Hospitality House In The News
Check out the latest stories featuring Hospitality House below.
October 21, 2022 - San Francisco Chronicle article by Kevin Fagan
If S.F. voters create a new homeless department oversight panel would it boost accountability or create new red tape?
October 19, 2022 - San Francisco Chronicle article by Elissa Miolene
SFNext: City residents offer solutions to S.F.’s biggest problems: homelessness, public safety
October 19, 2022 - East Bay Times article by Marisa Kendal
A gifted but troubled Bay Area artist fell through the cracks. Then a stranger 800 miles away read his story.
August 17, 2022 - SF Chronicle article by Sabrina Pascua
A new supportive housing building has the funding and staff that residents need. Will it be enough?
August 3, 2022 - The Frisc article by Kristi Cole
Moving SF's Homeless from Hotels to Permanent Homes Hasn't Been Easy. One Nonprofit Tried Something New
August 2, 2022 - SF Chronicle podcast, "Fixing Our City" hosted by Laura Wenus
Houston's homelessness strategy could be a roadmap
June 12, 2022 - San Jose Mercury News article by Marisa Kendall (Bay Area News Group)
"His art is tragically beautiful. But he can't get out of homelessness"
May 23, 2022 - BeyondChron article by Michelle Duke
"Upcoming Art Show By James Scoville, Who Moved From Homelessness To Supportive Housing"
May 14, 2022 - SF Chronicle article by Heather Knight
"'Everything was a battle': S.F. homelessness nonprofit leader leaves Bay Area as cost of living soars"
April 18, 2022 - San Francisco Foundation article by Thuy Kumar
"The Power of Second Chances: Hospitality House's Joe Wilson"
April 14, 2022 - San Francisco Public Press article by Nuala Bishari
"San Francisco Rations Housing by Scoring Homeless People's Trauma. By Design, Most Fail to Qualify."
January 30, 2020 - SF Chronicle article by Kevin Fagan & Alexandria Bordas
"Is the Tenderloin 'healing'? This is what it's like to live and work under an emergency declaration"
October 21, 2021 - The Frisc article by Max Harrison-Caldwell
Painter Ira Watkins, A Six-Decade San Franciscan, Is Opening His Studio Doors Once Again
September 21, 2021 - .coda article by Caitlin Thompson
Who's homeless enough for housing? In San Francisco, an algorithm decides
July 15, 2021 - SF Chronicle article by Trisha Thadani
S.F. has an unprecedented $1.1 billion to spend on homelessness. The pressure is on to make a difference
June 21, 2021 - SF Public Press article by Laura Wenus
Nonprofit Leaders Reframe Homelessness as Systemic, Not Personal, Problem
June 14, 2021 - OZY's "The Daily Dose" by Toyloy Brown and Liam Jamieson
Pandemic Heroes Serving Black American Communities (scroll down to "spreading awareness" #4)
May 24, 2021 - SF Chronicle story by Trisha Thadani, David Deloso
S.F. touts successes in moving homeless off the streets. But the reality is complicated
April 1, 2021 - Mission Local story by Clara-Sophia Daly
Cameron Kim, 43, Tenderloin artist and longtime participant of Hospitality House Community Arts Program, dies
March 26, 2021 - Hoodline story by Carrie Sisto
Auction to support the Tenderloin's Hospitality House merges virtual bidding with physical galleries
March 25, 2021 - SF Examiner op-ed by Mary Kate Bacalao
We need a new kind of leadership to address homelessness after the pandemic
February 17, 2021 - SF Chronicle story by Mallory Moench
S.F. homeless advocates, supervisors push city to acquire more hotels to house homeless
February 17, 2021 - SF Bay.ca/Bay City News story by Daniel Montes
Advocates want city to buy hotels for homeless with FEMA reimbursement
February 17, 2021 - SF Examiner story by Ida Mojadad
Advocates urge city to buy more hotels to house the homeless
February 4, 2021 - SF Public Press story by Laura Wenus, host of "Civic" podcast.
