Update: Derrick Is Back Homeless in an Oakland Tent City
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2020
- Before you all start leaving comments about Derrick wearing an Invisible People shirt, it's all Derrick. I had nothing to do with it. Honest! Derrick and I spent the day exploring homeless encampments in Oakland and Berkeley, and this was the shirt he wore.
Most of you know Derrick from his first interview • Homeless Man Lost Mill... or the VR180 feature we did with TH-cam on his homeless camp • Oakland Tent City Home... . Derrick also helps moderate our live streams on Sunday night.
Since his first Invisible People interview, Derrick was to go into housing, but the housing organization working with Derrick was shady, and the housing never happened. Derrick was lucky to find a shared living arrangement, so he was off the streets for close to a year, but sadly, Derrick is now back outside homeless in Oakland.
At the time of this interview, Derrick was sleeping at the tent camp one full week. We were messaging back and forth on his first night, and Derrick was having trouble sleeping because the rats were too loud. Can you imagine not having any choice except to sleep in an infestation of rodents?
Derrick is amazing. He's still running for Mayor of Oakland / derrick-soo-for-city-o... , he's spearheading a tiny home village, and he's helping homeless people every day connecting them to services. Kymberli and Lenton are just one of many examples of people Derrick has helped • UPDATE: Homeless Coupl... .
Driving around with Derrick, he was trying to show me tent cities. I remember telling him I have walked through tent encampments all over the country, but later the day really hit me hard. Homeless camps in Oakland and Berkley are everywhere, and they are growing. What stuck with me is homelessness like this is the future of America unless we take action now to fix the affordable housing crisis and end homelessness.
Here's a couple that was helped by Derrick:
Evicted by Their Own Cousin Is How This Couple Ended up Homeless • Evicted by Their Own C...
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he has nothing, yet his spirit and attitude is like he has everything .
Incredible man!!
Honestly most people like him have barely anything. Crazy but true
Yeah well, if u make 200k a year sitting in an office all day, vs a dude who gets at least 2 hours of some fat vitamin D rays on his balls of course hes gonna be happier neurochemically.
The amount of money in LA's homeless budget could literally buy every homeless person a new RV camper ( ~17K each) There is some serious corruption going on there..
Democratic state. What do they expect.
RV campers are good as well
@Edward Forest That's not just Cali it's the whole damn country, wake up!
But people keep voting Democrats in,look at every shit hole city and you will see Dems running it, I watched a democratic Mayor destroy my home town in less then a decade it went from a relatively safe small town to a drug infested shit hole with tons of public housing and people paid and brought in from Chicago and detroit to live in. Democrats don't care about jobs or growth of anyone they want to keep people poor and reliant on the government brainwashed and voting for them so they can line their filthy pockets.
@Edward Forest wow that's insane 😬
This guy is really inspiring. He had his company wiped out and lost millions and he is still standing, staying positive AND helping others selflessly. If he can find all that courage from within we all can stay stronger and remain supportive helping in small ways even if we have no money to give somebody else. Thanks Mark for highlighting people like this. We are never alone although it feels like it everyday:)
Amen
That comment says it all....👍❤️🌈
💖💖💖✨✨✨💖💖💖
Mickeyislowd he owned a company worth millions?
Genuinely helping other people keeps you sane
No matter the problem, Derrick is always smiling, top bloke 👍
What a great man
wasnt expecting to see you here of all places lol
Yes indeed . What a great man.
Great man indeed.
Hope Oaklanders elect Derek as mayor not someone like me crooked pig.
If he is a great mam, why is he homeless?
What extraordinary resilience. What a great man.
Dereck always has this upbeat positive energy, he is a remarkable guy no doubt.
He had a whole year living in a house that's enough time to get a job I don't care if you get a job at McDonald's or anywhere he could have got a job by then I feel bad for him because I was homeless for 5 years on the Streets of Philadelphia but I was homeless because I had a drug addiction I wasn't trying to get a job he looks like a nice clean straight guy so I don't understand what the problem is
You should have him move in.
