Who Experiences Homelessness?
The individuals we see every day who are experiencing homelessness are simply ordinary people who have fallen upon extraordinarily hard times.
Among the guests who visit us daily at Mary Magdalen House you will find:
The young man whose untreated mental illness means he prefers life on the street over being enclosed in a room or home with other residents.
The widower who never fully recovered from the loss of their life partner.
The adolescent who graduates from the foster care system only to find they have nowhere to stay and not enough skills or education to maintain consistent employment.
The separated wife and mother who has used up her time at the shelters.
The young adult who left home as a teenager to escape abuse.
The returning citizen who finds no family or friends willing to give them a place to stay and no employers willing to hire them after their release from prison.
The war veteran who suffers from PTSD and the extreme anxiety it causes, who finds himself unable to stay at a shelter because of the noise and crowded conditions.
The renters who find themselves displaced by new building development, the sale of their residence, unaffordable rent increases, or building condemnation.
Mary Magdalen House serves all these people without hesitation or reservations of any manner or discrimination. Our mission is to serve the poor regardless of circumstance.