SF Nonprofit Reports Mixed Messages About Frontline Worker Vaccine Eligibility
December 9, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Nuala Bishari
Shelter-in-Place Hotel Wind-Down Plan Lacks Adequate Data, Strategy on Race
December 2, 2020 - SF Weekly story by Benjamin Schneider
Hotels for the Homeless Winding Down... Maybe
November 16, 2020 - 48hills story by Tiny
On homelessness, no more about us, without us
November 12, 2020 - 48hills story by Tim Redmond
Supes, service providers stunned at mayor's plan to close homeless hotels
November 10, 2020 - Mission Local article by Clara-Sophia Daly
"A Wednesday of art with Hospitality House's Art in the Park"
October 7, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Nuala Bishari
Closure of S.F. Shelter -in-Place Hotel Program Could Push Homeless Back to Streets
September 25, 2020 - SF Chronicle story by Kevin Fagan
Homeless San Francisco artist dies just as he hits the big time with New York MoMA exhibit
September 19, 2020 - SF BayView story
Massive 'Housing Black' street mural installed in the Tenderloin
September 9, 2020 - Mission Local story by Anika Hom
$492 million in Prop. C money unlocked for SF's homeless
August 31, 2020 - 48hills story by Tim Redmon
Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group
August 30, 2020 - SF BayView story by Art Hazelwood
Ronnie Goodman 1960-2020
August 24, 2020 - SF BayView story by TJ Johnston
Ronnie Goodman, artists with 'a visual voice' on homelessness, 1960-2020
July 30, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Noah Arroyo & Brian Howey
Service Providers Warn Budget Cuts Could Amplify Displacement Wave
July 2, 2020 - 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 25, 2020 - Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND virtual series moderated by SF Chronicle columnist Heather Knight featuring Joe Wilson
No Place to Shelter
June 23, 2020 - KPIX 5 CBS SF Bay Area
Dozens Protest Deal With Hastings To Move 100s Of Homeless People From Tenderloin
June 12, 2020 - SF Bayview [published statement by Joe Wilson, Jennifer Friedenbach, Sam Dennison]
Homeless Tenderloin residents may face massive police enforcement in Hastings settlement
June 11, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Brian Howey
Nonprofits Want Added Homeless Protections in U.C. Hastings Lawsuit against S.F.
June 11, 2020 - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Binah" by David Kwan [broadcast of JCCSF special event launching Tenderloin Times exhibit].
Binah: The Tenderloin Times
May 14, 2020 - KTVU News featuring Alex Savidge interview with Joe Wilson, Josh Selo, & Kelly Batson
United Way Bay Area raises funds for community relief
May 6, 2020 - 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 30, 2020 - SF Public Press Radio Interview of Joe Wilson hosted by Laura Wenus
Service Provide: Homeless Are Always "Last in Line" for Help
April 19, 2020 - Bay City News Services posted on SF Gate
14,000 Medical Grade Masks To Be Donated to Health Care Workers, Homeless
May 2, 2019 - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Your Call" hosted by Rose Aguilar
Are homeless artists transforming their lives and communities?
April 13, 2019 - Hoodline article by Carrie Sisto
Arts program celebrates 50th year of uplifting Tenderloin's unhoused, struggling
July 21, 2018 - PBS Brief But Spectacular segment
"Everyone can afford eye contact with those who have nothing." - Joe Wilson profile
If S.F. voters create a new homeless department oversight panel would it boost accountability or create new red tape?
October 19, 2022 - San Francisco Chronicle article by Elissa Miolene
SFNext: City residents offer solutions to S.F.’s biggest problems: homelessness, public safety
October 19, 2022 - East Bay Times article by Marisa Kendal
A gifted but troubled Bay Area artist fell through the cracks. Then a stranger 800 miles away read his story.
August 17, 2022 - SF Chronicle article by Sabrina Pascua
A new supportive housing building has the funding and staff that residents need. Will it be enough?
August 3, 2022 - The Frisc article by Kristi Cole
Moving SF's Homeless from Hotels to Permanent Homes Hasn't Been Easy. One Nonprofit Tried Something New
August 2, 2022 - SF Chronicle podcast, "Fixing Our City" hosted by Laura Wenus
Houston's homelessness strategy could be a roadmap
June 12, 2022 - San Jose Mercury News article by Marisa Kendall (Bay Area News Group)
"His art is tragically beautiful. But he can't get out of homelessness"
May 23, 2022 - BeyondChron article by Michelle Duke
"Upcoming Art Show By James Scoville, Who Moved From Homelessness To Supportive Housing"
May 14, 2022 - SF Chronicle article by Heather Knight
"'Everything was a battle': S.F. homelessness nonprofit leader leaves Bay Area as cost of living soars"
April 18, 2022 - San Francisco Foundation article by Thuy Kumar
"The Power of Second Chances: Hospitality House's Joe Wilson"
April 14, 2022 - San Francisco Public Press article by Nuala Bishari
"San Francisco Rations Housing by Scoring Homeless People's Trauma. By Design, Most Fail to Qualify."
