What It Takes to Make SRO Hotels Run Well

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4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Last Thursday, we spoke with San Francisco Chronicle reporters about their yearlong investigation into the city-funded single-room-occupancy buildings that are supposed to provide supportive housing for the homeless. In this show, we’ll get an inside look from staff that run SROs and the nonprofit operators that oversee them. Some operators say the city hasn’t given them adequate resources and funding to serve their tenants, who often struggle with drug and behavioral issues. Meanwhile, staff say they are underpaid and under-supported in jobs that often involve dealing with violence and verbal abuse from residents. Still, there is evidence that SROs are a proven model to move people off the streets and create community among residents and staff. We’ll talk about what it's like to run an SRO and what supportive housing projects need to succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Last Thursday, we spoke with San Francisco Chronicle reporters about their year-long investigation,
1:05.0	into the city's SRO hotels, and the way we fund supportive housing and homeless services.
1:10.0	But we didn't feel like we had heard every perspective that we wanted to hear.
1:14.5	So today we're joined by people who work in and on SROs in San Francisco.
1:19.5	We'll hear from workers, operators, and a researcher about what it's like doing the work of running an SRO
1:25.4	and what supportive housing needs to succeed.
1:28.9	This is the story of how 6,000 city residents get their housing and the many people who are doing their best to help them.
1:35.3	That's all next.
1:49.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
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