DESIGN EXCHANGE Revamps Ali Forney Center Emergency Housing
DESIGN EXCHANGE has redesigned and furnished one of The Ali Forney Center’s (AFC) Emergency Housing apartments. AFC Emergency Housing is lodging for youth in crisis and often acts as the first bed these youth have seen since leaving home. 80 percent of AFC residents are homeless because they were kicked out of their homes for being who they are (LGBTQ). One’s sense of self is challenged through traumatic experiences such as being homeless. The living environment for these y
