Robin Williams Made an 'Enormous Difference' by Always Hiring Homeless People on His Projects

[sheshe2]

— CCC (@triplecalltheway.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T15:43:02.583Z

Robin's kindness towards the homeless has been well documented.

During a Senate hearing about the Homelessness Prevention and Revitalization Act of 1990, Williams, who died in 2014 at age 63, spoke and said, "This program has incredible possibilities to deal with keeping people in their homes. The problem cannot be denied anymore ... You can't keep picking people up, you have to stop them from falling. That’s what I hope."

The second annual event was also attended by Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, who have been ambassadors for Comic Relief for 40 years and were honored with an inaugural Icon Award for their decades of work to bring "comic relief" to households around the country.

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To date, the nonprofit Comic Relief US has raised over $436 million, impacting more than 35 million children and young people around the world.

https://people.com/robin-williams-always-hired-homeless-people-on-his-projects-8759765

Hard times ahead for all of us. The jury is still out on the outcome.

Be a Robin Williams for as long as you can.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Williams was a great guy who cared about people

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. He was a good egg

I still miss him 😔

[anciano]

3. Wonderful post...

thanks for sharing. 🙏

[sheshe2]

4. I thank you. anciano.

[FakeNoose]

5. He set an awesome example, and I wish more movie "stars" did this

Props to Robin Williams, one of the great comedians of our generation......

[Morbius]

6. The greatness of Robin Williams went far beyond comedy. n/t

[biocube]

7. Wish he was still here.

Depression sucks.

[calimary]

8. Your last two lines are good words to live by, sheshe2.

[sheshe2]

9. Thanks, calimary

We have to do what we can and hope for a better outcome.

Time will tell.