@Taylor V I hear ya. I have read a lot of previous comments talking about how the owner of the channel pretty much doesn't really care about the homeless because if he did he would make it possible for the audience to help the homeless people he interviews, but he does not and why? Well, what's in it for him?
@@44unda Agree however I'm not a fan of Soft White Underbelly either. I think the underlying motivation of these channels is all the same.
This guy is a real leader. It’s time to pay him and give him the recognition and reward he deserves so that he can keep helping others and the city to find solutions to homelessness.
Make this guy the mayor and watch incredible things happen. Any person who chooses their pets instead of giving them up is a hero in my book.
Oakland vote this man for Mayor, what a legend! He came from riches but lost it all through no fault of his own, but picked himself up with a positive attitude trying his best to be a champion for the poor. A very intelligent guy who has seen first hand the corruption of the system towards the homeless and has great ideas on how to help these people. Derrick all the best mate on your campaign, and look forward to following more of your story. Go hard, Kia Kaha(stay strong) from the brothers in New Zealand.
Derrick needs to start a TH-cam Channel so his work can get more attention and traction!
The fact that this man has done so much for his community and is back to sleeping rough absolutely cuts at my heart. My eyes have been opened by this channel. Mark, if you are ever back in the Bay Area, I would love to pay for your hotel stay/offer you a place to stay.
Let me ask you something? If I were to hand this man $10,000. Do you think he would be homeless again within a year?
Maybe the man has decided that is were he is gonna fight from. I’m inspired also mane, and there are no signs of mental health issues with him. At this point I think at this point he found something that all the money he had could not buy; a purpose. Feel me?
@@mexicandeicide1459 I think you hit it right on the head ...he found a purpose...even if it means neglecting himself for everyone else smh...you could give him 1000,000 and he still will be part of the homeless community and probably sleep in the tent still facts.....
$100 million dollars goes missing for the homeless. This is why throwing money at problems never fixes them. We need to first fix our sick society with a mental change.
Sad but true..
Actually, it’s a heart issue, not just mental. People need to come to Jesus and He in turn changes our mind, will emotions and attitudes.
I agree . It society that needs to change. Their hearts need to be more loving. We all go through issues no one escapes that but if some had a little more compassion for others this would be a beautiful world💜
Even worse, the US military is "missing" $20,1 TRILLION (over a time period of 1 generation). TWENTY TRILLION, let that sink in!
They have "no clue" where the money went. What? That´s tax payer money which could solve the homeless crisis, fix the water problems in Flint & beyond and give every citizen Universal Healthcare. The social problems the US has is NOT an issue of money, it´s due to the careless attitude of politics.
@@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl well said. It's a horrible situation for us all.
If everyone was like this guy the world would be a better place.
Hope this guy gets back on his feet soon. Seems like a genuine guy.
I just love this man!!! He’s very intelligent and caring. I love that he’s humble despite of everything he’s lost. Y’all watch....God is gonna give him back everything he’s lost and more!!! Sometimes we have to fall down but he’s gonna get up!!!! Bless you sir 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️
It's heartbreaking that Derrick is back to being homeless. He's a really good person too.
That happens a lot.
naw it aint heart breaking!
2 0 - I agree with you. He’s too smart but yet settled.
@@got2getit204 No it is, just not to people who are sociopaths.
Sux he trying to do right then a place or some kinda organization acts like they try do right and get bank and all sudden it gone as if it was planned that way and so those who try get off street get screwed by so to speak help any . but good he got some help for a time but back to street after all that sux. hope he gets the right help soon but places who do right and on right track.
All we hear is millions of dollars disappearing, money that was for the homeless... what a world we live in
Future mayor!!!!!😁 GREAT!!!!! Saw when you initially filmed him and he looked sad,. He's like a completely different person. Optimistic looking. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
God bless these people. No one should be homeless in this country.
