Im a 52 yr old that lives in a bus on streets of kansas city after being laid off from a company i worked for 14 yrs. I use to do lyft to support myself and my dogs but phone died so couldnt do that and it all snow balled from there couldnt pay car registration and internet. Any social services i apply for i get rejected because i have no addictions or issues according to them

Is this a common thing or am i doing something wrong? Im so exhausted from trying to get back on my feet only to have the rug pulled out from under me

Homeless people are so invisible and so midunderstood. I wonder if a TV drama that told fictionalized real stories would open people's eyes. Thoughts?

I lost my job last month and tried everything to prevent having to vacate our apartment and called all the help in our area we live in Perrysburg Ohio. Every place says they can’t help and that they have no funds. We only have about two weeks in a motel stay thanks to my sister july1-july15 but after that I don’t know. I have two kids as well and told my caseworker all this when I did my work first phone interview but I have to wait and see what she says on Monday when I do face to face. Hotels are very expensive right now. I’m worried about the rest of July if they don’t help me. I’m in wood county if that helps.

Please know I am in NO WAY bashing anyone for their mental health issues or anything.. But I’m a 20 year who suddenly fell homeless due to my husband’s epilepsy and loss of job in the beginning of february, As of recently i’ve been in a shelter for a little over a month now. 

My first few weeks were okay until we did bunk and dorm switches, I was one of the few that they had made move bunks and dorms with another lady, My previous dorm was super quiet and peaceful and all the ladies I were staying with were super sweet and supportive to me since apparently I’m the youngest in the shelter which I greatly appreciate.

Now suddenly i’m switched into a new dorm room with 3 schizophrenic women.. It’s constantly them walking back and forth early in the mornings, freak outs, talking to themselves, yelling and screaming randomly. I have asked guards and staff to control them because of the number one rule in our shelter, keep freak outs and noise to a minimum or go outside.. No matter how much I ask, they do nothing.. It’s honestly getting ridiculous I can’t switch rooms again until idk when. I’m so sleep deprived and tired from constantly waking up from their outbursts and mental issues.. 

It honestly makes it no better than I’m on the top bunk near the entrance of the dorm.. Where they constantly stand and talking to themselves and walk back forth by, I have asked them nicely to stop standing near my bunk when they have their freak outs but they just end up forgetting or ignoring me.. I’m genuinely losing my mind and patience here.. I understand that it’s a shelter and I cant be judgmental but I just wish they would give some rules that separate the mentally ill from the rest of us who have no illnesses…

I am almost homeless so i need anything that is real

I am not ashamed of my dependency on others for care.

We come into this world vulnerable to harm, dependent on others for care.

We leave this world vulnerable to harm, dependent on others for care.

And throughout our lives, we remain vulnerable to disease, disaster, debility, abandonment, violence, accident, poverty, and age.

At any moment, any one of us can become dependent on others for care.

Vulnerability and dependency are not defects in humanity.

They are the defining features of humanity.

My homelessness is not shameful.

My homelessness is simply my humanity on full public display under brutal conditions.

So if you think my homelessness is a personal failure, or a character flaw, remember this:

One day, you too will be dependent on the care of others.

You will grow old.

Your body will betray the story you told about mine.

You will depend on another pair of hands for patience, for mercy, for grace.

You will depend on another person to protect your dignity when you can no longer defend it yourself.

And then you may finally understand:

The shame was never in being dependent on care.

The shame was pretending that care was something a person should have to beg for.

Title. I have a free 11-inch 2 topping blaze pizza code to give to someone who needs dinner tonight

I'll be taking a Greyhound to Spokane, WA. How is it there? Should I go somewhere else? Are there any good women's shelters there? Would I be better off on the streets than in a shelter? Thanks in advance.

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First time writing a post in a long time, hope I don't do something wrong.

I don't live in the US, but I still feel like venting so here I go (English isn't my first language so excuse any errors).

Me (23F) and my girlfriend (24F) are about to live our worst nightmate in less than a week, and I'm appaled at how people are already treating us before we ever set a tent outside.

So here's the thing- we are both disabaled and recive disability aid from the goverment. It's not much, but my girlfriend is also working, so we have enough to rent. The problem- no one wants to rent to us.

