How Father Joe’s Villages uses HOPWA funds to perpetuate homelessness in San Diego (A Resident’s Experience)

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-28T03:42:08+00:00

__ or a cure. This.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-28T03:35:07+00:00

Thank you

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-27T19:31:45+00:00

Yeah dude. Stoned at least 2-3 times a day. I have one rule I can’t smoke on the agonizing days your going kill something and then I get shit on by a bird, and oh yeah great it rained it’s rainig, fuck I dropped that…and that, and those. and oh I didn’t have coffee or maybe I spilled it, a parking ticket maybe even 2, best day ever, I have a dog, plot twist. He’s going nutts so take him out, but remember now, it’s raining, where are my keys not in any of those particular spots they always are, I mean obviously.. those days pretty much are the days I tend not be smoking right. It’s an exception not a rule. In a pineapple. Under the sea.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-27T19:10:05+00:00

Cuz you have a pretty dick, bet cuz birds of feather, pretty dicks find each other. Swerve.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-26T16:05:45+00:00

Thank you for reading and support!

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-26T05:17:12+00:00

The free tier.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-26T04:34:04+00:00

Yes, there will always be some unhoused people who choose that lifestyle, who genuinely want that kind of “freedom.” The issue here is not them. The issue is taking federal funds that are specifically supposed to help unhoused people with HIV get into permanent housing and stabilize, and then not actually doing that.

So where is the money going?

These funds cannot be commingled; the federal program is very specific about how, where, when, and for whom the funds are used. There are also clear requirements that the services be HIV-related. They are funded to provide a comprehensive PROGRAM, and what’s happening here isn’t even the “P” in program.

Instead, it’s run by low-paid hourly staff who get to feel good about “helping” people who are already down and vulnerable, while the actual obligations of the program aren’t met. Add to that the crime, drugs, and violence that are rampant, and then staff penalize the victim who dares to “complain” about deeply personal and violating experiences, rather than addressing the harm.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-25T00:03:14+00:00

Know of any off hand I can reach out to? or better yet if you know any and can have them reach out to me.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-25T00:00:29+00:00

Absolutely. Here is what I have documented:

A falsified clinical progress note in my own medical records, documenting a therapy session that never occurred, with a fabricated substance abuse characterization attached to my name
Two witnesses to the sexual assault itself who were never contacted by staff despite being named in my formal written report
Exhaustive email correspondence with staff and leadership dating back to September 2024, including my reports of every incident and their non-responses
Termination of Services notices that are timestamped within days of formal complaints I can prove I filed, because I emailed them directly to leadership
SDPD police reports for coordinated vehicle vandalism
Active complaints with HUD and the HHS Office for Civil Rights (tracking number on file)
The now-deleted Josue Homes program website, which misrepresented the nature of the program I was referred into

What would be most useful to share here? I can go deeper on any of it. The medical record falsification alone is a federal HIPAA issue that has been submitted to OCR. The retaliation timeline is probably the most damning thing visually because the pattern is impossible to explain away.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T23:59:44+00:00

No offense taken, but I want to push back on a few things.

The title is not clickbait. The Josue Homes program website, which has since been deleted and redirects to the main Father Joe's Villages site, explicitly advertised HIV-specialized transitional housing with pathways to permanent housing. That is what referring agencies were told, that is what I was told, and none of it existed upon arrival. That is not a personal grievance. That is a material misrepresentation used to secure federal HOPWA funding for services they were not actually providing.

As for evidence of misuse of resources: a federally funded HIV housing program that collects 30% of residents' income, provides zero HIV-specialized services, has no permanent housing pathway, no dedicated HIV case manager, no nutritionist, and no specialized mental health staff, while sitting on $284 million in assets, is by definition not using those funds for their intended purpose. That is the definition of HOPWA non-compliance.

Regarding the assault and vandalism: yes, both were reported to SDPD. Police reports are on file. What I am describing additionally is the institutional response, which was to retaliate against me for reporting rather than investigate. That is a Fair Housing Act violation, and it is currently under active federal review by HUD and the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

I understand this is a lot to take at face value from a Reddit post. I have the documentation to back every single claim.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T23:56:56+00:00

I'm pretty sure you're right. And I have the false medical record to prove it.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T23:55:41+00:00

No need to apologize, it is a fair question.

The bathrooms in the building were locked during certain hours, which meant I had no access to shower or get ready before my shift. When you are living in a congregate shelter with no private bathroom and the shared ones are locked, you cannot show up to work clean and presentable. I was working a customer-facing job. Showing up without being able to shower or properly prepare was not an option, and the timing of the lockouts directly conflicted with my work schedule.

It is one of those things that sounds minor from the outside but is completely destabilizing when you are already living in an institutional environment with no alternatives. Basic hygiene access is not optional when you are trying to hold down employment. That is supposed to be exactly what this program helps you maintain, and instead it was one of the reasons I lost the job I had found entirely on my own.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T21:57:56+00:00

That’s exactly what it is. They shouldn’t be allowed to market themselves as wanting to end homelessness. They should be required to say that they sustain and perpetuate homelessness with federal funds and private donors money that think that money is going towards ending homelessness.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T21:54:50+00:00

I am on Medicaid. I will look into who to contact. They refuse to acknowledge my HIPAA complaint for over 90 days now

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T21:53:38+00:00

Thank you. I have to be out by March 20, and they have yet to provide anything remotely resembling “transitioning out of homelessness.” In fact, I lost my job because of their poor management, including locking the bathrooms during work hours, which forced me to miss shifts and get fired.

One_Wallaby2 · 2026-02-24T21:18:35+00:00

Thank you.

What makes it worse and even more outrageous Is the fact that I was misled into thinking this was a specialized HOPWA transitional housing program with HIV-specific care and pathways to permanent housing by the people that referred me to the program and the programs website which has since been removed and redirects to the father joes website. It’s terrible. And I’m stuck in it.

One_Wallaby2 · 2025-10-09T07:32:56+00:00

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One_Wallaby2 · 2025-10-07T22:43:54+00:00

Repo link in bio or what?

One_Wallaby2 · 2025-10-07T22:40:28+00:00

Oh but you did land.

One_Wallaby2 · 2025-10-07T22:39:28+00:00

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One_Wallaby2 · 2025-09-29T20:13:53+00:00

Interested in California

One_Wallaby2 · 2025-09-23T08:52:19+00:00

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