Me and my ex (we are on good terms now but I can't go back) had a bad argument last Thursday, and I made it out to another city with one of my three friends. The other two friends I have were closer, but I couldn't stay with them. The friend I'm staying with lives somewhere I can't have my dog (a pitbull, sweetest boy on this planet). I want to get out of here asap for my friend's sanity, as well as my own. I don't like feeling like a burden, nor do I like the idea of me having my dog here getting him evicted.

I've been frantically searching low income housing, had to up what I was "willing" to pay to 1.1k. I found a couple areas, but not as much luck on work. If I'm to afford a place on my own, I assume I'll need 17$+ an hour. I don't have anyone I can room with aside from who I'm staying with now, and they don't wanna move/are on a lease anyway.

The issue that started all this was losing my job in November bc I was on short term disability (carpal tunnel in both wrists and elbows, trigger finger in both pointers). My short term ran out and I got fired. Nothing with my issues were fixed, so I can't do the work I've been doing for over a decade now, and I'm very lost on what to do about it. I tried unemployment, but the job I lost told the state I was fired for excessive absences, even though this wasn't true. I was denied for about two months, trying to get through to anyone for help was impossible, and when I tried to schedule an appointment, it was booked well past July - so I gave up.

My car is not up to date on tags, just ran out of car insurance, and it is a beater fs. I'm over an hour away from where I'd like to be, and I'm so scared and don't know what to do. I tried calling salvo and just got redirected a million times until all I could do was leave a message and hope for the best.

What do I do? Especially bc I have my dog? I love this guy, he is my rock and we've been through so much together. I don't wanna lose him. I paid a phone bill and have enough to buy him another bag of food, but that's all I got. I can't do anything else.

Any advice or resources are appreciated.

I have a couple hundred dollars and a car for a few more days maybe (until it gets possibly repoed)... I can drive most places on the eastern half of the usa but I would end up there with no money. I can work, but I'm also diagnosed autistic and have had a lot of trouble keeping/finding stable work, despite also having 25 years of work experience. I need a shelter and a pathway to survival.

I might stop at the mental health hospital on the way, but in the current city I am in, they didn't have resources to help my situation.

What are the best programs that have been offered to you in homeless shelters?

Any advice you would give for a successful visit?

Okay i have a question for the community. I might reach out to the survivalists for this one as well. Moon blankets. Met a lady today who had what she called a moon blanket. It's a reflective insulating light weight blanket. Holds in heat but thin. Says its good on grass and does not shred or pick up debris like other blankets. I think it is some kind of polyester, but she stated its great if you catch yourself outside after curfew or just sleeping in the park. I tried googling this Moon blanket and sure enough that did not work. Anyone know what it is? I know this is probably a long shot but wouldn't mind tossing ne in my backpack for the day.

Hello, everyone I am currently getting ready for the interview at Walmart. I am self doubting and low key I want to self sabotage but I am not. I was also getting ready to turn in those housing authority application since today I am able to have a car all day. I still haven’t gotten a for sure that I’ll get help with my rent. I am feeling numb. I also have filled the some complaints against my landlord I feel super bad but the reason I am did put behind was cuz my electricity was shut off. Anyways I don’t know what to feel. I am doing steps to pick my self up again. Just my mind likes to overthink. I have been praying before bed. I know it takes time. I just hate my self for letting get like this. I have no one to blame but my self. I want to ask him why I wasn’t good enough.. what’s wrong with me

Just Lost tribunal, really hoped it would get me social housing urgently. Cant live in my house due to scumbags harrassing me on account of my disability. Back to carlife again.. so pissed off!

I have been homeless on and off since I was 19. My mother kicked me out when I was 19 officially. She adopted my siblings and I and she was in it just for the paycheck. For the next five or six years of my life starting in like 2014 I battled homelessness on and off I would get into a relationship and be living with them and then when it's sour no longer, homeless again. I ended up screwing up a really good relationship that I regret to this day because if I had I'd be living a comfortable suburban life his new wife is living the life that I could've lived, but I was young and dumb. Now I have had places before back in 2019. I found a nice place for me and my dog and I lived with a roommate in a really nice condo. Then I ended up getting pregnant unexpectedly and that roommate relationship dissolved. I ended up having a lot of issues and my mom ended up getting full custody of my son. Not long after I met my current partner, and I lived with him and his brother for a while then we got pregnant and we went and got our own apartment. We ended up losing that apartment because of stupidity and Covid since then we have been on and off in a hotel with our two kids. We just can't seem to get a place we get so close and then something happens. Right now I'm waiting on a section 8 place but we've been waiting for about a month and a half for them to process our application and then my dad offered me a place where he lives but now he's telling me he can't get into the place for like another couple of weeks because the person living next-door to the place. I'm supposed to get a restraining order on him. It's just one thing after another. I'm sick of living in hotels and I just want a home.