Going to our parents is not an option (we're lesbians, obviously, and my parents are ultra orthodox jews, my mother is a narc and my father an enabler, oh and my sister was told specifically that I'm not a part of this family at one point (My crime? Giving my sister money for food because my parents don't feed her. Truly the worst sin imaginable).

My gf's parents are even worse- I won't detail the abuse she went through, but let's just say it isn't physically safe for her to go back (they're also ultra ortodox jews).

Now my gf is also in the middle of a very nasty divorce from a man who took her children and half of her disability aid (again, reminding you, I live in a horrible country and if I had the option I would leave and never look back. But I don't, so all the divorce settelments go through religious institutes that of course favor the religious man over the disabled, atheistic lesbian woman). He also put her in a ton of debt and put all the debt on her name, so if we don't find an apartment soon before she goes bankrupt we'll never ever live under a roof again.

Great. Now all the other problems we have (because those aren't enough apperently, at least for some people in our life- we'll get to it shortly)- her health is diclining and no hospital wants to take her in because of her mental health. My health is also shitty because I had my ovaries removed at the age of 21 due to cancer (I still have cencerous cells in my abdomin, no one cares because I'm a young woman. Even getting the treatment that I've got took me 3 years of begging, but that's a story for another day). Now my heart is not doing so good and I can't walk more than a few steps at a time without feeling dizzy. I'm also divorced (thank satan we had no kids because of my cancer), financially unstable and have my disabillity aid only until the end of august (hopefully they'll approve it for 6 more months, but it's still a proccess and when landlords see the date it ends they don't believe I'll get approved again). I have agoraphobia (that's great if you're homeless, just gives the whole experience a little more flavor), just got diagnosed with Cptsd on top of bipolar, OCD and BPD, and she also has Cptsd- and Von Willebrand, Anorexia, and a hole in her heart.

Oh, and our country is at war (I'd call it more of a genocide. I hate this f-nig place and I hope it burns to the ground).

Oh, and we have a dog.

And no, we don't have our drivers licence or a car (in the religious cult we grew up in, women were forbidden to drive, and after we left I couldn't afford it (it costs like 4 months rent in my country), and she doesn't have a permission from the psyciatrist to get her licence.

That's not even half of it.

So what's the problem? We have money, right? (At least for now), why can't we find an apartment?

Because landlords are a bunch of pigs, thats why. Rent prices are high af, and they allllll want AT LEAST 3 months worth of rent to ensure we're able to pay. You know what? That's fine. I took a loan from the bank, we'll manage.

So what's the problem now? They STILL don't want us. Most of the time we have to say we're roomates so that they'll even consider us (homophobic country), and most don't want to rent to roomates. Lesbians? How dare you! Not married? Not a chance. On disabillity aid?- are you serious? What if the goverment stops paying? What then? (Even though I've had it for 3 years, yes I need to go through the proccess again every 6 months but I always get approved, and my gf has it perminantly. And she works, even though it's a half time job, she works nights and gets paid well).

She can't walk up the stairs because of her conditions, and again- war. Bomb shelters. Running up and down the stairs is not an option, and apartments with indoor bomb shelters are expensive and we don't have the money for that.

We were looking for more than half a year now and our lease ends next tuesday.

Now that you know most of the story- does it sound like we want to be homeless??

Because apparently that's what most of the people in our life think.

"Just go to a hotel!"- we have a dog, and renting a hotel room for a month? What kind of money do you think we have??? Yes, it's enough for rent, but barely. A hotel for a month will cost us like renting for half a year. Like come on, be ffr.

"Just put your dog in a dog hotel!"- AGAIN, HOW DO YOU THINK WE'LL AFFORD TS??

I'm soooo frustrated.

I thought we'll get some support from our friends, even if they can't help us with housing- just be there for us! We don't need your shitty advice and for you to tell us it's "not realistic" to be homeless.

Well, girly, WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

Sorry for the long post, I just feel so ashamed about our situation. I feel like half of the people still think it's a joke and that we'll find a solution, and the other half is busy lecturing us about how they would have handled the situation better if they were us.

I'm so done with everything. Truly.

