The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed and changed individuals and communities across the globe, particularly vulnerable populations such as homeless youths. This exploratory qualitative research study through a descriptive phenomenological lens delves into the resilience of homeless Filipino youths (N = 10) in Tacloban City, Philippines, during the pandemic, examining their ability to adapt and thrive amidst the crisis toward their relative well-being. Results showed that homeless youths have complex and unaddressed needs and challenges, such as longing for parental love, suffering from social discrimination and mental stress, receiving no government services, and thinking and feeling of suicide. Nonetheless, homeless youths exhibited remarkable resilience, employing differentiated or collective coping mechanisms like developing and strengthening friendship and family relations while believing in God to navigate the pandemic’s disruptions and thus meet resolutions across the tensions surrounding resilience. The paper contributes to developing informed policies and programs tailored to the immediate and long-term needs of homeless youths. Future research may conduct follow-up or longitudinal studies on the dynamics of homelessness and the resilience of the same or related social groups in post-pandemic while transitioning into middle adulthood and beyond.