If people make the wrong decisions, why not?
@@isaach5489 Idiot...what diatribe.
Let hope the fate balliff not waiting for you round the corner .
He needs a TH-cam channel
He does have one! Just search Derrick soo
He needs a job
@@user-ps9ze7xf4p and you need a life 😃
@@EmilioR-df1bn and you suck at COD
@@user-ps9ze7xf4p got more subs than you don’t talk to me.
It is heart breaking to see Derrick back homeless again but his love for help other will see him through!
Netanya Bell Life Journey And Derrick Soo- candidate for Oakland, CA Mayor- has a lot of supporters. I support Derrick Soo as your next Oakland, CA Mayor!
I would love to see him write a book about his life and his experiences while homeless. He basically comes from royalty; a family who had a huge legacy in Oakland. He was a millionaire at one point owning the finest of properties on both the East and West coasts; and the economy and being forced to retire took all of that away from him. This is one humble man and I pray he and other homeless individuals have their day of peace in a HOME.
My goodness. I love Derrick. God Bless him. may he always be safe and protected. I hope he has all he needs soon to match his heart of gold.
Derrick know it’s not about “me” but “us”. He is smart and committed to help the “us”. I hope the municipal officials pay him what he is worth. Don’t give up, Derrick. He should be mayor for what he has done for his community. 🥵🇨🇦
Derrick has such a humble soul and is very well spoken and put together. I hope god can guide him and provide for him to get him out of this situation!
I’m rooting for you Derrick to become mayor and will try to donate!
I'm rooting for him to Find a job. Surely he must have some qualifications that can get him accepted into a mid level job and into an apartment. 🙄
@c B Mmmm.
@c B i rolled around laughing at your comment, but in all seriousness there's got to be something wrong with the system if people are working full time yet still remain homeless. When Derek said they burnt up $100 million in 3 months, then it's obviously corrupt besides the fact that they aren't developing enough lower income housing.
"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God." Proverbs 14:31 (NIV)
This is just an idea that came to my mind. What about people who believe in religions that do not have a specific god.
The religions based on Karma , Buddhism , Hinduism , Jainism ? They also do charity and feeding the poor and homeless.
@@TheAs57 I will not get into a debate or disagreement about beliefs about if there is a God or not and other people's choices. This is about the homeless and needy! One day everyone will find out who is the one and only true living God! Or if He's real or not! That is a choice!!
@Yogi Breeze Jesus is the only one who can save us all
@@TheAs57
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RG Amen
I want one!!! I saw all about these tiny homes. I am a disabled mom with 2 children. One child disabled. I love a tiny home. It’s more honest than these vouchers. Fmr rates from 2016 and its 2020. Having to stay in one are. U loose before u start. I’ve done the scam gone people to. I know more than any of us should ever know about this life. You are a Hero sir !!!!
That's disgusting. That scam agency is greedy and fraudulent. It will catch God's wrath for treating people like that.
Bless you Derrick. I love your optimism despite your being houseless. ❤❤❤👍🏽
Slavery didn't. So why would this? And yet there is still oppression and the same tyrants. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Some people think homelessness is a joke, but it is not a joke. Lol I am praying this won't happen to me. Life is hard my peoples
Life is hard then it gets tougher. Only the good die young only the Strong live on!
Life is so tough.
This is unbelievable.
Ditto.
For many ..it’s only the rich really live the rest don’t really live they exist .
Any asshole who jokes or mocks or criticizes or terrorizes the homeless are just plain and simple horrible people who will get their just do one day!
This mans heart is in the right place. Putting others before himself. I hope he gets to be Mayor he would make a real difference having lived with homelessness himself. Thanks to you Mark good job
I donate 100 dollars last year to him. Hopefully everything get better for you.
Thanks for your support. Not only did you help Derrick, you helped Derrick help other homeless people.
