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All right, we are at 12:33 First Street. Southeast Washington, d.c. the Navy, Yard area, and I'm Angie Whitehurst. And I'm going to interview like future program. Do I have your permission to record you? Yes. Ma'am. You do. Thank you. You're welcome to State your full name? Yes. My name is Leticia. Anthony Brown. And where were you born? I was born in Washington, DC, and wicked to arrive and watching TV were born here. Have you always lived here? Yes. Are you currently experiencing homelessness? Yes, ma'am. It's been like four days named Hobart history. Yes. All right. We won't ask too much about that. Why do you think homelessness is a big problem in d.c.? homelessness homelessness is a big problem in d.c. because some people do not want to put forth the effort to do, what they have to do to make it. Possible for them, not to be homeless. Yes. It's fairly still the same. It has to cause of affordable housing changed over the course of time is that were tremendously the more or less. It's more. Is that a good thing? The most people afford, it really not. Yes. It's impacted the homelessness because they're trying to get those people to move from where they're sleeping at and things like that. They're trying to move them from places where they're sleeping and things. Why? because it's a lot of things here, that Is useful. If you wanted to be useful, put forth the effort police brutality. nowadays, it's really Become out of hand, you see a lot of it. Now what about the world drugs is that impacting Herman? And tremendously. Yes. What about personalization for people who are experiencing poverty and criminalizing people who are homeless, has to you? You see that, you know, that new criminalize yourself to be homeless, if you are not trying or willing to put forth the effort, then you're going to be homeless. Do you think prisons have an impact on homelessness? Definitely do you think that how is it impact people who have criminal records, the criminal records people? People. I can say they They do it to themselves. They actually do it to themselves. Let's talk about Healthcare. How does homelessness impact? How could you get the proper Health Care? I mean, really, you know anything about the health care available to unhoused home? You know, anything about that? This is a new experience for you. I take it definitely. All right. Do you know anything, what do you think about the mental health and substance abuse programs bonus people in the area? Mental health, a lot of people been through things growing up in life, you know. Education. Yes, you can always go back to school. It's never too late to go to school. You know, if you if you didn't graduate, you can always go back to school. So you think the homeless can go back to school? You think that's something that the more opportunities now than they were. Years ago, you think it's better opportunities now, um, like, you know, if any of their training programs skills programs, it's a lot of programs out here today. It's a lot of programs here in the city. It's a lot of programs here. Do you think that? Let's talk about domestic violence. Do you think that physical and sexual violence has any impact on homelessness? As far as do you think home being homeless, makes you more apt to be sexually abused or physically abused? Definitely. Do you think balance on the street effects homeless people? Yeah. Are you aware of any efforts? Any groups that are trying to end homelessness. Mmm, thumbs so others might eat. Okay? United planning organization. Do you think they should be doing anything differently? They're doing the best that they can think they're doing a really good job. Okay. Have you gotten involved? Yes, I have What do you think of the ending homelessness comes within yourself? You have to not want to be homeless. What would you do? If you had 50 people start a movement to end homelessness? What would you have them, do? First of all, I will have them to go. To those places where those people sleep at. And talk to them first. You know, you can talk to people talking to people who helped a lot, what other things. You can apply yourself go to the different organizations. They have here in Washington, it's a lot of organizations here that will help you. Yes, I do. And what do you think some of those barriers are you spoke of the self having that want to be homeless? Are there any other barriers that you know, of the make people or keep people? People are homeless because they want to be homeless, okay? All right. If you could build a better world, what would it look like me? Building, a better world would be more education. More jobs. It's a lot of jobs here in Washington and down, back in the days, it wasn't a lot of jobs. Now, it's a lot of jobs here in Washington. That's available for the people that want it. You have to want these things. If I could design my own housing, My own housing would be me owning my own property. Maybe a three story home. Two bathrooms. Two garages. And what about employment? Opportunity. Thank you for your insights and for sharing your thoughts. Is there anything that I should have asked you? That I did not know. You definitely asking me a lot. Was it too much? No, it wasn't. Okay, I hope it was useful information. And welcome enjoyed. Interviewing you to thank you. You're welcome. And I'm so sorry about the fire and you're losing your home and this hope that it gets better really soon. Yes, your first time ever being found a home. Yeah, it's traumatic. Is it? You see? I like it a lot. Okay, and so I know this say you want to be here for two weeks and I call you later. You're welcome, let me give you a hug. You. Okay? You look like this was a bit much for you today. What? It was cool. You sure. Yes. Okay. Because I like to have some happiness. Thanks so much to make you smile. Something to make you laugh. Yes, because this is a hard Do you like candy? Sometimes. Yes you like Almond Joys. Oh, thank you though. And I have to take a break because I do have a compass. Now, you call me, let me know. because if I can't, I have other people who Oh, okay. After I do this one. She's still working out. Right. What time does he get off? Thank you. I'm going to go sit in the lobby and get warm clothes. Let me go in and do this. You're welcome. I hope I can find some other stuff for you guys too. Two. Hello. I'm in the lobby of a hotel. I've been outside for the last four hours. Interviewing people. For the American new project, I was going to be people who some people that I know. Had a potbelly apartment caught on fire and they were just play. So I was interviewing them for the, a, you all history. So I have one more to do. So I'm taking a break to talk to you. That wasn't supposed to be doing anything today, but the opportunity came out, This is what I found. Plus, I had gift cards to give to the interviewing and they really needed it because they don't have anything left from the building completely destroyed. So, when