The group talks about trust, family, survival, and broken systems. Velle shares that she sold her Park Hill home after financial hardship and was defrauded by someone she trusted, which left her homeless. Despite that, she now offers her garage as shelter to others in her chosen family—what she calls “the family you choose.”
They describe a deeply interdependent community. The group talks about maintaining dignity, offering mutual support, and the emotional toll of not being able to help everyone. Several make clear that many people don’t choose to live unhoused, but that circumstances—and in some cases, policies and gentrification—force them there.
