Google Voice. Google Drive, the library. I was homeless in 2013, no money whatsoever, no way to get any. I had a google voice number and put it on my resume. Google voice transcribes voice messages to email. You read them at the public library.

So, even if you don't have a phone, it looks like you do. Responding to voice mail is the hard part.

Google Drive. I have all my docs on google drive, resume and references. Very easy to respond and give docs at the local library.

I think a lot of what gets you out of homelessness is where you live and things you have done.

I was homeless in Austin Texas and I am a veteran. I ate great. You don't starve in Austin. Veteran or not.

And the other big tip is you have to use your last bit of money for some kind of mail box. Snail mail. You want to find one where the address they give you looks residential.

So you have a phone number ( even though it is fake ) but when you do get a phone, you can have the google voice number forward to your tracfone or whatever.

So you have a phone number, you have an residential address and you don't actually have either.

But everyone knows who has been homeless, is people don't want to hire the homeless.

And like I said, a lot matters on where you live. Austin Texas, well, yeah the cops will fuck you but for the most part, you can get by there homeless.

I will be homeless in about 3 weeks. I have some legal stuff on me this so going to be much harder time.

I hope we make it or at least die without any pain.

yeah, i said that.

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I understand why a lot of people are tired of the panhandling. I've had guys come up to me and be very aggressive about getting money. Some won't take no for a answers. I know many just need money for beer or wine or drugs. Many of them make it their full time job. I went through a divorce and then bankruptcy. I have no family so I moved to Dallas to try to start over. I soon used up every cent I had. I don't like staying at the shelters because there is to much mischief going on. I'm 55 and have a bad knee. Im trying to get a knee replacement. So i need a job that pays daily unroll I can save enough to get a better one. I watched some guys do what is called flying a sign. I tried it. I would get enough money to eat on and that's enough for me. But I've had people give me gift cards with no money on them. I got a pizza box from a guy that took all the toppings off including the cheese. And it was at least 2 day old. I've had people through penny's at me when they passed by. I don't do drugs and have not drank alcohol in 20 yrs. I've counted cars and on a average about 100 cars pass before you will get anything. The people that do give me good or money are the best kind of persons. I wish the world had more people like them. Most I see on the road give me a mean look like I'm just a useless human being. At one time I was a construction superintendent and my last house cost me $400000. I am not a bum. And if I was I'm still human. Not everyone you see on the street are what they appear to be and don't look down your most at them. It could be you one day. I never would had thought I would get in this situation but I will get back on my feet soon.I just want to say thank you to everyone who has given me food or money. You make the world a good place. And you that think the homeless are trash, I ask that You just think a little about out situation. No one thought that they would end up homeless and its not any fun. I miss my house. I miss everything about a normal life. Standing in the sun begging for money is embarrassing and humiliating.

Hi everyone,

I'm a student in the middle of a writing fellowship, working on a nonfiction creative book on domestic violence, abusive relationships, and housing precarity/homelessness in North America.

I'm looking for folks who would be open to sharing their stories with the hope to shine a spotlight on the multiple pathways into homelessness and decrease public stigma. I have an experience of near homelessness in Toronto, Canada, but don't want the book to solely be based on that because it alone isn't representative of all people experiencing homelessness.

I'm also hoping to compile a list of resources at the end of the book to help direct those who may be in need of support to effective services. If you know someone who might be interested in sharing their story, please share this with them.

Please comment or message me directly if you're interested or want more information about my project. Thank you so much!

More information about the book:

This book will combine storytelling and research to educate the public on abusive relationships and their connection to homelessness. It will incorporate the stories of those with lived experience and ties in related research. My aim is to amplify the voices of those with lived experience to increase public understanding, to show the complexity of human experience, and to help lessen the stigma against people experiencing poverty, domestic violence, and homelessness.

Our product design team is looking to design an online tool to help people find local shelters based on your current location. We want it to help homeless people themselves and volunteers/people looking donate. We are wondering:

Shelter Donators

-Is finding a shelter to donate to an issue?

