After 9 Years, This Family Moved Out of Their 100-Square-Foot Home
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- In February 2023, The Standard was invited inside a tiny SRO (Single Room Occupancy) where a family of six had been living in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood. They had lived in this 100-square-foot room for 9 long years.
A few months later, they were finally able to move to a decent-sized apartment. The Standard followed up with the family to see how their lives had dramatically changed.
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I'm so happy for them! I just watched the video of their previous living arrangements. What a difference!
She's been in the US for 9 years and doesn't speak English? How is that? Does she get subsidies and food stamps? They owe a lot to the US. We do a lot for illegal immigrants.
Looks like they have new furniture and a TV!! Wow no wonder everybody in the world wants to live in the US.
These two people have mental disorders. If they had jobs, they would not let their children live like this. Her eyes kept flashing when she spoke, she was obviously acting or lying. They chose to live like this. Imagine, they got pregnant and gave birth to four children in such a small space? People like this make it look like a garbage dump wherever they live.
How wonderful! I wish them much happiness and all the blessings for a good life.
Congratulations! God bless them!
Notice how they have always worked hard. They will continue to work hard, and then both parents make the effort to stick around, give their children a better future, and hope their kids focus on their studies to be productive members of society. And people wonder why other cultures in America are subpar.
Actually that is a question for me. I did not notice how they have worked hard. In the accompanying article, I read that the mother has a part time job (as a receptionist I think) and the father is not employed. Please let me know what you saw that showed their ambition, drive, or persistence. I would like to see such assistance given to immigrants who have the drive and character to improve their lives. However, I'm not sure about these parents being that, given that after 9 years of being in the US, they don't seem to have significantly improved their situation. However, seeing them on screen, having a much better life does make me smile, whether or not they "deserved" it. I am especially happy for the kids.
@@flightoffancy7 that's actually a fair point. I guess my assumptions were wrong. I am happy for the kids though
@@flightoffancy7 The fathers takes care of the children.
Work at what? Does the husband work? Doing what?
Congratulations! So well deserved for such a hardworking and gracious family. ❤🎉
These two people have mental disorders. If they had jobs, they would not let their children live like this. Her eyes kept flashing when she spoke, she was obviously acting or lying. They chose to live like this. Imagine, they got pregnant and gave birth to four children in such a small space?
This is wonderful. It’s so important to have a home for your family. I’m so happy for them.
So happy for them. All she wanted was a bigger home & privacy for her children. She’s a good cook & keeps her kitchen clean
With all the garbage news these days this was awesome. Good for them I hope the future only gets brighter for them.
Chinese people, once they get any assistance, they will work super hard & better themselves. They won’t trash the house or let the kids run wild. These kids will grow up to be successful & contributors to the community
Great! I'm happy for you all. God's blessings to you all! May you keep it and live in it safely and happily!
Media coverage made the difference!
❤❤❤ so nice - they waited a long time. Blessings❤
About time San Francisco. No one should have to live in any of SF's dilapidated SROs. And, no one should have to wait YEARS to receive decent housing. If such wait times ARE STILL due to SFHA corruption, the guilty personnel should be rooted out and prosecuted.
There’s to many families in need and sometimes it takes generations to be able to vacate a section8 home so that another family can benefit. There’s also a lot of fraud. I had a coworker that had a section8 home in Denver and another one in Pueblo CO. She didn’t want to give either of them up because her children lived in Pueblo, they didn’t want to move to Denver. I had another friend that lived with her mom and rented out her section8 home. 🤦🏻♀️
The real disservice is how 4 kids lived in poverty without the city stepping in to assist the family. Kids should never live in such horrible conditions, especially in America! The bedroom they lived in previously was a slumlord's special. Appalling that this is America and in San Francisco with all of its wealth.
Her youngest two sons look about 10 years old. It makes me wonder why they decided to complete two more pregnancies despite not having financial security
Because the city was too preoccupied helping black and brown people…they don’t consider Asian poverty because they consider Asians to be the “token minority”. Funny how that works, doesn’t it? That you become racist to one minority while trying to empower another.
Exactly my thought! There's a Chinese saying "量力而為" meaning "act within one's ability". If they don't have the financial ability then don't have that many kids. It's not the responsibility of us tax payers to take care of them. Makes no sense! 🤔
So happy for this family
to be able to move
to a bigger and more
Comfortable living home. All the very best
to them and especially the children.
I'm so glad they have a decent home now.