January 30, 2020 - SF Chronicle article by Kevin Fagan & Alexandria Bordas
"Is the Tenderloin 'healing'? This is what it's like to live and work under an emergency declaration"
October 21, 2021 - The Frisc article by Max Harrison-Caldwell
Painter Ira Watkins, A Six-Decade San Franciscan, Is Opening His Studio Doors Once Again
September 21, 2021 - .coda article by Caitlin Thompson
Who's homeless enough for housing? In San Francisco, an algorithm decides
July 15, 2021 - SF Chronicle article by Trisha Thadani
S.F. has an unprecedented $1.1 billion to spend on homelessness. The pressure is on to make a difference
June 21, 2021 - SF Public Press article by Laura Wenus
Nonprofit Leaders Reframe Homelessness as Systemic, Not Personal, Problem
June 14, 2021 - OZY's "The Daily Dose" by Toyloy Brown and Liam Jamieson
Pandemic Heroes Serving Black American Communities (scroll down to "spreading awareness" #4)
May 24, 2021 - SF Chronicle story by Trisha Thadani, David Deloso
S.F. touts successes in moving homeless off the streets. But the reality is complicated
April 1, 2021 - Mission Local story by Clara-Sophia Daly
Cameron Kim, 43, Tenderloin artist and longtime participant of Hospitality House Community Arts Program, dies
March 26, 2021 - Hoodline story by Carrie Sisto
Auction to support the Tenderloin's Hospitality House merges virtual bidding with physical galleries
March 25, 2021 - SF Examiner op-ed by Mary Kate Bacalao
We need a new kind of leadership to address homelessness after the pandemic
February 17, 2021 - SF Chronicle story by Mallory Moench
S.F. homeless advocates, supervisors push city to acquire more hotels to house homeless
February 17, 2021 - SF Bay.ca/Bay City News story by Daniel Montes
Advocates want city to buy hotels for homeless with FEMA reimbursement
February 17, 2021 - SF Examiner story by Ida Mojadad
Advocates urge city to buy more hotels to house the homeless
February 4, 2021 - SF Public Press story by Laura Wenus, host of "Civic" podcast.
SF Nonprofit Reports Mixed Messages About Frontline Worker Vaccine Eligibility
December 9, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Nuala Bishari
Shelter-in-Place Hotel Wind-Down Plan Lacks Adequate Data, Strategy on Race
December 2, 2020 - SF Weekly story by Benjamin Schneider
Hotels for the Homeless Winding Down... Maybe
November 16, 2020 - 48hills story by Tiny
On homelessness, no more about us, without us
November 12, 2020 - 48hills story by Tim Redmond
Supes, service providers stunned at mayor's plan to close homeless hotels
November 10, 2020 - Mission Local article by Clara-Sophia Daly
"A Wednesday of art with Hospitality House's Art in the Park"
October 7, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Nuala Bishari
Closure of S.F. Shelter -in-Place Hotel Program Could Push Homeless Back to Streets
September 25, 2020 - SF Chronicle story by Kevin Fagan
Homeless San Francisco artist dies just as he hits the big time with New York MoMA exhibit
September 19, 2020 - SF BayView story
Massive 'Housing Black' street mural installed in the Tenderloin
September 9, 2020 - Mission Local story by Anika Hom
$492 million in Prop. C money unlocked for SF's homeless
August 31, 2020 - 48hills story by Tim Redmon
Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group
August 30, 2020 - SF BayView story by Art Hazelwood
Ronnie Goodman 1960-2020
August 24, 2020 - SF BayView story by TJ Johnston
Ronnie Goodman, artists with 'a visual voice' on homelessness, 1960-2020
July 30, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Noah Arroyo & Brian Howey
Service Providers Warn Budget Cuts Could Amplify Displacement Wave
July 2, 2020 - 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 25, 2020 - Bay Area Book Festival #UNBOUND virtual series moderated by SF Chronicle columnist Heather Knight featuring Joe Wilson
No Place to Shelter
June 23, 2020 - KPIX 5 CBS SF Bay Area
Dozens Protest Deal With Hastings To Move 100s Of Homeless People From Tenderloin
June 12, 2020 - SF Bayview [published statement by Joe Wilson, Jennifer Friedenbach, Sam Dennison]
Homeless Tenderloin residents may face massive police enforcement in Hastings settlement
June 11, 2020 - SF Public Press story by Brian Howey
Nonprofits Want Added Homeless Protections in U.C. Hastings Lawsuit against S.F.
June 11, 2020 - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Binah" by David Kwan [broadcast of JCCSF special event launching Tenderloin Times exhibit].
Binah: The Tenderloin Times
May 14, 2020 - KTVU News featuring Alex Savidge interview with Joe Wilson, Josh Selo, & Kelly Batson
United Way Bay Area raises funds for community relief
May 6, 2020 - 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 30, 2020 - SF Public Press Radio Interview of Joe Wilson hosted by Laura Wenus
Service Provide: Homeless Are Always "Last in Line" for Help
April 19, 2020 - Bay City News Services posted on SF Gate
14,000 Medical Grade Masks To Be Donated to Health Care Workers, Homeless
May 2, 2019 - KALW 91.7fm radio show "Your Call" hosted by Rose Aguilar
Are homeless artists transforming their lives and communities?
April 13, 2019 - Hoodline article by Carrie Sisto
Arts program celebrates 50th year of uplifting Tenderloin's unhoused, struggling
July 21, 2018 - PBS Brief But Spectacular segment
"Everyone can afford eye contact with those who have nothing." - Joe Wilson profile
Hospitality House Leading The Way
On Saturday, April 4, 2020, 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:
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
"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:
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
