Are homeless villages the solution? [View all]
Helping to build the homeless village where he lives has given Bob Brimmer's life focus, he says.
More than that, living there has helped him heal from a tough childhood that included stays in homeless shelters and in subsidized housing in upstate New York.
"My dad died when I was in ninth grade from a drug-induced heart attack, and then my mom lived in Section 8 housing," says Brimmer, who has an associate's degree in math and science.
Before Brimmer came to the West Coast he was "couch surfing" with friends, but they lost their apartments, so he used his last tax return to buy a three-day Greyhound ticket to Portland. He had no place to stay when he got here.
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