Homelessness throughout California continues to be a pressing issue. Unfortunately, many young adults in the Bay Area face housing insecurity.
But there's a program in Oakland trying to change that.The Youth Employment Partnership in Oakland just finished building dorms for 18 to 24-year-olds who are housing insecure. It's right across the tiny homes they built just a couple of years ago during the pandemic.'I was homeless. I ain't have nothing. I didn't even have a car. I have a car now.
Renee Williams is the director of strategic partnerships at YEP. She said the dorms are meant for people to stay in while they are going through a certificate program or community college.'They have to come here in one of our classrooms and do their homework. We call them education hours. So it's kind of an exchange for housing. We want them to become self-sufficient, but we have to help them do that,' Williams said.
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