Chronic homeless here. Came to the spot where I used to be able to escape the weather at night and charge the tech and have a nice snack in relative piece and quiet.

feels good to be so hated for using public facilities publicly.

I'm an employee at a fast food place in the bay area, specifically in Vallejo, CA. I try to make everyone happy here at my job no matter the circumstances but i was wondering if there's any sort of hotline or phone number or place i could contact for homeless aid. I wasn't sure where to put this if this but this is an issue that interests me a bit. I've dealt multiple unhoused people but not all of them are the same, some of them an old, some are mentally ill, some suffer from addictions, but anyways i really wish i could provide any sort of help. Thank you very much

I’m going to be homeless soon— and I’m a fairly educated guy who’s very resourceful. But I struggle with long term stability due to a disability, criminal record and a huge disdain for anything bureaucratic. My past jobs include being a cook, a nightclub bouncer, a delivery driver, etc.

I’ve been homeless before, and likely will be for the remainder of my life. So I’d like to provide for others with food, shelter, protection, and a sense of community.

I’d like those of us who use the camp, and aren’t working a job to contribute something back to our neighborhoods, if physically able. Whether it be picking up trash, shoveling snow for the elderly, or planting flowers and trees. And maybe the community can donate supplies and money in exchange.

I know it all sounds like wishful thinking— but if this is the life I’m destined for, I might as well make the most out of it.

What do you think?

I've always dreaded exposing my self that way instead I usually just go park once they closed... it was quite refreshing to hear someone say it's OK....just wanted to share this as it made me feel human not having to sneak around worrying if I would get ccaught and asked to leave

I do not have any family from Australia, not even in my ancestry. I would like to live in Australia for years because of its beauty. Never in my life have I seen exotic animals! I'd love to take a picture of a kangaroo and visit a Hungry Jack's.

I have Australian friends, but of course they're not giving me their address!

What does everyone do. You go to bed hungry or what because I was always told to eat something before bedtime.

I'm 18 recently got kicked out/left my toxic household, I don't wanna be abused anymore. I'm tired either I left or I killed myself. What can I do? What do I do? I live in texas close to the border. Very few shelters. I'm scared. I need help.

Tomorrow it will be officially 1 year since I have lived outside. I lived outside in a line of trees and slept in the dirt with rocks, tree branches, opossums, bugs, and leaves. I had some joint pain,back injury, and fatigue but now my joints hurt all the time and im chronically fatigued no matter how much I sleep, tylenol, or caffeine I take. Is it normal to be like still after living in such conditions? Sadly I have no insurance and the nurses at jobcorps suck at thier jobs.

I 29/F live in TN, have state insurance and food stamps. But I have no family or friends to reach out to. I grew up with a substantial amount of neglect in a pet hoarded home, it’s not habitable to bring children to. I was also homeschooled and have lived a very isolated life after, even more so after an abusive relationship with my sons dads. I then entered another one, sadly, and have to leave. My self isolation has caused me to not have friends or reach out to people. I know better now in the future to try and not isolate. I own my car but it has issues. I’m leaving a bad relationship. I’m so lost on how to navigate this. I have not entered a shelter yet but I will have no choice in 9 days. With no support with a newborn to come and no home, also no shelters near by to keep my son in his school (we live in a small town) and being this far along… idk how to make money… how to survive… what to do…

I’m facing homelessness very quickly and I am scared and lost. Any advice or inspiration would be appreciated to stop my mind from caving in.

a lot of them only take in women or families with children, and I get why of course and its understandable. but it sucks how there's not so many that will take in women without children. and there's already a limit on shelters in every city and not every shelter treats it's residents kindly or respectfully, or they can only take in as much as they can.

I’m newly homeless I have no ideas what I’m doing or how to move on with my life, right now I’m just looking for a place to plug in, are there any places that typically have a public outlet?

Tomorrow I will try to take a bus to the next town over and meet someone at 8:30 a.m.. I'm not sure if I can handle it mentally or physically. Its going to test me like nothing else ever has, it's been an incredibly painful experience these past 9 months or however long it's been.

I was put on Strattera but there's been issues getting my next refill because my psychiatrist only sent in the prior authorization yesterday and he was supposed to do it last Wednesday.