Always be patient
Everything comes at the right time
Congrats for your new appartment
I am so happy for this family. God Bless you all. I love San Fransisco 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️🙋🥰
This made me very happy to see. Their home is beautiful and they deserve this amazing opportunity ❤
Awww very sweet...❤
So HAPPY for them 😊
Congrats Mdm Yu! Very happy for you and family. You were so real with your feelings on the struggles and I admire your spirit and perseverance.
❤❤❤This is so lovely ! Thnx God🙏🙏🙏..they were given a chance to have this new home..
How Wonderful
I can see that they are humble and hard working immigrants,we all started from some place. God has blessed them, I always root for the underdog.
Their kids going be on top of the soon just like us we came with nothing from war torn countries called SEA hence we used to have 8 of us living 2/1 apartment gang ridden area so today all on our own families.
Happy for them ❤❤❤
Finally!!!yay!!!! I watched the first video. So happy for your family 🎉🎉🎉
Very happy for them.
So happy for y’all! Enjoy it so much!
I’m so happy for them may God bless them always❤️🙏🏽
god bless you derisive this!
How wonderful
I also want to have such an amazing apartment for my family but our income is not low enough to get it 😢 this family is so lucky . Most middle income families probably could not afford to pay the full rent to live in this giant amazing apartment.
Praise God for this family's blessing. ❤
Having to pay $700 for a 10 x 10 room, without a bathroom or kitchen should be illegal. How they could endure this for 9 years is beyond me. Hopefully they will be able to get out of CA once their children are all in college.
Lucky they got housing. My father waited 10 years for government housing. Finally got , but he passed a year before…
I am so happy and relieved they have a deserving living situation. Everyone deserves to afford and have livable conditions
GOOD DEAL! Happy to hear it.
Thanks for good news.
I’m happy to see the two boys’ faces brighten up like that. They’re both cute kids.
Im so happy for y'all family,, God Bless Y'all Family 🙏🙏
So happy for them especially the kids.
Godbless this family🙏
Awesome turnaround and some light at the end of the tunnel for this lucky family, but there are thousands of others still waiting. There were recent investigations to the MOH in SF and it was discovered that some of the Mayor's office employees were selling S8 vouchers to their friends and family for profit when it should be going to seniors/families/veterans/disabled/homeless/etc.
Great news!🎉🎉🎉
恭喜你们！步步高升！
Many congratulations 🙏🙏 so happy your family have moved to such a beautiful home 😊 stay blessed 🙏🙏
This is wonderful. I’m so happy for them! More affordable housing and walkable cities!
So happy for them 🤧
Im so happy for them ❤
So happy for this family. 🍀🍀🍀🙏🙏
So good to see this
Saw the original video when it debuted. Happy to see this follow up. To the outside world of Chinatown their previous condition may seem appalling and egregious by the parents but I commend them in keeping the family unit as safe as possible.
Community outreach and advocacy for such families are constantly overshadowed by the homeless/half housing industry complex groups in the Tenderloin district
Congratulations! Wish them long happy life!
I’m so happy for them!
I feel so Happy for them..
One family out of thousands are able to get a housing voucher.
Wonderful!!!❤
thats a nice story glad they have a decent home now
I’m happy for the children
Human to human. This is satisfying
Good! This is what I want our tax dollars to go to. Those kids can focus on their education and living happy lives - those will be our future doctors, lawyers, and leaders creating a better tomorrow.
All the best to them in their new home 🏡 ❤🎉.
why am I crying
that is great that the family have what they needing now. Schooling is the only way to get out of poverty or extremely talented person, but that is life.
Thanks for SF housing authority....
Stay strong and pray GOD loves you
That’s a very nice house for section 8. Congratulations 🎉
Hoping you can also help my family in bay area they rent a small room in milpitas
I'm sure going public with the S.F. Standard regarding their living conditions helped getting their new digs.
More money needs to be diverted to this from programs enabling and supporting junkies.
Hard-working immigrants that aren’t criminals! We love and support these people! Unfortunately, there are some of the non-legal type that take benefits from hardworking taxpayers . Those are the ones that America is frustrated with.
UA-cam made the difference
Wow’s! Such great luck. Hopefully their kids will have better education to bring them out of poverty. God’s is watching over us in America 🇺🇸
after nine year why no english to help get a higher paying job in America
They are low income and they have low English proficiency. They have to work and take care of the children. There's no time to go to a class to study English. Plus there's little incentive in San Francisco to learn English when community resources are available in Chinese. Newspapers are in Chinese. Radio programs are in Cantonese. News television programs are in Cantonese and Mandarin. The workplace is Cantonese speaking. Voting materials are available in Chinese. The California DMV driver's guide book is available in Chinese. Healthcare at Chinese Hospital or Northeast Medical Services is available in Cantonese.
Ditto.
