This page highlights Bruin Shelter’s appearances in various journals, news outlets, and radio podcasts. Check out some of our features below!
UCLA Community Members Express Concerns about Access to Rent Relief Programs
Opinion: Forceful Evictions at Echo Park Violate Basic Rights, Set a Dangerous Precedent
USAC Calls for Creation of Safe Parking Space for Students to Sleep in Cars
Group Petitions UCLA to Invest in Shelter for Students Experiencing Homelessness
NWWNC Asks UCLA to Offer Safe Parking to Students Experiencing Homelessness
Student-Run Shelter Opens Doors to Homeless Students
Students Start Bruin Shelter for Westwood Homeless Population
Please visit bruinshelter.org to learn more information or donate.
For many people college is a door to a better opportunity. But that opportunity doesn't always come with a roof and four walls. In 20017 there were 32,000 homeless college students in the United States according to the US Department of Education.
It's been called hidden homelessness - students across America without a decent place to sleep. There are about 58,000 nationwide, according to the 2013 report from The Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In Santa Monica, UCLA students run the Students 4 Students shelter, a model for others concerned about this disturbing trend.
For tens of thousands of college students in America, the toughest test they face is a lack of housing, seriously jeopardizing their chances to succeed. Lee Cowan reports on the trials faced by many students - young future lawyers, doctors and teachers - who struggle to find a proper place to sleep, and about the efforts of homeless shelters and food banks, such as Santa Monica's Students 4 Students Shelter, to provide help.