“What people see are the quote ‘street people.’ They don’t see what’s going on inside of R.A.M. House. They don’t see what’s going on inside of the Rescue Mission,” R.A.M. House Director Melissa Woodson said.
Woodson says the reality is often hidden — from families in shelters to seniors on fixed incomes.
“Especially post-COVID, because the rents went up $300-$400. So, interestingly now at the R.A.M. House, what we’re seeing are people’s grandmothers and grandfathers, and disabled people, that made it before, and are no longer making it,” Woodson said…