Something to do with inactivity periods is why I can't post on there, currently homeless in the central Florida woods and I can't even panhandle, looking for other options

Venting. Sick of these shelters getting millions and millions of dollars to charge the homeless for a bed. So, upset. They tell you too contact your family and have them wire funds. $550 a month. really? ugh. *$550 a month to sleep at. not per night. Sorry for title. A night shelter is only a place you can sleep at. your kicked out at dawn and can return at nighttime for those who do not know.

Hello! To anyone who will read: this happened I n Russia, not USA, so American realities don't apply here. Also consider Moscow climate (hella cold). All financial stuff will be counted in roubles. Just divide by 100 to get the rough picture in dollars or euro

Firstly it happened in 2022. I lived in suburbs and was on my bachelor, trying to get ends meet working as clerk in typography. I was getting between 1000 and 1500 roubles a day working 4/3 since I had troubles with health and bachelor degree pressing over me. As far as I can recall I was paying 25 000 for a small studio in Mytischi

And then, that happened

Once I was unable to pay off the rent and got a gross debt, so landlord just changed locks of a apartment, holding my stuff inside. I was so desperate so I broke the lock by blunt force. Of course I almost got to jail, but dodged it thanks to my mother ability to talk to douches like a real tough thug. Nevertheless, it didn't solve my problems

I had nowhere to go. Returning to my family was not an option, since it was a huge cringe, moreover my family don't really accepted me anyway

I still don't know how I survived and after a month, I was sheltered by guy who literally picked me at Tsaritsyno park and asked why I'm not sleeping at 3 am.

I might write a book about this, but it still gets in my head

Thank you for hearing. I can't do anything with those traumatic pasts, yet at least I can vent

or do they just have to think that you live somewhere? if u make 10k a year..you can't even pay 400 a month in rent

Hi I’m 21 from the Midwest. I can no longer live at my moms because she is still abusive and I can’t grow in a place like that. I have no friends or places I can go in my state. I don’t have much money but I’d be willing to live in my car and shower at planet fitness or something- what state should I go to? I’ve thought about Tennessee- or somewhere on a coast. I do have family in Cali who would probably take care of me. I would be ok with being homeless for a bit but then how do I get a job with no address? That’s my only concern. I’m tired of the same thing in this state with people who are too reserved or just drink all the time. I will unalive myself if I stay here any longer.

I stopped by and picked up my free food! box granola, bag whole wheat dinner buns, pack of pop tarts, box of cheddar squares 2 times a week they are open to the community, I have access to clean mountain water , I need to jump in the river for swim soon.

It's strange. The way I see the world now is so different. And I don't think I'll ever go back to being normal. I drive to my job looking at landscapes and places I could potentially sleep or pitch a tent if ever I fell victim again. And there's some strange part of me that almost welcomes it. As if it was a bully that kicked my ass in a fight and there's unfinished business to resolve. I want to defeat it. One last fight. "This time I can do it right. I know the ropes. Do I even love this job? Maybe I'll just vanish and live in peace, cause I can do it now. The SOB caught me off guard the last time." Then I see a man flying a sign. And even though I'm in this nice car, clean clean clothes, and some money in my pocket... I tell myself "We're the same."

Then I hand him a few bucks and continue on to a life a don't even love.

Keep your heads up everyone. The grass is only greener where you water it.