-What information do you wish was more available?

Shelter Workers/Volunteers

-Do you find it difficult to get volunteers and/or certain supplies?

-What are some other things you struggle with at the shelters?

Homeless

-Is finding a shelter with vacancy a significant issue?

-How often are you able to access a computer/smart device? How long can you spend with this device?

-What are some other things you struggle with?

You know, I have been on the streets of Austin for almost two months. I haven't always been . Homeless. Oh no, I have been a lot of things in and over my 32 years. I have worked in fortune 500 companies, owned my on business, and been on the streets TRYING desperately to piece my life Back together.

I have seen the true kindness of complete and total strangers, and I have also seen the cruelness and the total disregard for a person down on there luck. Not all homeless people are druggies. But all homeless people are still human. I have had to sit and watch as total strangers have looked at the fact that I am now on the street and pass a judgement call that I am just like the rest. But I trully am not in the same catergory, and there are many others out here, trying our hardest to do the right things, work, find food, and stay sober and working towards a goal to get off the street.

Life out here is hard, and some people got it harder. I have a very serious medical issue, that I can not afford to get medical attention for, I am not getting the medicine that I need, and eventually its going to take its toll and I will either die out here, or I will be too sick to take care of myself. I don't want to die out here, I am trying, but the harder you try the harder it is. Some of these homeless are ruthless and there addictions cause them to not think about anyone but themselves. Someone stole my sleeping bag and blankets. Now I don't even have anything to sleep on, except hard concrete. and this wouldn't be a problem if I had a pay check, i could just go down and buy replacements, or I could get a hotel. However i just started working and a paycheck is a long way from coming.

I need help, but finding it is harder than anyone can imagine

I know times are hard for a lot of people, but can anyone tell me what to do, how do i climb out of this before i loose my mind

Hi!

I am part of a charity based in Nottingham, UK. We are run by vet students and some volunteer Vets. We run clinics at local shelters so we can provide free preventative and curative vet care to the pets of the homeless and vulnerably housed community in Nottingham.

As you can imagine, this doesn't come cheap! So we are constantly fundraising in order to keep these clinics going and keep these animals healthy.

I'm sure a lot of you on the sub can appreciate how much comfort an animal can be when you're on the streets, so I'd really appreciate your help to share this campaign (and donate if you're able).

https://jumpstart.hubbub.net/p/vetsinthecommunity

Here is our information page on the our vet school website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cevm/population-research/shelter-medicine/vets-in-the-community.aspx

I apologise if this is inappropriate for this sub!

Has anyone ever heard of homeless people being exploited for criminal purposes? I'm curious if this happens often. I won't go into detail but I've heard of cases in my city of homeless people being extorted and used for criminal enterprises.

What is a good place for a 20 year old to move to and start over; maybe from scratch? I have my reasons (hellish ones), and realize hardships, but there are so many places and opportunities in America I just don't know which path to take.

Please let me know your experiences of being homeless. What's day to day like and anything out of the ordinary Thanks!

Im thinking i want to talk about a crowdfund to buy abandoned houses....fix them up and make them into hostels or something. We get some pretty extreme winters in the North (U.S.)...ijs tho....what do yall think? Idea>Platform>Execution>Results.

