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This week’s show is about Home. Adithya Sambamurthy reports on a house-flipper who says this is best time to get rich off real estate. Lisa Pickoff-White speaks with homeless advocates at Glide Memorial Church. Julie Johnson talks to a woman who travels 40 miles each week to church. Vianna Davila visits a mobile home park, and Sierra Filucci has a conversation with a foster children’s advocate in San Francisco about what home really means.

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The producer of today’s show was Sierra Filucci. Our executive producer was Ben Manilla. The assistant producer was Kim Geiger. The engineer was Rina Palta The webmaster is Ian Sherr.

Music from today’s show includes:

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues, covered by Chris Thomas King

Making Money off of Market Failure

The current financial crisis have made banks wary to loan money to homebuyers, which has made it harder to invest in real estate. But one man believes he has found a way to get rich from the foreclosure crisis- and he says he’ll teach you how to do it. Adithya Sambamurthy has the story.

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For more information about Armando Montelongo, visit his website, here.

And his OTHER website, here.

From Foreclosures to Shelters

The mortgage crisis is forcing renters and owners alike out of their homes. After almost a year, friends and family face can no longer house them, and so many people are turning to already overextended homeless shelters. Lisa Pickoff-White visited one of San Francisco’s largest shelters and service centers, Glide, to meet the people on the front lines of homelessness.

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For more information on Glide’s services visit their website, here.

For the National Coalition for the Homeless’ report visit their website, here.

Advocating for Home

Thousands of children in the United States live in foster homes. A handful of these kids have what’s called Casa’s, or court-appointed special advocates. These are volunteers who get to know these children and make sure they’re getting the services they need. Reporter Sierra Filucci spoke with Erika Dirkse who works with foster children and their advocates in San Francisco.

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For more information, visit the Casa’s website, here.

Home is Where the Heart Is

Four years ago, Jim Hartnett traded his home in San Francisco’s Mission District for a 32-foot-long trailer in East Oakland. He wanted something low maintenance, so he could enjoy his retirement years.

Vianna Davila reports.

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Jim Hartnett, standing at the entrance to his home.