Bay Area
Dozens Protest Deal With Hastings To Move 100s Of Homeless People From Tenderloin

June 12th - SF Bayview [published statement by Joe Wilson, Jennifer Friedenbach, Sam Dennison]
Homeless Tenderloin residents may face massive police enforcement in Hastings settlement

June 11th - SF Public Press story by Brian Howey
Nonprofits Want Added Homeless Protections in U.C. Hastings Lawsuit against S.F.

June 11th - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Binah" by David Kwan [broadcast of JCCSF special event launching Tenderloin Times exhibit].
Binah: The Tenderloin Times

May 14th - KTVU News featuring Alex Savidge interview with Joe Wilson, Josh Selo, & Kelly Batson
United Way Bay Area raises funds for community relief

May 6th - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Your Call" hosted by Rose Aguilar
SF Has Filled Less Than 3,000 Hotel Rooms For The Unhoused. Advocates Say It's Not Enough.

​​April 30th - SF Public Press Radio Interview of Joe Wilson hosted by Laura Wenus
Service Provide: Homeless Are Always "Last in Line" for Help

April 19th - Bay City News Services posted on SF Gate
14,000 Medical Grade Masks To Be Donated to Health Care Workers, Homeless

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Hospitality House Leading The Way

On Saturday, April 4th, Hospitality House became the first shelter in San Francisco to move its single adult residents into vacant private hotel rooms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to support from District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney and a generous donation of $100,000  from the United Methodist Church, 19 of the 25 residents found sanctuary in individual hotel rooms equipped with their own private bathroom.

"This is a concrete expression that their lives matter to us," said Joe Wilson, Hospitality House's executive director, "People don't lose their humanity because of their economic condition. Once we get on the other side of this crisis, we are going to have to take a hard look at what we've become in this society."

​Check out the extensive media coverage below and follow as the drama of the crisis unfolded:
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MARCH 25th - Mission Local story by Joe Eskenazi
"COVID-19: San Francisco homeless shelter operators, not yet systematically checking residents for symptoms, say they lack guidance and equipment"

APRIL 6th - Mission Local story by Joe Eskenazi
"Exodus: Hospitality House residents relocate to hotel, as COVID-19 cases crop up in other shelters - and plan to move homeless to Moscone West comes under fire"

APRIL 6th - KRON4 News coverage by Kate Rooney & Catherine Heenan
"San Francisco Supervisors make steps to protect homeless population from spread of COVID-19"

APRIL 8th - Story by San Francisco Chronicle's Columnist Heather Knight
"SF City Hall was ahead of the curve in its coronavirus response. So why is it now failing the homeless?"

APRIL 10th - Mission Local story by Joe Eskinazi
COVID-19: City instructs homeless providers to keep hotel rooms empty — while families live in cars or on the street

APRIL 14th - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Your Call" hosted by Rose Aguilar
"SF Moves Unhoused People Into Hotel Rooms After A Major Outbreak; How are Other Cities Responding?"

APRIL 20th - KCBS Radio news segment by Kathy Novak
​"Dexter's Place"

APRIL 20th - California Healthline story by Brian Krans
San Francisco Quick To Fight COVID-19, Slow To Help Homeless