@c B is it that easy for homeless people to work/get a job?
@@AtticTapes14 I don’t think they’re talking about jobs...
@@brotherputin3776 look at what cb said.... his comment.....
@@AtticTapes14 it’s about eating and teaching somebody a life changing skill
Oh no 😢. So sad. I remember his previous videos. It's like he went from getting on the right track and getting housing to back on the street. I wish I could give him a hug right now. ❤❤❤
Beautiful man...thankyou for helping others and yourself and letting us know...the best of luck..prayers🙏
I pray for the homeless every night before I go to sleep. I think that in California, it is egregious that there isn't a solution that helps all of the homeless. I'm living in a van. It's hard but better than living in the streets. I hope that this man brings visibility to the homelessness problems. There are good, loving solutions and we all should be influential in these matters.
God bless I hope you stay safe and can to where u want to
Vote Joe Collins
How are you doing?
Keep going Derrick, don't give up.
The amount of corruption in this country is beyond me. I just delivered a load to Oakland last week. It’s sad to see people in their current state. I was homeless living in a beat up car a friend sold me. If it wasn’t for truck driving I don’t know where I’d be.
I see tent cities all over the country. I see people living in their cars at truck stops etc.
You delivered a load of corruption to Oakland last week?
It's same here in the UK
You have very clearly shown, Derrick, that a home is created in your heart and the people that you are helping everyday.
It's incredibly touching, your selfless approach to living.
Truly amazing heart. God is gonna bless this man beyond words. Putting overs before himself! Beautiful 🙏✊
This is really inspiring and im glad I stumbled upon this channel! This is what I wanna do in the future somewhat different but still trying to focus on something in our society we dont seem to talk about! Thanks 💜 Much kindness to all of you!
What an inspiration!. Mark, and Derrick thank you for putting a face to homelessness. This is so personal for me. I lived in Oakland for years. Being homeless: The forgotten America.
This guy is truly wonderful. I was homeless for 9 months so I really feel for them. I am concerned I may need to move to AZ because landlords just keep raising rent. Yet the Governor was voted back in to office.
It is all over the USA - Black, White, Democrat, Republican - all landlords are raising rents to sky-high levels just because they can.
Thank you for bringing LIGHT and UNDERSTANDING to the horrific situation everywhere of homelessness--this is insane...you are truly helping to bring change through empathy and enlightenment--we must get rid of greed and materialism and have love for humanity as if they are our own family members--which they ARE. God bless you all!!💖🙏🏽
Oh boy, he doesn't deserve that. This update broke my heart. I really hope he's find.
I'm a single mother of two kids and i am homeless, hopfully my housing come through. im living in a hotel right now.
Why Does God Allow Suffering? www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/VODBibleTeachings/docid-502018850_1_VIDEO
Yayv guess what guys I got my Housing voucher today!!! Thank you to anyone that was praying and hopeing for us some shelter!!!
I hope your situation continues on a positive road and keep pushing and motivating yourself and your family recognize how strong you are and I love you
Brayan Arellano Thank you 😇
At least you are not on the streets in a Tent or under a bridge. Did your housing come through?
I'm so happy to see you are running for mayor ,you clearly care beyond anyone I have ever met and just as a side note, I ran for Sheriff in my County in Ma. in 2016 I wish you the best you certainly deserve it
I'm Homeless In Fresno Ca With My Wife 4 kids and My Lil Brother .. Section 8 Low Income Housing Aren't Coming Fast Enough Just Keep Praying And Stay Positive Have Faith In GOD 🙏💯
I hope everything works out for you
U aint at the pop house
Derrick is truly a beautiful and incredible soul. What an incredible person who has such a big heart. He is a man of service and should become the Mayor. It is such a shame that this agency is scamming so many people.
Good luck for the future.
I hope you get this project off the ground and somewhere to live for you and the many people you are helping.