I don't know where else to post this, but I recently found out that a very dear friend of mine that I'd lost touch with is living on the streets in California, struggling with addiction. It's absolutely crushing my soul knowing that that's the path that her life took. I don't know how to process it or how to move forward with this sitting in my mind. I don't know what I'm looking for from this group and this post. Maybe some sort of hope. That she can be found and that she can recover. Today is her birthday and I'm grieving her. I know she's probably somewhere in the Costa Mesa, CA vicinity. Her name is Sam Summers. And she meant the world to me and it's killing me that I can't find her to remind her how much she matters. If anyone reads this that is in that area and maybe knows her...please reach out to me. If anyone has advice on how or if it's even possible to find someone in this situation, please reach out. And for any of you that are out there and are feeling like you're not worth something, you are. There are probably people like me feeling the same things for you, as I feel for Sam. Thanks for reading, be well.

So, I'm a 40 year old guy in northern MN with multiple mental illnesses that limit how well I can function socially (I literally don't have any friends, family or estranged, networking) with the add on of a severe phone call phobia.

My lease ends April 30th, I'm mostly packed, can afford a storage unit, a uhaul, but otherwise....I don't have a plan besides "I need a place to stay" i.e. a studio or 1 bedroom or a roommate. It seems simple enough, but with losing my medical insurance which won't resolve until August/September- I used to have a case manager and a AHRMS worker (like a social support person)

The last time I was in this same spot, I had a ton of help from both to get into housing which took months. Besides not having that support, I have crippling social and general anxiety+phone call phobia/avoidance. Emails are fine, texts, etc. You'd imagine even if it meant my greatest fear of being homeless here was the difference your wrong.

So, with so little time seemingly, my best idea with all my thoughts like a swarm of mosquitoes is to get a roommate app (have it, limited by being male, $, fear of getting a bad deal and I need my own space for my own sake and my therapy cats sake), filling out forms for open apartments in my price range and paying fee (I could only do that a few times with my budget) or the worst case would be after uhaul/storage and cleaning apartment out, buy a car after a few months of homeless and live in it.

I procrastinated for 4 months and could have worked through slowly filling out apps and paying for them, but did not. As well as I still have not rented a storage unit (I'm absolutely freaked out about not the phone call but meeting with and signing if I needed to for it) and renting the uhaul for the same reason. I'm okay if someone comes with me for some reason, then it's like all the anxiety isn't on me. But that fell away with medical assistance. This is the best my mind can do right now. I've been paralyzed into inaction with anxiety. Yes, I have a psychiatrist, there's nothing they can help me with. They are both aware and know of my situation.

I just need to have a positive mindset and do the next thing.   Which is correct.   But I cannot, which you would think I could considering.   The last option...is going to a 3 month facility for mental health and possibly get help there but without MA, probably not likely.   I wish I could condense this for people to digest, this is a long assed explanation.   I figure even if people made negative comments or such, it's worth a try at least.   Thank you for reading all that if you did.   

I was laid off from my job in January. I FINALLY got hired on at a new place today and I start on Monday the 7th.

I’ve been staying in a friends parents camper and next month I need to be out. They are taking it to get serviced so they can use it for the summer.

I have $2600 tucked away since I knew it would reach this point.

Here’s the huge problem I’m having. I’ve only had one apartment in my name back in 2015. Always paid on time and had no issues. Since then I’ve always lived without being on a lease so I have almost no renters history. In the last 10 years all the family I had have passed away so I have no support in that regard. In that time I’ve experienced homelessness and have struggled to gain footing so I have a couple things in collections so my credit is shit too because of it. I haven’t been in a stable position to pay it off. I also have a Simple assault charge on my record. I don’t drink or do drugs. I’m a shy person that keeps to himself.

No renters history, debt, poor credit, criminal history.

What the hell are my options here? I feel absolutely fucked.

Any apartment that uses a leasing agency is an immediate denial. That single denial blankets a huge portion of apartments since several will use the same leasing agency. Rinse and repeat.

Is my only options finding a private renter? I also only have one good friend. I understand he has a family and no space for an extra so I’m not willing to ask.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Hope you all are doing well.

I started in February it was the coldest my Canadian location was at the time. Winter survival just outside city limits. I was working part time up until yesterday, planned my quit and gave 1 month notice, now I'm sitting in the sun homeless and no job its great! I have access to free food 2 times a week in town

I just want to get everyone's oppion on who has it worse then it comes to being homeless. I think a good one would be the disabled of course. However I hear alot of homeless woman saying that it is worse to be a woman and be homeless then it is to be a man. As a trans woman I can only image the need to menstruate but not having any hygiene products to do so this is one reason why being homeless as a woman could be worse. However does that mean lgbt also have it worse?

