Yellow Roof nonprofit helps people get back on their feet by building affordable rental homes, assisting with furniture, training and more.
With rents high for even a small one-bedroom apartment in the East Bay, ride-share driver Lisa Sprague was living well beyond her means just paying her bills, and it only took a few setbacks for her to teeter on the verge of being homeless. But then she spoke with her pastor, who knew a way for her to get a roof over her head for a reasonable cost.
Fortunately, Pastor Shawn Robinson from the Clayton Community Church had heard about a nonprofit, the Yellow Roof Foundation, which builds rental homes and accessory dwelling units for people like Sprague who are working but still can barely afford to rent in the Bay Area. The foundation’s name symbolizes hope, which it aims to provide through its affordable housing.
As the housing crisis continues to grow in California – especially as the amount of affordable housing shrinks – so has the population on the verge of homelessness, the Sansons say. For its fourth neighborhood in the Bay Area, Yellow Roof is negotiating the purchase of surplus land in Antioch. Once the purchase is completed, the foundation plans to build 10 affordable units.
Sprague had been a professional cellist in New Orleans, but existing on a musician’s salary in the Bay Area would have been impossible, she said, and her health problems didn’t help. So, the Clayton native took to driving for Uber to pay expenses. “They are building homes, but they also seriously care for people in need,” he said, noting that the rent is less than one-third of what Sprague had been paying.
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