Good Luck and hope you become Mayor.
Regards Scottish John.
Mark Horvath.....you're an inspiration to all of us too as well by doing all these informative videos, shedding light, giving care and hope to these precious folks and by giving all who come here to your channel awareness of what is one of the most important problem that our nation faces today. I've been homeless for over 7 years but I have resources. I get my monthly SS money, food stamps and I have a vehicle to live out of and sleep in at night. Best to you Mark for a job well done. Keep up the good work with your YT "Invisible People" channel.
Thank you for this one. It feels good to see people getting a home to stay. Their stories really makes me sad thinking about how much they are suffering and I'm here getting to eat, sleep well and warm and when I get to see updates, it just makes me happy. Loveya ❤️
I live in Oakland and feel for these people. Oakland is a rough place. The Bay Area is so expensive to live in
Vote for him
🙏💗 Stay Strong Derrick
Your positivity and kindness towards your fellow man is truly inspiring!! Qualities that will make you a great mayor!!
Hope he gets a chance at being mayor. Great personality and human. ❤
Im voting and rooting for him.
tiny home projects sound awesome- bless this man's soul! peace!
If you love him like a brother help him !!!!!
He's much to educated and well spoken to be homeless. This is insaine
Something is way off with this man. If he cant scrape together enough to buy a car to drive for Uber or Lyft or Amazon and have a place to sleep, I dont see how he is going to be mayor of a city.
Unfortunately there are many MANY people who are well educated, as well as many people who work full-time jobs who can not put a roof over the heads of themselves and their families once they end up on the street. Where they're working is either too expensive for rent or they're too busy trying to survive and aren't able to get first and last month's rent plus the utility deposits that they need. Plus the fact that once you're on the street, if it's through an eviction, the chances of being able to rent anywhere else is next to nil....if you have any credit issues (of any kind), it's also extremely hard to find a landlord who will rent to you; so it's just extremely difficult to be able to get off the streets unfortunately.
Derick and Mark you guys are earth angels....I live in Maine the winters are brutal here and there are homeless here too breaks my heart most of us are closer to homelessness than most think especially with this covid....so sad.
I can’t believe ppl pay such high taxes and still so many homeless there. Where did the money go? California is a really corrupt state. God bless this good man!
Its curpt all over the world
It's a warm state.
What a guy Derrick is.....himself homeless , struggling to survive and yet he puts everyone else before himself ...trying to help as many of his fellow homeless as he can ....I hope his situation has improved since this video
Aw man. I thought he had a house and was fine now
@TTLt106 so who was the crook?
@@headyshotta5777 landlords
@@headyshotta5777 the crook was the agency where 100 million dollars was allocated to to house people of his encampment but they stole the money and are now under investigation for it but all those people never got housed... he was one of people who helped fight for the money and it was finally allocated to a nearby agency in Oakland and they fraudulently stole it. No money. These poor people are the ones who lost... made me cry first time I watched...This man is my hero
Derek! What a cool story! This is totally going up on My Sister's Mission page. Impressive, I had no idea!
I hope Derrick found housing… I’d love an update on him if possible. And if there are any ways of helping Derrick and invisible people in any way. I’d love to try and help. 🖤
Many people being scammed with large moneys. Mine, oh let me tell you...they hacked me down to $3. I'm deciding whether to go homeless because I can't afford food. I'm a boomer Charge RN retired but kept my license. I live in Hawaii but I might go to mainland; things of me I could have never thought something would happen for me. Love you...
God bless you man
Go and apply at HAWAII STATE HOSPITAL in KANEOHE on the island on OAHU
You’re a charge nurse and can’t afford to eat?!? Maybe you must evaluate your spending habits. Nurses make great money in every city I’ve been in. If Hawaii is too expensive for nurses, you might consider moving to the CONUS. Live below your means and things will turn around. Good luck.
