When CG Chen answered the phone, she was shocked to hear her friend Simon Bunyi say he was being evicted. Bunyi, 28, had been laid off. His tech job had helped him financially support his family overseas, and he had concealed how precarious his situation had become. Bunyi’s friends sprung into action: Chen, 27, searched for information about eviction proceedings while another friend scoured job sites. Hours later, they’d combed through every social service they could find.