Housing As The Road To Health Care

Producer: Sarah Bones/Healtcare Research Group

This video documents the extraordinary transformation that occurs when Philadelphians considered "chronically homeless" are provided housing first, and teaches us the importance of safe, affordable housing for maintaining good health. The participants visit the places where they slept when they were homeless while they reflect on their own personal experiences living on the streets then transitioning into housing. The video is a product of an ongoing participatory research group at Pathways to Housing Philadelphia.

Sarah Bones started using a camera in 1969 at the age of 13, hitchhiking into Philadelphia photographing the people living on the streets. She became a professional photographer and used the camera and her vision to document people around the world who are voiceless and too often ignored by the popular media. Sarah ventured into film so that she could tell their stories in a more compelling way.