Street Medicine Detroit Helping Homeless People + NSO's Permanent Supportive Housing

Here's the link to the more produced vlog I posted after my visit last year: https://youtu.be/wOxU--jhfBA

This is William's story: https://youtu.be/0a3zAgsp1r0

This week I was lucky enough to go out on the streets of Detroit with Street Medicine Detroit just like I did last year. I cut this vlog "down and dirty" with limited editing and no color grading to get it up quick. I am months behind on editing vlog content that I have shot. I learned after posting the Ithaca Tent Encampment vlog that you all like that format. I figured I would try to experiment with that format on this trip. Please let me know what you think in the comments below.

I joined the medical students on outreach around Detroit looking for homeless people with medical needs. The one important story is the homeless man we met that didn't want to go on camera. He was homeless for two years and was recently placed on a housing list. A generous stranger paid for a few nights hotel stay. Because the homeless man stayed in a hotel, he lost his opportunity to get into housing. He no longer qualified as chronically homeless after spending a night in a hotel room. He now has to wait for another year before being able to qualify again.

Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) gave us a tour of their permanent supportive housing. NSO has 155 one-bedroom permanent supportive housing apartments based on the housing first model. I have toured a lot of housing first buildings and I think what made NSO's stand out is the large amount of living space in each apartment. The place is clean and safe providing dignity for people to heal.

If you don't know about housing first and how permanent supportive housing saves lives and taxpayer money please watch this video http://invisiblepeople.tv/housingfirst
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