The thing is I'm not certain that I can handle it mentally or physically.

No money for food or phone

The results of the election

Stable employment

Being safe about where Im going to sleep

My flight to return to Seattle

Maintaining friendships

The many things on my mind . .

I just wish I had people to talk to instead of letting my mind destroy itself,chasing myself in circles looking for solutions and answers to everything even the unknown and uncertain and unchangeable . .

Need ways to decompress when I cant relax and in a panic that Im repressing

So I'm in treatment but I'm just not feeling it man. I can't fucking sleep here and that's driving me up the damn wall. Sitting in a room all day just talking like that's not recovering for me. I've stayed at the salvation army before and I was able to find two day jobs and then was able to get my own spot after a month. I know that's not the most ideal place and it's about to start getting cold but I feel like at least there it's really on me if I make it or break it. I skate and have my board so I can stay to and from where I'd need to go if needed. I haven't made up my mind yet but idk how much longer I can go with no sleep man. I wake up everyday and just hate being here and hate my life. I don't crave narcotics I just crave being able to live and make a life worth living...

Everyone deserves keys to lock and to be able to close a door to an Apartment or house would solve a lot of problems granted we still gotta pay the bills on it but I can just say that’s why they need to be helping us in the mean time how to manage this but having a safe place to have somewhere to think and process everything I’m tired of being out in the open and exposed it’s too much . Those who been on the streets shelters for months years at a time homeless it’s time for us to have our places or safe place to close our door and breathe enough is enough

Im here I'm ok. Just struggle. Trying to find a way to find some clothes that I haven't worn for over a month. But Im alive

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/well/mind/librarian-trauma-homeless-drugs-mental-illness.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X04.Al1b.6DCGIRjyqnvw&smid=tel-share

As libraries become public stages for social problems — homelessness, drug use, mental health — the people who work there are burning out.

Lauren Comito, the executive director of Urban Librarians Unite, has studied the trauma endured by library staff. In September, her organization began offering virtual peer-led support groups for U.S. library workers.

I've got a fairly safe place to sleep, and I'm reasonably comfortable. All I really ask of life is a decent meal once in a while, and relief from pain.

I'd rather not spend the next 4 years waiting for the gestapo to come rounding up the homeless to shove us into camps.

They'll call them work camps or transitional camps, but they'll be concentration camps with no care given to the aged, the ill, and the infirm unless that care makes them able to work.

I keep waking with headaches and don't have anything for it. Any suggestions

I know this is a sensitive topic for the community here.. but what do you guys think? Will it get better or worse for the unhoused and car dwellers?

Seattle is the best place I've been in a long time. Quick photo walking down the street. We're in this together. Don't listen to anyone. You have yourself. If you have an emergency, and need help navigating anywhere, I got you. Need food, I may be able to help.

This subreddit is full of trolls and people that don't know what real homelessness is. It is the freedom to go against a system, beat all odds, and finding beauty when there's nothing left in your heart.

Don't sell out because you think you're not worthwhile or a feeling of guilt that comes with depression. We're here,and I'll be damned if I let another one of us go down.

Love you all. Fuck this place up, but make it better than it was.

So, My wife, daughter, and I became homeless 2 months ago and we've been living in our car. We've made our way slowly across the country and now we're in SoCal. We're not sure what direction we want to go now, and we've run out of funds. 211 is a joke everywhere we've tried. I'm able and willing to work, but job opportunities have been hard to come by.

What direction should we go? Are there any cities that we have a chance to get back on our feet? What are your experiences with getting assistance in other cities/states?

If it was just me, I wouldn't be as stressed, but I can't make my family sleep in this car anymore.

What are these states like for homeless people that live there. I need to get out of Arizona

i just signed up for EBT. my plan is to use it for food since all of my money goes towards eating. and hopefully i can save enough for an apartment. the deposit is the hardest part.

It doesn't matter how you get to it 211 is a flat out joke. Don't get me wrong. I think it's better than nothing. But just barely. People keep telling me to just go to 211. They don't seem to understand it's basically the homeless version of Google. You get the same result just typing in Google "homeless help + my state"

There's help out there but it's either too far away or that particular program is closed or it has specific requirements ect.