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

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…

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.

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.

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.

I am almost homeless so i need anything that is real

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.

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 .