grammatical number - How to say someone's home was something plural?

My true home were the streets of the suburb of XYZ.

Not sure how to say that the streets (plural) were the home of a specific person.

Using the word homeless would be against the intended meaning. This specific person had a family and a house but mostly wandered and slept in streets or alleyways, because he felt that's where he belonged.

Answer

My true home was the streets of Chicago.
Compare that to: The streets of Chicago were my true home.
Both are right.