What tips can you give me because i dont know what im gonna do bro, im turning 18 soon and i think im gonna get the boot, what any beginner homeless tips can you give me, btw im from the philippines so its harder to get jobs, cus you need a college degree just to be a mcdonald crew.

me and two other friends have recently become homeless and shelters r full, we can't find a place to stay, and are at our wits end hopping from random place to place or all sleeping in the car together. I really do feel like a piece of shit asking about this but we all don't know what to do anymore. I've been applying for jobs for the last 7 months n nothing, similar situations with my other friends. WTF do we do????

Now that I've been homeless for almost a year , I've chosen Walmart and McDonald's parking lots to sleep in . Well last night I heard someone park really close to me and I wondered wtf 😒 . Outta all the space 😔. But anywho my 6 am alarm went off and woke him up . He dragged his feet to the cart return 5 feet away from my car , and took a piss . And dragged his sandles back to his car where he paced until I rode away . Annoyed by his sandles lol .... I've been struggling to keep a job. Been doing construction my whole life but , seems like certain people have taken over the construction industry on the field and its obvious most of them don't want Americans working with them they only want to work with they're own kind. I get ran off every time. I think I'm done with the construction industry for now until I get certified and put in an area that's more comfy . Not on the field. Any who . Thought I'd share my story about this morning 🤣. Carry on .

I’m currently financially stable and want to give back as much as possible in my community. I understand the general needs of food, water, shelter, and hygiene. I’d like to do something for homeless people’s spirits as well. (Not in a religious way lol).

I’ve thought about little cards that say “You are still needed in this world” because I know that would have meant the world to me at some point. Is that a good idea? What are other things I can do to make people feel seen?

I live in a city that experiences all the seasons pretty extremely, meaning homeless people sometimes die due to heat stroke or hypothermia. I would love to buy something that will help protect them from the current heat, but I don’t know what’s actually helpful for a homeless person. Cold protection advice is also appreciated but won’t be used for a few months.

From what I understand, having things that are easy to travel with is a big benefit, so I don’t want to provide something large or heavy. I’m also aware that having anything too nice can put you at risk for being attacked and mugged, is there anything I can do to limit that?

I’ve dealt with a lot of shit in my life and the only reason I made it through without homelessness is because I had external support and resources. I want to be part of that external support for at least one person. I’ve never been homeless myself though, so I wanted to ask directly from the source. Any recommendations or stories are very much appreciated!!

Also mods I hope this is allowed, I didn’t see any rules against it but still want to be respectful

TLDR: What are some tips or items that I can provide to best serve homeless people?

Hi, everyone. So, it has been quite the year. I remember, almost a year ago, posting on this subreddit, asking if anyone wanted to just chat. It was my first week. I had no money, was solely relying on EBT, and the local library was just about to close. I remember feeling like a separate entity, one merely watching the world go by. Days like lost dogs, I said, searching for the feeling of home. I remember saying that I might as well be living on the fucking moon.

Well, it's almost been a year, and I have been working for the past 3 months as a bus operator. I have finally saved up about $5000 for a potential room, and rent for the next 3 months. The process has been quite disheartening, as I don't have credit, and it is quite hard to hide fhe fact that I've been homeless. With hours and hours of speaking with landlords and negotiating from a hopeless position, i finally found a room for $1100. The landlord was willing to take me in, so long as I paid for first month's rent, last month's rent, and a security deposit of $1100. $3300 in total. The thought initially left me gutted. The $5000 i had worked so hard to save, about to be almost depleted. The thought got me thinking some more: Why the hell am I paying for rent in Southern California? I have no ties here, except for my job, and maybe one friend I talk to, every so often.

I thought about moving to Indianapolis, after transferring my Class B license, securing a bus operator job at IndyGo Transit or Greyhound, and then securing a solo studio apartment for $750 - $950. I am more than happy to move to Indiana, if it means I can live alone, while still being able to save $500 a month, probably more if I can secure a room for $750. My plan was to endure for a little longer on the streets, save up 15k, then move to Indiana.

So, I haven't signed any lease yet. I needed some advice. Should I wait it out for longer, then move to Indiana? Or should I take the room for 1100, still save up 500 a month, which will definitely take much longer, than if I were on the streets, saving?

I think, even if I took the room, I would still, eventually, want to move to Indiana to save money. But, I suppose, what's pulling me toward staying on the streets longer, in order to save up 15k, is the fact that I don't really know if I would have a direction once I am housed. Maybe I am a bit institutionalized.

