700,000 US Teens Navigate School Without Family Support or Permanent Housing
Luisa, age 19, was fed up with her mom’s demand that she complete all the household cleaning, from scrubbing the toilets, to washing the dishes, to doing the laundry. “I couldn’t take it anymore,” she tells Truthout. “I did not want to be the only one in the house doing chores, so I left. I told my school that I had no place to stay and they sent me to Covenant House where I now share a room with another girl. I’ve been here for three weeks.”
Other residents of the New York City-based Covenant House tell different stories about how they got there. Princess, 18, says she left home because she was constantly being berated, taunted with names like “bitch” and “ho.”
“My family was getting in the way of me being successful,” she says.
Others, like Ruby, were booted out when they became pregnant. “Since coming to Covenant House six months ago, they’ve helped me with food, clothing, diapers for my son and post-natal care,” she says. “They even helped me finish high school.”
https://truthout.org/articles/700000-us-teens-navigate-school-without-family-support-or-permanent-housing/
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We had one for awhile, who had to leave after he knocked his stepdad down the stairs for abusing his mom
