Information for Social Workers
For further information
please call:
(415) 703-9050


We are: A nonprofit guest house located in the Castro neighborhood, near Market Street, staffed by a Program Director and volunteers.
We serve: Family members and other loved ones from outside the Bay Area who are visiting persons in San Francisco with AIDS or another life-threatening conditions.
Cost: Sliding scale: A donation of $30 per room per night is suggested.
Accessibility: The house is not handicap-accessible. We are on a steep hill. There are 10 steps to the first floor, 17 more to the upper floor. There are also steps down to the rear garden.
Facilities: Six guest rooms, each with two twin beds and a door that locks. Shared bathrooms.
  • First floor: Two bedrooms, one bath plus second toilet. Living room and "self service" kitchen/dining area.
  • Upper floor: Four bedrooms, two baths plus third toilet. Kitchenette.
  • Rear garden: Chairs and benches in a landscaped setting.

We provide:

  • Bed and bath linens with rooms.
  • Food for "help-yourself" breakfast and dinner.
  • TV, videotapes and books in the communal living room.
  • Practical support to guests (referrals to neighborhood services, transportation, and other local information).
  • A setting in which guests interact with and provide support to each other.

Transportation:

We are 1/2 block (uphill) from Muni Metro (F, K, L, M streetcars) at Market Street. The 24, 33, and 34 buses are convenient. Parking is difficult: We are in a parking permit area.

Length of stay:

From one night to a week or more, depending on a patient's situation.

Reservations:

Reservations are made by phone only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time. Please DO NOT send potential guests to the house without calling first. New guests with a reservation MUST arrive prior to 8 p.m. on the day of arrival. Thereafter, they may come and go as they need to.
Limitations: Guests must be able to function appropriately in a group-living situation in terms of sharing space and facilities, personal habits, appropriate behavior, acceptable language, etc.

EXCLUSIONS:

 We CANNOT accept people
  1. who live locally
  2. who are relocating to the Bay Area and do not yet have a place to live
  3. who have no home to return to
  4. children under age 4, except babes-in-arms (we do not have cribs, high chairs, etc.)
  5. the patient (including while awaiting hospitalization or while being monitored afterward)
We DO NOT permit
  1. smoking indoors
  2. illegal drugs
  3. alcohol abuse
  4. weapons

See our Guest Policy

317 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114-1504
Phone (415) 703-9050 Fax (415) 703-9057