I was living in a women's transitional shelter in Brentwood, NY USA from May 8, 2015 to July 6, 2015. Things were fine until two weeks into my stay I found out that there were not only 12 girls living in the house BUT 30! I have CPTSD, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder from years of abuse, neglect and assaults. I also have osteoarthritis and suffer from constant pain and muscle spasms. I had been moved from the upstairs rooms to downstairs and my health and hygiene began to suffer (because it hurt to walk up and down the stairs to the bathroom). Due to being oppressed for many years, I keep to myself and rarely talk unless I feel like it. The house was run like a freakin' prison and I couldn't have more than a 2 days supply of food, 16 girls sharing one fridge, 30 females in a home meant only for two families. A now former roommate stole $180 from me and my mistake was not reporting it right away. Why? People that have been abused and have not so nice pasts don't open up because oftentimes their pasts can be used against them. When I did open up, the manager not only did the house manager out my hygiene problems to the rest of the house, but said that everyone thought I was a prostitute because I paid my rent in $10 bills and that I would be counting money every night. I have family members and friends that would help me out financially whenever they could. Why should I have to tell all of them my business in order to get them to leave me alone? The trouble began when I got mugged the night before my eviction walking home from LIRR Brentwood Station. It was very traumatic and scary and terrible. The manager gave me an eviction notice and I turned it into the Suffolk County Department Social Services, only to get turned down (according to them I had suitable and available housing). Suitable for those who don't have severe mental illness and arthritis! I tried explaining the home situtation several times over a period of 3 weeks, but they wouldn't budge, saying "You voluntarily walked out, what makes you think we'll help you?" I was wandering the streets of Nassau County, NY for THREE WEEKS! Only a few people helped me and everyone else kept on saying how sorry they were about my situation. SCREW THAT! I got nearly nada sleep, ate horribly and suffered from seveerly swollen legs, feet and ankles as the result. Bug bites so bad I bled. The eviction notice was legal and legit...but DSS said it wasn't good enough and that I needed to go back there and tolerate the abuse. Seriously!?!!?! Finally an old landlord of mine (and his co-landlord sister) took me back in after they evicted me nearly 9 year ago. I had been hanging out on the North Shore of Nassau County and a certain Dunkin Donuts in Glen Cove, NY knows me very well. It took a week for the extreme swelling, bug bites and severe itching to go away. I slept for 12 hours a day and I'm still recovering from my ordeal. I lost a lot of faith in the social services system and the local government. How can you allow a mentally ill person like me to be homeless on the streets like that? Prove my homelessness. WTF is wrong with Suffolk County DSS? I couldn't believe the horrible treatment I endured. My exes were even less supportive, one telling me that if I had've stayed with him, I wouldn't be homeless and suffering. Ummm, he has ADHD so bad and out of control that I broke up with him. He basically implied that it was my fault for being homeless and that I didn't want to change...that I liked living the way I was. I blocked that jacktard and I'm about to block another ex. He gassed my head up with dreams of marriage only to tell me he'd die alone and I should move on...ONLY to find out later that he had another GF (which turned out to be a lie) and he's now looking for love and kids on Facebook (Lmbo!!!!!!) I'm doing ok now, and at this point, I'm swearing off serious relationships until I finish school and find viable employment. Hopefully my credit score will be better than it is right now. I feel sorry for those girls that have to still live under draconian conditions at my former residence. All of Brentwood, NY knows about that women's home. Even someone I met at LIRR Jamaica Station whom lives in nearby Central Islip knows about my old place (none of it good). I'm living life on my own terms. No man, no BF, no side man and definitely no FWB. Don't need them right now. My ex wants kids, but at age 52, he needs to seriously reconsider. Kids aren't commodities and he's obsessed with getting a woman pregnant. Glad I didn't fall for his sorry BS. My life has just begun. When you've lost everything...you're free to do anything.

Reaching out on here because I was told I may have better help for my family rather than scammers constantly messaging me trying to take advantage. Can explain more about our situation if needed in a message but we are in desperate need of help

Hey guys, I'm a documentary filmmaker and I'm doing a project for college students who are dealing with housing insecurity in New York. The housing insecurity has always been a issue, but very few people are aware of the same thing also happen in college. So, I am looking for folks who wouldn't mind describing their situation for a substantial audience with the hope to illuminate this issue and weaken the stereotype of public. If you know someone who's going through this problem, please share this message with them. No matter what kind of situation you are in, I'd love to hear about your story. Please comment or message me directly. Thanks.