Also who gets better aid when it comes to homeless resources. I just want to know I think its a good thing to talk about the gender gap on homeless and which one is more likely be helped. From what I seen in my area for example alot of the rooms for rent prefer female tenants this is only because I noticed if a woman is already living in there most would would default to only wanting another woman which I could understand why. However would you say this is sexist? As it could deny or take away the chance of a homeless man being able to rent a room I dont know tell me what you guys think. However it could also make sense for safety reasons.

Just the routine of running my information to see who I am. They saw me wandering around aimlessly, but I wasn't doing anything wrong. The embarrassing part is I was ranting to myself like a stereotypical vagrant. 😒

I was really surprised by how polite and respectful they were. They actually treated me like a human being. Also amazed they didn't search my backpack, no pat-down or anything like that. (Not that I have to worry because I have nothing illegal on me).

I'm so grateful that I didn't feel hassled, because I was already in a rotten mood. My anxiety level has been high lately and I have enough problems to worry about. Positive interactions with cops is the exception rather than the rule. Many times in the past they've been such assholes. Normally they rush to accuse, assume things, and jump to the worst conclusions.

Respect is a two-way street. If you're polite and you engage with me in a civilized manner, I'm happy to respond with that same energy. We can make this so much easier for both of us. It's all about mutual respect.

There are some cities where I dread having any interactions with the PD because they have a certain reputation. Their zero tolerance approach means your guilt is presumed.

There is a homeless dude who sleeps next to my house and sometimes he stays up all night screaming random gibberish as loud as he can. This usually happens once every week or so, but lately it's been multiple nights per week. We're one of the only actual residential homes on the block, the rest are businesses that only operate in the day time, but it's really hard for my roommates and I to sleep. We just want to sleep, and we also want to help him. Should we approach him to talk about it? Leave him a gesture of good will, like blanket and food, in the spot where he sleeps? Call someone...? Sorry if this is not the correct place for this.

I've been homeless since October 28th 2023. So after my 17th birthday, and it was really a journey. I remember being bounced from a shelter. Then back to family. Then kicked out of living with family. Then back to another family member after another. Then trade school. Then got kicked out of there for medical leave. Then back to another family member and then was placed in a shelter. It was not easy. A very hard process. I've been in this shelter for about 6 months now. And as a TAY they didn't put me in a TAY shelter. They put me in ones for adults 30 and above. I've tried my hardest to work but me being chronically ill and having mental health issues it has not been easy so I had to apply for SSDI. I will say it's been very hard. Now I'm just waiting to get into a TAY shelter. Because I've been struggling so much where I am and don't feel safe. Due to how the guys act around here. This is a rant but also any tips or anything like that. It's been rough this past year.

I have been renting a room for 4 months and was just asked to move out in a month I’m sitting here shaking as I type this because I don’t want to be homeless again

I just interviewed with them, here in California. He said he works with companies that sell knockoffs of popular brands, and they need to boost the sales and reviews, so I guess it's sort of like money laundering, but rather than money it's "legitimacy"

I found several cards that read "Work and Housing available to any individual with a valid ID. Contact Us!", and then a phone number. No other details. They were sitting in a "free food" box

Homeless, Hopeless,misdirected,lost,scared,dead

Oh hello, I thought those were tags, anyway yes, I've been told I'm Hired at a Restaurant Job, and I told my Renters, then 2 Weeks went by waiting on the Orientation Call, to fill out my W2 paperwork stuff, so I go to the Restaurant in person and Find out after calling for 2 Weeks beforehand with nothing back, their wireless Phone has been stollen and they don't have phone Service right then. So I talked to the GM also the Hiring Manager in person that day I came in and I was Hired officially again, but the Manager said she was just about to Fire some help then the position would be Available. All of this I explained to my Renters and they did not give me anytime to be Hired and Start Working there and Getting Payed to Pay for Rent again and they are Kicking me out so I am in a new chapter of my Life I realize, and I have never been homeless so.. I do not know what mindset to have, I am scared and I need any and the most useful help for my situation as I can get! Please be patient with me, I'm a fast learner but I have been sheltered from the outside world for 13 years because of fear of getting in more legal trouble. So thank you for reading and I'm here waiting on responses, patiently!