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We first met Kim while filming our Grants Pass documentary    • Illegal to Sleep: Grants Pass’ Cruel War o...  , before the Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to criminalizing homeless people. At the time, she was living in a tent with her cat Sylvester, forced to move every Saturday from park to park.

“It’s a lot of work,” Kim said. “Putting your tent down, putting everything away. It’s psychological warfare.”

Kim became homeless after falling behind on property taxes. She lived outside through winter, got bronchitis twice, and struggled just to find water, food, or toilet paper. “I’m not here by choice,” she said. “Life shouldn’t be like this.”

Today, there’s hope: Kim is moving into a retirement complex—a safe, stable one-bedroom with a balcony.

This is how we end homelessness. Not by arrests. Not by park bans. But with housing. Always with housing.

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From a Tent to a Home: No Longer Homeless    • From a Tent to a Home: No Longer Homeless  

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