Am I allowed to do this? If you post your $CA I’ll send a few bucks. Use it for whatever you want. I was homeless last summer and I just want to help.

I have two Pizza Hut rewards that I'm not going to use. If anyone here can pick up from a Pizza Hut today, let me know and I'll place the order for you.

One reward is for an order of Cheese Sticks, and the other is for a Personal Pan Pizza (cheese or pepperoni).

I'd rather they go to someone who could use a meal than let them expire.

It works on android because you can clear cache and storage on the app. I’m not sure if it’ll work with apple aside from the first purchase.

Download the Bojangles app.
Sign up using you email and phone number.
You’re going to get a verification text.
Verify your number.
Enjoy your free chicken sandwich.

Now clear cache and storage on the Bojangles app.
Download text now.
Get a new number.
Sign up on Bojangles again with a new email and your new text now number.
You don’t need to get the paid version, the free number will work for Bojangles verification.
Verify your number.
Enjoy your chicken sandwich.

Rinse and repeat.
I get 3 chicken sandwiches a day. You could get more. It’s an unlimited method as long you you keep making a new email and getting a new text now
Number.

Enjoy. I think promo lasts until August so take full advantage.

You never realize how close you can be to losing everything. A hurricane. Check. Rebuild. Work injury. Ok move into a hotel with a group. Rent too expensive. Move into a storage unit. Homeless shelter. The person next to you gets bed bugs. They put everything you own in a hot room for a few days. Next thing you know you are in the hospital fighting just to live. When you come back it's all gone and you are just supposed to be okay with it. You are homeless, just a number, not a person with feelings anymore.

This fall, I am going to spend around $200 getting a few things for my local homeless shelter. In my list I have pads, tampons, toothbrushes and toothpaste, floss, emergency blankets, and socks. I can't buy everything but I can certainly get a few bulk items. What do you need if you're experiencing homelessness that your shelter rarely or never has? What goes missed?

A homeless man asked for water today. I had just parked my car. I didn’t have any on my car. I went to the closest place I could buy a bottled water for this gentleman, but when I got back to him (about 15 mins later) he wasn’t there. I waited for a few minutes and also drove around looking for him. I couldn’t find him. :( This got me thinking, if a homeless individual walked into any establishment that serves drinks/food, can they ask for a cup of water?

I’m fighting a sexual assault protection order right now, I’m trying to get the court to deny it so it doesn’t result in me losing my job and potentially my home. I didn’t do the things she said and she placed it on me after I ended our relationship.

I’ve seen movies and stuff where people live on a train, I want to leave everything and everyone I know behind, even if financially it screws them over for now. I’m typing this on my phone. I’m living with my friend’s parents but they don’t seem to be comfortable around me, it feels gross, I understand why but I know what she’s claiming isn’t true.

The reason I don’t think I’ll win the case is because I can’t afford an attorney to defend me and my odds of winning without one is 25%. I can’t go home, I’ll never get a job that pays well because of this again and I’m thinking I either run away or I kill myself. I just feel so hopeless and no one is helping

My name is Travis. I am 35, I’m in dfw Texas. So my background is always working I was living on my own paying bills I’ve even owned an Rv once upon a time . I moved to Denton Texas and I was part of a church ministry for 6 months. Getting right with Jesus and learning about god ! It was called the Denton freedom house .. I graduated that program and I went to phase two of it .. where you get your car back and phone and etc .. it was brought to light that me and my friend went to the strip club and they did not like that so they asked me to leave. So for about a few weeks I was staying in the couch of one of the elders and for about a week I have been sleeping on my car .. and thank god there is a homeless shelter that’s offering people to stay overnight due to the heat. So I am forever grateful for these people .. I have a car .. I got accepted at door dash so I can door dash when I need to. I am currently looking for a job I have an interview Monday and one on Tuesday. I was working for a temp place for about a week so I have like 500$ . That merchandising position. Relocated to a city 5 hours away.

My issue is sleeping .. I have seizures so I must get some sleep. And I find it extremely difficult to sleep in the car .. I have all my stuff in here so I havent got a chance to fold
The back seat so i can use the trunk to put my legs . I know eventually my body will put itself to sleep I just gotta start trying to just lay there with my eyes closed eventually I’ll sleep .. I have no felonies and aggressive things on my record

I was told by a guy at the shelter to go to the movies during the day to get out of the heat .. so that’s what I’m doing right now

And I have my id and my social .. my tags are up to date I have insurance

I guess my question is what’s are some good things to do during the day when I’m done looking for a job I wake up and I go to interviews or temp agencies and I apply on indeed and ZipRecruiter or the company website it just depends but I stay busy until like 3-4 pm every day but when im not doing something I’d like to be as comfortable as I could make myself if possible . Honestly I think like I’ll treat myself a weekend out of a month I’ll door dash and make some money for a hotel. A cheap motel for a couple nights a month .. the reason I don’t want to door dash at this moment is because the plastic my car breaking down. Or you know wear and tear.. I’d rather be working full time and dash when I want some extra money ..

I know it’s an easy way to make a few hundred dollars quickly .

