LOS ANGELES — They were all once homeless. Now they work within the system as advocates, case managers and advisers.
And they say that their experience is too often taken for granted.
“People with lived experience are not recognized at the top, executive level,” one said. “We get brought in because people want to just hear our stories. But when it comes to implementation, decisions are made by those who don’t know what it’s like to be homeless. ... I can’t have someone who doesn’t even know how to have a conversation with me decide where I get to lay my head at night.”
