Episode 20: Hotels Not Hospital Bed‪s‬
What do you get when you have 60k unhoused people and 100k vacant hotel rooms in LA during a pandemic? Mass death, thats what. Theo investigates a vacant luxury hotel in the heart of Downtown LA, reporting live from a hotel room. He interviews unhoused residents Keith, Joshua, Thomas, Justin, and Earl. Theo also talks with Street Watch LA organizer Jed about the statewide No Vacancy campaign. Learn more about the campaign here: novacancyca.org

This episode originally aired on April 23rd, 2020.

We The Unhoused is a podcast that lifts the voices and struggles of the unhoused in LA and beyond. Host Theo Henderson is currently unhoused and resides in Chinatown, Los Angeles. He tackles issues such as police brutality, harassment, policy, and the survival challenges of unhoused people. Through a series of interviews, we will discuss issues that are germane to unhoused people like the cost of living, gentrification, health struggles, harm reduction, and trauma-informed care. The revolution will be heard on this podcast. Tune in each week to be a part of it.

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