I said, 50 dollar, gift card and was like, desperation. So when I got one and there's like three or four hours, Yes, it's about asking about home with you and what they, what they would do, which is paint needs to be done to end wrong with me. You not about their home with me, but because they had the experience with the uh to I think you could do to end home to most of us. Say, this is interesting that people need to love yourself and be x + 2. Help each other and they think it's pain. They need to play to help other people. And I asked him about the healthcare, most of them say that the mental health care is horrible, and if they would rebuild and reopen saying Elizabeth and they were open up facilities that had to shower, Dollars an hour. That's not a lot. Yes. It was like 20 or 30, but it's okay. So just for a good for your car. I have the power of attorney and she came back. I'm not telling her what's going on that. You think that I'm not doing stuff to get her money, even if he gets money from my father, She said, her money and we let her pay the bills, but makes her feel like she's in control, but to for you today and I kept telling her that everything is still in Probate and then I'm not in charge of anything and neither was, I was I, he has to come home with us. So, I trust, I have to leave the house. Give her some time to cool off. That was intentional. But I think in the past 15 years ago and I know is 58 something that it is not safe to I know that and I and I realize that I have to worry about the contact with the find something. because when I go out for something else, smoking in the house, To annoy me. That's what I said. I understand that my father got to to acknowledge that, he has a problem, he said she had with her job pay, but he refuses to acknowledge that they because he has no soul. Yeah, I have to go. he has a problem and the other one is a I'm going over the next few days off someplace else. I think lay my head temporarily somebody else's house. I think I forgot to tell you, I talked to you, there are people who call and, and I'll ask you about my brother, and I realize that they don't know that it passed away. So, I always feel bad. People don't laugh. And actually the baby other people. And then I feel like I'm not stuck around and call. They don't know any of the other players. I don't want that stuff over with and what I think I'm going to do a side of you that is to try to deal with my father today. She has two houses and stuff. And you want to come back here, but he can't come back here exactly because he can't let me know how to take you up and we don't have a bedroom on the first floor, but I wanted to get myself directly ball and put it in a truck. Hit my knee. I will come. I think that's what's important. I want to try to do it. My father that you talked about that before. I'm sorry somebody with a phone call but I don't know who the name is. I know, I don't know them. And because you're hungry. Maybe, I'll have any other have to say there is some properties in money. With. What they want. They wanted. And so I can keep my father and just called Yeah, I think I found a friend of mine. He wants to wants to lay back and a house in West Virginia and like Martinsburg, which is about an hour away. And you see And I know that area and I know a few people there, so we got that, we could both because Jordan Smith is, she bought a house and so we were both go in together. Probably. Well. I live without electricity water TV at they were my grandmother's in the shower. Until I was in high school so I mean give us some concert but look at this see if I have a smart phone so I can do and then and then this plane goes to visit planning to come to the beach before Market because the market tonight and see us EXO. I'm not going to miss anything. Yeah, I mean you know, if I get it just seems like the city of we giving up, I'll do that with 16. And so if I get a houses out here for it to you, that's fine because I don't, you know, I still have to have a So that would be the ideal thing would be to get it to your house. Exactly. But even if I do get worried, I was feeling better and have a little play, some way of doing it, just then for no other reason than to have a little skill at some place that I can give to you. Don't need a car. Yes. But you don't realize it's a day to walk in the same station to the house and the rest of my to whatever you want to do it that way. Because I figured that if I do want to see how sometimes very big The kids finish playing doctor. I think they pay, I might have to pay being 400, not more than five and then disappear. But I'm going to be. You later, then you could do far off to fix. And it makes it Technologies. I mean, I go to sleep in anything but the wake me up and then waking up and turning water on your floors and slamming doors and saying stuff. And I guess talking to herself and then goes back in. Room and slammed the door and that wakes me up. So, It's disruptive because I get enough of it to function so I'm not too surprised. And it's not yet. Yes. It's really important. That's what old people supposed to do. I mean, although I don't think the old because you get to do if he has to be 90 and 90 Either they said my dinner. What is the average? Lifespan is seventy four seventy eight. That's what they say. Is there a hotel? And on the money is coming from people. I just play other than business, people from all over the world, they have everybody, take care. or did you ask if I was to put in a request for housing situation, where people can they make them and then, They finally come in the hotel for them for like this is for like two weeks and hopefully in a few weeks to a month and we'll find other prominent apartment for the for the people who are affected by the fire. Yeah. We came to get down down on it that just supposed to have mental health care for people and they didn't seem to do that anyway. I don't know what happened, but they're supposed to be able to have people on the emergency room. Oh, okay. Not too bad. Oh, okay. I will, I will get to them cuz I know they I think she's coming to the attic talk to the car, but he still wasn't remotely control bad, so I'll try out. So, do I get her your email address? Oliver insight to can get. Oh yeah. On Thursday, that's fine. Cuz that'll be after physical therapy. I could do that. I could do somewhere. I'll do somewhere safe. Okay. no, I think the most important thing was with my sister, this is unnerving and Maybe it's the people that I talked to you on the my brother's ass to get all the kids and working. Not to say anything to her saying that I don't like, giving me a hard time. I stop. I don't knock on the door. Says he was out. Like you don't tell me when you're doing a liar and you got cut from the lawyer and I don't need to talk to her at all. That's the quick short hair. Okay. All right. Okay, bye-bye. Thank you. Thank you. What happened to him?

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