- On an average year, Room in the Inn about 4,000 individuals come through our door.

This past year, 52% were over the age of 50.

They're medically fragile.

Their mental health, their physical health, their, you know, substance abuse, all those things really bear down on someone who is aging and on the streets.

- I stayed on the street for seven years at the old mission, and I slept on this porch somewhere up there on eighth Avenue in the back, and I stayed on the streets so long wondering what am I gonna do with my life?

This ain't it.

- Over the course of many years, Kenny was in and out of housing all while struggling with alcohol and drug addiction.

Then in the spring of 2010, he packed a bag and went to room in the inn.

- I finally came on in, I said, I'm through, I'm tired.

And I went to the guest house and I struggled over there.

Ooh, my mind was on drugs all the time, but I, you know, I fought it, I fought it.

- Our guest house is an alternative to incarceration for the publicly intoxicated.

We want to welcome people as they are.

Once they get here, then we'll figure out the rest.

- I've been here for 13 years, and it's the best place in the world to live, you know, I mean, I'm peaceful and I got my life under control - With our permanent supportive housing program, what makes that different is the, the housing truly is affordable, and then there's the wraparound support.

And what that means is a staff member, or actually a team of staff members are available to partner and support that individual in making sure that, that their housing is sustainable.

It really is a personalized approach to helping someone be successful and addressing, you know, the challenges that they have to being in their home, to taking care of themselves.

- I'm 61 years old and I got a lot of wisdom now.

I want to be sober for the rest of my life, and if I was back out there, I probably would be around a lot of negative, and these just a lot of positive around here, and that's what's keeping me sober.