Homelessness in the Mission District: A Neighborhood View

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A homeless encampment on Florida Street in the Mission District. Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED

By Sukey Lewis, KQED News Fix
A man’s weathered face peers out from inside a green-and-gray tent on Treat Avenue in San Francisco’s Mission District. Pop tunes pour out of a portable radio next to him, as I introduce myself and shake his hand. He tells me his name: Willy Colon. He says he’s been living on the street for about 15 years.

Colon is tired and recovering from a stroke and a broken hip. He is 69 years old.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix.

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