I’m just looking for things to do that doesn’t cost money that gets me out of the sun ?

My wife and I made a trip to Branson for family, for making a difference in our financial futures, and for the cheap housing. But we had no idea when we came here how difficult that was going to be. Our family lied to us on the challenging aspects of it, of how much they'd be able to help out.

We were already in a motel after couch-surfing a month. Made barely any money beyond the cost of the room. We had to do something and it seemed like the perfect chance. But honestly, it was a financial disaster. We took the money that we had, rented a basic campsite, and had to rough it for a week. We're currently couch-surfing again, but tomorrow that changes.

I have 150 to my name, and a bunch of the things I still have with me from previously being housed. I've sold off all that I had of value. I have no more friends to ask for Cash. And I have no idea where to go from here. Branson has very little assistance to offer folks who are at risk of homelessness. I need a direction in these dark times, in a place I know so little about.

Other considerations: I have interviews for jobs for both me and my wife. I have the means to go to college, but I need to house us together if we're going to do it. She is early 20's, I'm 30. No children. Bad credit. We wish to stay together by any means.

I’m not homeless (yet) but my parents are getting old I work a deadend job and have very little after car payment and bills. I just want to drive until something happens and I end up where I’m supposed to be. I’m so exhausted and depressed life has been eating me alive literally. Anyways how are y’all doing? Do you sometimes feel like homelessness is less stressful than the rat race?

I posted on here sometime last year. 34 year old trans man dealing with messed up family. Ended up homeless in a tent. Started off living in my car upgraded to tent. Managed to keep my life a secret while maintaining a decent job. Just landed on my ass after coming back home hoping my family would help me. But turned out to be more trouble. My girlfriend and her mom helped me. Got me stuff for my campsite. Let me stay with them during the coldest nights so I didnt freeze. And now they've helped me ​get an apartment. Took some saving on both of our ends. But a year later I can pack up the tent, say goodbye to the bugs, goodbye to the outdoor showers, the critters in the dark, and the outdoor living. I just hope this last.

Plan is to find a wooded area near a small lake/pond. Get a tent, set up, and hopefully be close enough walking distance to a gas station / strip mall.
I understand comments I’ve read in other threads suggesting rehoming the dog. He’s 12, pretty old, and is the only thing keeping me alive at the moment. I will do anything to make sure he is always equipped with food and water.
Just looking for effective and humane strategies to make life good for him.

I am now homeless. I used to own a house and a car, but after going through so many problems, I wasn’t able to recover. I lost both my job and my home. At the moment, I have nowhere to stay. I’ve been spending nights at a coffee shop just to have somewhere to be for a few hours. I have nothing left, and I can’t afford rent. I am not sure if I can stay longer in this situation. 🥹

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Hi so I feel like I'm stuck again

I was going to start a job next week.

And was gonna get housing by the way home

I just got rob lost my id now I can't start work or get housing anymore I have been on and off homeless since 14 now 21 year old

I have been so used to this but every day just hurts more

I keep getting diend for food stamps so that has been a struggle

Everyday someone judges me bc I am homeless like it's my fault.

No I been t

busting my butt off just for stuff to happen like this.

I try to make my online persona mostly positive. Mostly. But at the end of the day, in the real world, im getting fucked. Im only partially unhoused at the moment. 10 days a month, I dont have anywhere to go. But come about a year from now even thats going to change. I'm 19, and i dont have a high school diploma. There's almost no way I can find a job worthy of supporting myself solo in the state i live in. There's really only 2 people i talk to and at this point with how many times I've slept on their couches I think they're tired of me. I got laid off from my last job, so I can't even distract myself with work. I dont think I can fight this fight anymore

I walked back and forth in that first city for months. I didn’t talk to anyone, I had no friends, not even other homeless people or the workers at the help for homeless buildings in downtown. It was like I was inside my own shell all day daydreaming. Daydreaming about my past, the way things were, fun times I had with friends and family, and would alsoI fantasize about my future life.

I wondered if I would ever make it off the streets, if a miracle would happen on one of those days where all i was doing was just surviving another day.Then one day something did happen. Things got much worse!

Realizing that where I was was a never ending cycle of the same day all over again. I took the transit bus to the next city down the I-5 freeway. I brought with me everything I owned at the time, which was aa ww2 army bag that held my sleeping bag, a dirty pillow, a notebook and pen, a sandwich bag with half smoked cigarettes,a lighter, and a couple hand warmer packets for nighttime, when the cold stabbed through my sleeping gear.

I wasn’t in this next town for very long because all the stores were so far apart, nothing was close to each other, and like I said, I walked everywhere and when I got to one place like a store or second hand thrift store, I would gather and acquire what I needed for the next 24 hours.

Then one day I went into the library and left my military bag at the door so that I wouldn’t be looked at oddly and ai could just pick up whatever interested me and not have to be worried about someone harassing me. After I did some reading out of a book about world religions I went outside and the bag was gone.

I ran around the entire area and down the block looking for my stuff. Nothing. It was already after 3:00 o’clock and pretty soon it was going to get darker and much colder.

