Sep 11, 2026 · 28 min · 14 segments
In this season three premiere, the Brick by Brick team explores a Safe Sleep Lot, which Cincinnati Public Schools is using to support students (and their families) dealing with housing instability…
Pretty comfortable, not like we're in a bed, but it's doable for right now.
We can manage.
Before this chapter of her life, the single mother of three tells us that she was dealing with a landlord who allegedly ignored unsanitary living conditions.
We faced having to live with mice.
Their feces can be deadly.
I have a younger son that plays on the floor, and he can touch something, and then he goes to touch his face, and now that's a whole other issue I have to deal with.
Asia brought up this issue to her landlord, but after nearly six months of it being unresolved, Asia felt that her rent wasn't being respected.
Being the hardworking woman that I am, I'm going to pay to live somewhere.
I should not have to pay for the things that you guys don't want to fix.
One day, after she came home from work as a home health aide, Asia was met with an eviction notice.
Suddenly, she found herself and her kids in an unbelievable situation.
I eventually, you know, moved out.
I just, you know, parked my car in a parking lot of a grocery store.
My kids, you know, had ended up falling asleep at the time.
So I kind of just, you know, pulled over
and I went to sleep as well.
You don't know who's going to see you.
So you kind of had to sleep with one eye open.
Situations like these are why Cincinnati Public Schools nonprofit organization Project Connect started their Safe Sleep Lot program in the spring of 2026.
April 30th was our first day opening and we were concerned that the lot wouldn't be utilized and it's been nonstop.
This safe sleep lot is the first of its kind fully run by a school district.
The program allows unhoused families with Cincinnati Public School students to safely sleep in a secure parking lot as they wait to find open space in the shelter or find permanent housing.
Pretty comfortable, not like we're in a bed, but it's doable for right now.
We can manage.
Before this chapter of her life, the single mother of three tells us that she was dealing with a landlord who allegedly ignored unsanitary living conditions.
We faced having to live with mice.
Their feces can be deadly.
I have a younger son that plays on the floor, and he can touch something, and then he goes to touch his face, and now that's a whole other issue I have to deal with.
Asia brought up this issue to her landlord, but after nearly six months of it being unresolved, Asia felt that her rent wasn't being respected.
Being the hardworking woman that I am, I'm going to pay to live somewhere.
I should not have to pay for the things that you guys don't want to fix.
One day, after she came home from work as a home health aide, Asia was met with an eviction notice.
Suddenly, she found herself and her kids in an unbelievable situation.
I eventually, you know, moved out.
I just, you know, parked my car in a parking lot of a grocery store.
My kids, you know, had ended up falling asleep at the time.
So I kind of just, you know, pulled over
and I went to sleep as well.
You don't know who's going to see you.
So you kind of had to sleep with one eye open.
Situations like these are why Cincinnati Public Schools nonprofit organization Project Connect started their Safe Sleep Lot program in the spring of 2026.
April 30th was our first day opening and we were concerned that the lot wouldn't be utilized and it's been nonstop.
This safe sleep lot is the first of its kind fully run by a school district.
The program allows unhoused families with Cincinnati Public School students to safely sleep in a secure parking lot as they wait to find open space in the shelter or find permanent housing.
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