Derrick, I pray and pray, all will be fine for you...🙌
Thank you for educating me on homelessness. If I live in Oakland I will vote for Derrick. We need citizen like Derrek really knows about the real situation of homelessness and commitment to help even he is also in need. God bless.
Praying for you Derrick and for all homeless people in Oakland. I hope you become successful again despite your current situation. You have admirable traits.
This is one of the reasons why I'm scared to have kids. I would rather struggle by myself then bring a child in this world and have him or her struggle with me. Too me that's selfish.
No kids here. After growing up in the capitalist hellscape that is Amerikkka I determined myself that I'd not bring children into the world unless they could be free of hunger and danger and so on, and there was never a hope. It's called "birthstriking" and it's how you bring down the machine.
@@alexcarter8807 America doesn't have Capitalism anymore, shows how uneducated you are.
@@dedalliance1 America is nothing but capitalist. What version of earth are you living on?
@@chonkcat7362 I live in Reality land, not CNN news land.
Here's a fun video you should watch.
th-cam.com/video/-g4K7N5Lqa4/w-d-xo.html
First off though, you have to understand what real free market capitalism actually means. There's a lot of different parts of it, but capitalism, shares the same root word of Capitalize. If I say I'm going to go Capitalize on a business deal that means I'm going to go secure a profit in it, right? The best simple way I've heard Capitalism explained is if you make something with your 2 hands, or with your mind, or in any other way you have the right to keep the money you earn from whatever it is you did. That means very minimal taxes and fees and regulations from the Government telling you how you can and can't do something. Right now if you want to start a Barber shop, you have to first get a personal license to prove you can cut hair, you have to register your property as a business which depending on zoning laws may be illegal, you have to get a business license, you have to have inspections and other BS. You have to pay taxes through the business in various ways, and also separate taxes on what you pay yourself personally as income. You have to pay property taxes on your business assets, if you have a business vehicle you might have to register it differently and pay additional taxes on it. All of these fees and taxes is what makes America not capitalism. Because in capitalism you're supposed to keep the money you earn and only pay enough taxes to keep a small Government and to pay for roads, military, schools, first responders, stuff like that. Anything else isn't needed. Social security is a scam and a joke. Medicare and Medicaid are bad, foodstamps and unemployment are bad. If people weren't taxed at 25 to 50%+ just on their income, and then 2-10% on everything they buy at the store or gas, and taxes on hotels and vehicles registration then we wouldn't need all of these Government hand outs because we'd already have the money.
You have to understand that pretty much the only way the Government has to make money is by taxing people. So if all of these 'free' safety measures in society are paid for by our taxes, how about they just stop taxing us insane amounts of money and then we wouldn't have to use their hand outs? I make roughly 2,500 a month after taxes. I get taxed 600 a month. If I had an extra 600 dollars a month I could actually afford to live a more comfortable life I wouldn't need Government hand outs (not that I use any though).
The other part of it is the Government tells us what to do, you can and can't marry this person, you can or can't do these drugs, you can or can't be a prostitute. You can or can't do whatever. This is all wrong and unconstitutional. We're not free Iin America and we don't have capitalism because we're taxed, licensed, and discriminated against every single day.
@@dedalliance1 ahhhh you're one of those nutters.
Cool, cool. Have a nice time with that.
The city needs to hire him.
My son & I were formerly homeless.
1. Leverage technology to get work. Self employed is good too.
2. Craigslist ROOMS WANTED or HOUSING WANTED is good too.
You are fantastic individual, amazing. God bless your endeavours. ❤️
such a wonderful smart guy ❤️ so well spoken, my heart goes out to him 🥺
This is actually making me depressed. I feel like he lost touch with himself, who he is and what he wants to do. All he wishes for his housing, but all he does is depend on a shady agency to get it for him. Then he is working on some tiny housing project--I kind of feel like neighborhoods will not like that idea if they ran out low income housing already. A bunch of homeless people in shacks is probably not what they want down the street.
