According to Need
In less than five years (between 2015 and 2019) the rate of 
homelessness doubled in Oakland. Reporter Katie Mingle has a simple question with a complex answer: “What are we doing about all of it?”
The way homelessness has exploded here over the last decade, you’d think there was no system in place to address it. But there is one. It just wasn’t designed to help everyone.
Katie spent two years trying to understand how we’re helping the hundreds of thousands of people living without adequate shelter in America today. The result is According to Need, a short-run documentary series from 99% Invisible in 5 chapters.
You can find 
According to Need on SiriusXM, Pandora, or wherever you get your podcasts.
If you’ve enjoyed this series and were moved by the stories you heard, we’ve compiled a list of Bay Area organizations that you can support.
Episodes
Katie starts a journey to understand homelessness in her city. She doesn’t have to go far.
Tulicia hasn’t ever had this much trouble getting back on her feet.
Everyone who needs housing is told to call 211. It’s our “homelessness hotline.” But why is it a dead end for so many people?
What happens when you ask people what they need?
People may live or die depending on where they end up on this list. But how one gets to the top is a bit of a mystery.
Finally, one person gets something from this system.
Credits
Host and Producer: Katie Mingle
Associate Producer: Lasha Madan
Managing Editor: Whitney Henry-Lester
Additional Editing: Roman Mars, Lisa Pollak, Emmett FitzGerald, Delaney Hall, Christopher Johnson, and Joe Rosenberg
Sound Engineering: Kevin Ramsay, Brendan Baker, Jacob Winik, and Bryson Barnes
Theme and Original Music: Swan Real
Fact Checking: Amy Gaines
Branding and Design: MUCHMORE.io
Additional support: Sofia Klatzker, Vivian Le, and Chris Berube
Special thanks to everyone who was interviewed for this series as well as Marisol Medina-Cadena, Johanna Zorn, Alison DeJung, and Chelsea Miller