Meet Albana
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Walking All Night to Stay Warm
John found himself homeless after his divorce, when his income was too low to afford decent housing in the community he calls home. He worked in a restaurant and lived in a storage unit for nearly six months. Sometimes, he wasn’t able to align his work schedule to access the storage unit after access to the facility closed, so he would walk around all night trying to stay warm.
It took John hours each day just to get his basic needs met—he would get up, commute to a day center to shower, travel to a food bank or meal program to eat, and go to work. He was able to find a space in a transitional housing program, and then eventually moved to Imagine Housing’s Velocity apartment community in Kirkland. With stable housing, he was able to repair his relationship with his sons. Now, John enjoys enjoys spending time on the rooftop garden at Velocity, where he and some friends grow a variety of vegetables and flowers.
“There is a lot of fear that comes with being homeless in the city at night – fear of the unknown, not knowing who or what is around you. I will never take for granted what it means to have a bed to sleep in, a shower and a kitchen, and a key to my own home.”
Posted November 16, 2018