They are passing legislation now where I live that holds rooming and boarding home operators responsible for what their tenants do. The police said they had to do four Narcan revivals in one place in one day, they get calls all the time, so it is a big problem. They are always trying to shut down these two rooming houses, but the thing is, there is no where else for these people to go. People don't want them around, but honestly, the people who live there have never bothered anyone around the area from what I see. I think it is just the very idea, some snobby people don't want the poor near them so they can feel they are elite themselves.
Rooming houses were like the first step to having an apartment. Now this step is being wiped out and the people who run them are being persecuted.
Tiny houses with bathrooms are not shaks. Do you think people prefer to have tent cities on their doorstep?
If you ever been to India...they don't do this in India. Castles are build right up against tent shacks. It's really weird to see.
@@powderandpaint14 No, so they make laws against it. It's really an uphill climb for acceptance. It's a fight.
That might be a true fact. Here in Brazil homeless is a minor problem since everyone is either being supported by family when homeless or live in whatever they can afford even if that means living in a slum but they are not homeless and living under tents or whatever. Strong family ties prevent most of homelessness all around the world.
My answer to any crisis is a simple formula which I call ISPA....
Jurandy Mello housing regulations are very high here in the states.
God bless this man
God said, "I have given you every plant with seeds on the face of the earth and every tree that has fruit with seeds. This will be your food."
Genesis 1:29
Go plant based.
Thise guy is Aw!!!! Hope all the best for him. And all the other homeless❣
I love this man. He truly has a loving and caring heart. I wish I had a bigger home because I would definitely open my home to him. He doesn’t deserve this life.
He can come to Oklahoma
Wow the fact he can smile inspite of homelessness really touches my heart man God bless everyone reading this 🙏
Dennis, thank you for what you're doing in Oakland for invisible people. God Bless you Dennis
for the tiny homes project!!
He is an inspiration to people in distress.
What an amazing man, I sincerely up the mayor to be gets a home, I hope he isn't swindled out of both of these. Best wishes and luck
Stay strong Derrick and Good Luck!
You can see the relief on his face. Less stress more love. Human being's like me like you 👇🍀🇮🇪
Great interview what a guy we need guy's like you here in the uk fingers crossed he get's his wishes :]
This really is not the update that I hoped :'(
He has helped a lot of people and he's has it in him. I wish him all the best! ❤️
The Bay Area has a very high cost of living. A 1 bedroom apartment is in the neighborhood of $2,500/mo or more. Very limited vacancies. If there's an available unit, there is probably hundreds of people applying.
More power to you Derrick. You are a man with a heart. God bless you 🥰
DERRICK, GOD BLESS YOU MAN, greetings from the UK ! HOPE ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD GET BACK IN HOUSES AND JOBS!
God bless this amazing soul. I will pray for you all
You guy's have no idea what it is like to be invisible, no one cares because they don't know I exist. And if you seen me you wouldn't even know you did because I am truly invisible.
did Derrick ever mention his family members like wife, kids, or partner? what happens to all of his friends or social circle before he lost all his procession?
And yet he is upbeat and full of positive energy. What a gift to life he is. An angel
Such a wonderful interview...Humanity warms my heart!!!
Derrick for the next mayor of OAKLAND!!!
Sending love and positive vibes to Derrick!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wish there was more good people out there. Amazing work
God bless you sir. You are many people’s inspirations.
He’s incredibly pleasant withstanding his circumstances 🙏.
I've finally found someone with worse luck than me, this guy just can't catch a break and i know all to well how he feels, just sucks to see him back out there i hope things will turn around for him he doesn't deserve this.
Better have to have your own YT channel Derrick. You’re such a brilliant and selfless man on earth. More power to you and God Bless you😊😘.
Bless you all for the work you are doing...
What a great person you have a beautiful heart to help people God will bless you in Gods time you watch in see God bless you sir