After suffering two heart attacks in a row in 2017 and with no way to pay his rent during the next three weeks he spent in the hospital, he was evicted from his apartment. When he was discharged, Osborn, 64, moved in with his daughter but was displaced again soon afterward when she was evicted.
Osborn eventually ended up homeless, spending his days on the streets and his nights in and out of shelters in the Ogden area north of Salt Lake City. He was sick. He was depressed. And he couldn’t see how his situation would improve — even after the Navy veteran connected with Veterans Affairs and obtained a federal supportive housing voucher offering rent assistance.