Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2
Across America, cities are struggling with record homelessness and housing affordability challenges. The documentary "Home Is a Hotel" investigates this crisis and how a decades-old solution – cramped Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units – impacts the lives of those who live in them.
Filmed over six years, HOME IS A HOTEL takes viewers inside San Francisco’s SRO housing through intimate portraits of its residents. This character-driven, verité documentary immerses viewers in what it means to call a single room "home" in the heart of one of America's richest cities.
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Credits: Presented by KQED. Distributed by American Public Television