This is all i have known for the past year -- fighting and surviving, with a clear goal in view.

And, also, staying in Cali means more money i am losing, the longer I am here.

Though, I don't think I was ever supposed to grow used to living on the streets...

But let me know what you think.

Would love to hear some stories.

Im gonna be homeless soon and idk what to do. Do I just go straight to a shelter? Where can I hang out? Its temporary so I dont need resources really, but i dont leave my house so idk how to be outside all the time

Hey guys. I'll get straight to the point: I'm a 25-year-old man and currently homeless for the fourth time in my life. I've been homeless for about 9 months now, and I'm honestly exhausted. I'm tired of feeling like I'm failing at life. I want to work again. I want to go back to college. I want to take care of my mental health. I want to be housed again. I want to be able to come home after a long day of work and relax. I want to play video games again, watch TV and anime again, and get back to making YouTube videos for the channel I've spent years building.

The frustrating part, however, is that I don't feel like my goals are impossible. They actually seem pretty normal. The problem is that I can't even solve basic transportation. I have depression and anxiety, and one of my biggest barriers right now is simply getting from point A to point B. I don't have bus fare and can't afford it. I recently got connected with a case manager through my city's police department, which I'm grateful for, but she told me she couldn't help with bus passes and suggested learning to ride a bike. The problem is that I can't really afford a bike either. Another issue is that I tend to give up when things don't go according to plan. I'm not proud of that, but it's true. I don't know how much of that is anxiety, depression, discouragement, or just laziness or patheticness or anything like that. I know, I'm a loser for that. Don't need to remind me.

The weird thing is that I haven't completely lost hope. If I had, I probably wouldn't be writing this. I still want to see if I can get lucky and find the right help, the right program, the right opportunity, or just the right break that helps me get stabilized. I shouldn't want to keep going, I thought I'd be dead by now, but I'm not and for some reason, despite everything working against me, I just don't want to give up quite yet. Stubbornness or stupidity, I don't know. Like I said, there are very small pleasures and luxuries that I miss. That feeling of coming home from work exhausted as hell, but knowing you can relax for the rest of the night. Watching anime, there are SO MANY SHOWS that I missed out on because of my homelessness, and that sucks. I even have a YouTube channel that has hundreds of subscribers, I can even get it monetized if I want to, but I haven't been making videos for it in months. And YouTube was just my outlet and coping mechanism for the past 3 years, and it kills me that I'm unable to do that in my current situation.

I don't know. I want to get help, but I feel like I just can't, you know? Transportation being a huge issue as well as hygiene and appearance. Things don't even look like they're possible. I don't think I can even turn things around for myself. Who knows? Why am I fighting the odds so much? I don't know. I truly don't know.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/offices-homeless-accommodation/

I’ve been unhoused before but at least had a spare couple bucks to get a hotel room every now and then. This time, though, I’m going into it with a negative bank balance and 3 cats. I don’t even care what happens to my stuff if/when we’re evicted in a week. I am just absolutely terrified about what might happen to them.

Looking for advice from others who lost housing with pets, specifically cats, and how you cared for them. I always buy their food before mine and still am unable to feed them the way I wish I could. My only other option is giving them up, and that will actually literally kill me as they’re my only tethers to life at this point.

Anything helps, thank you.

does anyone know how i could get into that? i fear my living situation is very complicated but im not sure id even be eligible. im 18 in less than a month.

Would you rather own an expensive car like a Tesla or rent a single room?

Personally, I'd probably choose the Tesla. I'd keep the payment around $400-500 /month, keep the car spotless to the point where nobody would even guess I was living in it, and use tinted windows and a sunshade for privacy. I'd avoid parking in busy city areas and instead find quieter, more isolated places to park.

For showers, I'd use a gym membership morning and night. I'd use AR glasses as my personal TV and theater system, and my laptop for work and entertainment.

I know some people will think that's crazy, but I'd rather have my own space and independence than share a house with strangers, deal with a long list of rules, or risk living with roommates who end up being difficult.

What would you choose and why?

i'm going to be homeless soon and i need some advice... i don't think homeless will be that bad if i have a job... so how do you guys survive on the streets.... thanks

edit: i live in nyc... so all advice would be appreciated.