@@RaymondHng THERE is always time to learn English. She doesn't want to. Does she have a computer or cell phone? She can teach herself through translation.
@@Chicago48totally agree, there’s no reason to know so little English after 9+ years of living here
@@Chicago48Then why don’t you try to learn Mandarin (which is much easier than Cantonese) while raising 4 young children?
Having a job that requires you to know a language provides the incentive to learn. My dad certainly knows a lot more than my mom. My dad never took classes, but my mom did. Yet because of job exposure to English, my dad knows a lot more than my mom. PS. Even back in the 1960s in rural China they did teach a little bit of English but both of my parents grew up impoverished (like most of China was at that time), had to start working while they were children to help support the family. They graduated school in China yet their own Chinese reading, writing, and grasp of Chinese grammar was quite poor. I’m not sure how you expect people with a poorly educated low income background doing backbreaking labor to suddenly be language geniuses. I grew up in America with knowledge of 3 different Chinese languages plus Spanish and attended a top university and still am not fluent in anything other than English. I lost my Chinese fluency over time. Why? People language skills like anything else requires constant use and maintenance. Is this knowledge stored in the deep recesses of my brain that can be accessed when I’m ready to resume my studies? Absolutely. I’ve picked up Chinese and Spanish at 3 different points in my life and with each successive attempt I was able to master the beginner lessons quite quickly, but still, it’s unfair to make it seem like it’s so easy to learn a new language under difficult circumstances. Not impossible, just not easy. I’m sure this couple knows a few words and phrases. Also, language doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Plenty of white Americans absolutely suck at speaking, writing or reading English properly let alone another language. And because English is a global language, there is little incentive to do so. Which is why many British, American, Canadian or Australian expats don’t bother to learn the local language when they retire abroad
Thought it was in China not in the US😮😮 😢😢
In order for them to move to US, they have to show they are able to financially self sufficient or someone else have the ability to support them for 7 years. Otherwise, they shouldn’t be allowed to immigrate to the USA. Many started to get assistance from non profit organizations and even government as soon as they landed. Those should have consequences.
Then don't provide assistance. Chinese people arrive poor, and become middle class by the second generation. Chinese parents will sacrifice everything to provide funds for their children's college education, so that the children can get middle class jobs. There is no need for government anything. Chinese can do everything by themselves. Of course, if government gives hand outs, you can expect some acceleration to middle class, but even without, it only takes one generation to provide for the next to create a middle class.
They most likely traveled to Mexico and claimed asylum at the US/Mexico border. Since China rarely takes back their own citizens, these people are granted asylum and paroled into the US. Chinese, Cubans and Venezuelans have this preferential treatment over other asylum seeking migrants.
So -- she's here either as an asylum case or illegally?
What a nice apartment. Wish I had it; so nice and clean!♥️
I live in San Francisco. I’m so happy for this family. They deserved a break
Mixed feelings for this case. I'm happy that their situation did improve quite a lot. But I have questions - what kind of immigrants were they, the type that 1) comes to make it, or the type that 2) just comes. During their 9 years in the SRO, what did they do to improve their situation? How did they fight for a better life? What led them to come to the US at all if they would suffer so much being here, what was their goal? Was their immigration thesis simply to just come and accept a life of poverty because it would at least be better than life in their hometown? 9 years after arriving, has not much has changed (in terms of skills, job, opportunities, income, english), except that they have more kids? Have they really tried and failed for 9 years, or did they not try the way some other immigrants would? If they were the kind of immigrants whose goal was to simply arrive and tread water while hoping for the best, that doesn't make them bad people. But I think that other types of immigrants, the types that have the fight in them, should have higher priority for receiving assistance and rewards. I am happy to see this mother smile in the video about her new home, but I wonder if immigrants like them will endlessly continue to come and suffer, in part encouraged by the benefits received by this family and other families like it - awarding benefits to them creates this distortion in the calculus of whether to immigrate. All of that said, I understand how urgent it is to get those kids into a better living situation, and I am still glad to see that these kids will grow up in comfort. Again, mixed feelings.
They are the kind of immigrants to come to America to make it. They are no different than my family when my parents came to San Francisco in the late 1950s.
Chinese nationals are not free to pick the place they want to live in within the country of China. The Hukou (户口) household registration system prevents that. A household registration record officially identifies a person as a permanent resident of an area and includes identifying information such as name, parents, spouse and date of birth. Due to its connection to social programs provided by the government, which assigns benefits based on agricultural and non-agricultural residency status (often referred to as rural and urban), the hukou system is sometimes likened to a form of caste system. It has been the source of much inequality over the decades since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, as urban residents received benefits that ranged from retirement pension to education to health care, while rural citizens were often left to fend for themselves. A major objective of the hukou system implemented by the central government was thus to control the stream of resources moving away from the agricultural sector. The hukou system effectively "forbid the peasantry to exit agriculture."
