 When they were able to rent a hotel room or an apartment, they would sneak homeless friends into their rooms - sometimes up to 50 at a time.Together with the GLF, STAR hosted a fundraising dance on November 21, 1970, and with these funds they were able to purchase STAR House.They found a 4-bedroom apartment in a run-down building at 213 East 2nd Street, in the East Village in New York.