Housing Stability: Why a Safe Home Matters for Mental Health
It’s easy to make assumptions about people experiencing homelessness when we don’t see the daily challenges they face. Explore how the constant stress and uncertainty of housing instability can affect mental health and shape a person’s ability to navigate everyday life.
Technology: Bridging the Gap for Our Unhoused Neighbors
What happens when not having a phone equals missing out on a job opportunity, housing information, or even a doctor’s visit? Technology becomes our lifeline, and The Compass Station has been helping to connect our unhoused community members to their opportunities.
Zoning Laws: The Hidden Barrier Fueling Homelessness
What if everything we thought we knew about homelessness was wrong? My work with San Diego’s unhoused community has shown me that homelessness doesn’t stem from lack of effort or motivation, but structural barriers that make stability nearly impossible.
CBS8: Homeless Sleeping Cabins Set to Open Soon in Pacific Beach
Story by CBS8: The 6 sleeping cabins are located in the parking lot of Christ Lutheran Church and include locking doors, electricity, climate control and safety features.
KPBS: Pacific Beach sleep cabins will house people cleaning up San Diego’s streets
Read the KPBS Story about our Community Care Crew Temporary Workforce Housing, Compass Commons. Written by Emmy Burrus.
Times of San Diego: Point-in-time count not a reflection of reality, says services director
What do the numbers really tell us?
While San Diego’s recent Point-in-Time Count reported a decrease in unsheltered homelessness, the reality we’re seeing every day at The Compass Station tells a more complicated story.
Experiencing Homelessness: Where Shame Becomes Everything
This article explores how shame and stigma affect people experiencing homelessness. Through conversations with guests at The Compass Station, it highlights how judgment and hardship can lead to isolation and self doubt, and how a space built on dignity and respect, like The Compass Station, can help restore a sense of belonging.
Hidden Homelessness: Living In Plain Sight
This post discusses the often overlooked struggles that come with vehicle homelessness, from the quiet cost burdens to the mix of challenges including physical discomfort, legal restrictions, and financial burdens tied to vehicle maintenance. It also highlights how the City of San Diego and the Compass Station are working to address the issue and find solutions for this hidden population.
Where To Go When You Can’t Go Anywhere: Exploring the Sanitation Crisis Nationally and Locally
In this article we dive into the paradox of the sanitation crisis, with society criticizing unhoused communities for hygiene while simultaneously shutting down their only source of it. We explore the issues from a national perspective and look closer into the issue locally.
Help Us Share The Warmth This Winter
An invite for the Central Beach community to come together to bring light to the Guest at the Compass Station. Addressing how and what is best to donate to make sure the unhoused community members are well equipped for the cold months to come.