They came to the US to make a better life for themselves and to start a family. I'm 100% sure they prefer America over China and I'm sure they'd rather struggle in America than back at home because of better financial capacities here of providing assistance. They, like many ethnic groups who flee their country come here to work hard to provide. They've abandoned everything back at home to provide a better life and opportunity. It's not easy in those 9 years I'm sure. You come to a new country, new rules, different culture, it takes a lot of time to assimilate. Most immigrants start off working for people while saving as many pennies as they can. I'd say my family is a great example of that... decades later my parent's children --my siblings and I,, graduated college, work for corporate America, started a business, buy property, start a family.. and a new cycle will continue years forward.
@@superduperboyx providing housing vouchers to immigrants over U.S. citizens is just wrong. Our tax dollars should be prioritized to uplifting Americans out of poverty, and immigration should be curtailed to only those that can afford to live here on their own without burdening the system further. Even Mexico requires that you make a certain monthly income ($4100) before being provided the ability to stay long-term, and they certainly do not provide housing.
@@lour9348 Housing vouchers are not actually needed. Chinese immigrants live poor in the first generation to scrimp the funds needed to send their children to university to become engineers, accountants, doctors and financial analysts. Chinese lift themselves out of poverty by multi-generational efforts to get a college education to create middle class conditions. There is no ifs and buts. Every Chinese is expected to attend university.
@@RaymondHng Did your parents come Illegally? Or did they seek asylum. This family seems to be illegal. They are economic asylums.
Well I’m crying!
Thank God! Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior
I hope they all get housing 😊
Feel bad for the oldest she wont enjoy this
THIS is where our tax money needs to go. Families are struggling with many homeless.
The reason why families are struggling with homelessness is because California is not building enough housing.
I pray that Buddha helps this family get a better living condition. 🙏🙏
Why having so much kids when they can't afford it? That's a lot of money to pay from our tax dollars.
You need to show this in Hong Kong, where u won’t need subtitles. The SRO = what’s called a subdivided flat in HK. Section 8 = what’s possible when u don’t have to live under slumlords, one of whom is the Financial Secretary.
This video is viewable in Hong Kong.
SRO is not a subdivided flat in HK as they are privately owned and tenants pay higher than market rates.
As for slum lords, HK is the most Capitalistic place on earth. It's up to the individual to make something happen. I moved to HK with nothing and lived in a 380 sq ft illegal rooftop flat with 12 other people. It was up to me to get out of that situation, I never expected any Government handouts.
great for them but please take English classes a must to survive in SF
Were they illegals?
Maybe try not having kids when you are broke.
Dont make stupid babys not fair.
What the heck a 4 bedroom duplex in Nob Hill? They got the Jack pot. That seems excessive. They have two parents…why can’t they try to find better jobs? Why have three kids when they have no financial means? Why are people like me having to pay taxes so they can live in a bigger place than me and in a prime nob hill area? And they got a flat screen TV? Haha this is ridiculous. What about the American citizens and veterans? They probably get EBT, free healthcare, and subsidies for education materials for their kids. There are families with NO subsidies who even have single mothers but they make slightly over the income to qualify. Should that mother just quit and make nothing? She’d have a much better life it seems to not work and not try hard. This is not a victory. This is an example of inept parents and a parasitic family.
This is the mentality that divides the American lower class. I think your anger is misplaced at these people and not at the inept politicians and corporations that have pushed for policies that allowed this to happen. San Francisco is extremely expensive and housing is limited. I’m sure they both work full time jobs, but were restricted in where they could live due to language, transportation, and other factors. I hope you have this same amount of anger reserved for the corporations who evade taxes every year and influence policy that allows them to get rich off the backs of actual hard working Americans like these.
Don't worry, these 4 kids will grow up and go to university and then either have high paying career jobs or start their own businesses. They will repay your tax money back to society with their hard work. The concern we should have is that our tax money goes to support unproductive people such as future criminals.
Im happy for them but do they speak any english? And 6 kids.!
I don’t know how they lived in it
They weren’t living, just surviving.
The husband is wearing a gold necklace worth several thousand dollars. What are their priorities?
What do they do for a living? After 9 years why don't they know how to speak english?
Socialism at its best
Over population.
I can’t help but feel suspicious when families in financial constraints have more than 1 child… it feels selfish to procreate on purpose and have your children live in poverty.
now i hope criminals dont come and try to take things away from them or push them over.
So