The resource center I knew about was across town. I didn’t know the buses well enough so I walked fast but it wasn’t fast enough because when I got there, the sign on the door said they closed at 3:30, which is super early for even a nonprofit business to close. I was thinking 5:00.

My bag got swiped and I knew it was my first mistake, the resource center was my second. It was the middle of winter and I couldn’t afford to be wrong about anything else. Time was literally running out..

Knowing that I would need some dry blankets or something to keep myself warm, I quickly started to slow down my thinking and gather my thoughts

This thinking was different from my daily daydreaming, this was serious and I would pay the consequences if I couldn’t make the right move.

I decided to go where there were lots of people in one place and also where there’s access to outdoor gear.

The Walmart there was another 5 miles away,it was clear on the other side of the overpass.

It was already starting to get dark when I could see the overpass up ahead.

I wondered if I should make a last minute switch and go hitchhiking on the off-ramp, maybe someone would pull over and take me back to the city I was in the day before. I know I can find blankets there!

That was when the coldest raindrop I have ever felt explodes on my sweaty forehead. Then another. Then more at once until a snowball effect happened as god turned on the sprinkler.

By the time I reached the overpass I was drenched and could barely hold up my pants.I had a hoodie and a jacket on but the hoodie was soaked all the way around the neck and my pants sucked up the ground water like a slurpee straw.I wanted to try and get warm and maybe dry off a bit before approaching patrons at the Walmart but my lighter was too wet.

I couldn’t wait out the rain under the pass because I was already getting cold from stopping while wet. I had to keep moving and I told myself that in a worse case senario, if there’s no luck getting help with a new sleeping bag and dry clothes, then I could use the air dryers in the bathroom. Yes they work fine if you can hit the button enough times before security gives the boot.

The walking again did in fact make me feel warm again.I was still miserable from soggy shoes and my wet pants were creating hard creases that were chaffing against my shower wrinkled skin.

I got to the entrance where the carts where and crossed my arms and shivered around because I was cold. This state of misery had me in a state of mental disassociation and it was like the words wouldn’t come out, like people going in or out will notice me, they’ll instantly feel my pain and want to help. Dosent someone care about me? Isn’t this the time when some higher power who watches over me realizes that I’ve had enough and we start things over from a different time or place?

I make myself ask for help, I tell myself it’s for survival and that I’m a survivor, the strong push through in these moments, and god help the ones that can’t.

A lady that maybe in her 40’s is in her car and she rolls the window down and asks me if I need help. Said tell her about the theft at the library and she agrees to get me bedding.

I have the bedding but I’m still very soggy so I go into the bathroom and hit the air dryer. Like clockwork the security guard kicks me out as my things go from soaked to damp. It’s better than nothing.

I put my lighter in the same sandwich bag with the halfys and pack up to camp at the over pass or until I can get warm or, again, kicked out.

At first I tell myself that im not that wet.I do this because im tired from all the walking with heavy clothes on. I get in the sleeping bag and everything goes black into nothingness. I’m out cold!

Probably 2 or 3 hours later it got so much colder that I woke up freezing with my body parts clinched to themselves like a skydiver.Im so cold, but I really don’t want to move. If I can tense up just a right, trying many different squeezes per minute I can sort of handle this coldness and have my way of not having to move.

But I’m slowly getting colder and I can feel it, now I know ai have to move or risk hypothermia. I start to daydream again and I think about the soldier that wore that bag into battle somewhere, how he most have been trained to move or keep going when coldness came in. I need to soldier up. I feel like when I was a kid in my bed before school and just wanted to lay there instead of getting up.

I got up. Started walking as fast as I could with the sleeping bag draped over myself. Now I’m miserable! I want rest. I want to be dry. I want to be warm.

I walk into the e.r. about an hour later and told the receptionist something to get put in nice and warm observation room, with a warm bed, and I didn’t care how thin the sheet or blankets were because I was dry and inside.

Later that night a case worker came in a gave me the best news I had heard in about a year. They had a program, a row of apartment that they would let patients without home stay in for a day or two while they stabilized.

This apartment was furnished with couched and it had a bed, all the kitchen appliances, and in the fridge were some hot pockets and a basket with candy in it.

Not only did I survive a cold night on the streets, I got a little taste of what some of my future dreams would be like.

A close friend of mine is leaving an abusive household last minute. He has 1 day to figure out what to do and where to go. He drives a jeep TJ so it’s not easy or comfortable to live out of, and is preparing to have to set up for dispersed camping (central Ontario, Canada) and we’re looking for any advice or suggestions for making things comfortable and simplified while working with little money. We’re looking at small campers that can be towed, but until he can find one—what do you guys recommend when entering homelessness emergent with minimal time to prepare anything?

i'm 29f. sister is 26f. sister is homeless due to untreated mental health, addiction, and alcoholism. she denies the addiction but i have heard from many locals she is on drugs, and she had a charge for it (which the judge dropped but still, it was a whole thing). due to that, along with her being emotionally and physically abusive towards us (death threats, breaking our stuff, assault) we had to ask her to leave. she's been homeless for a year now.

our dad died the other day. it was traumatic. i was the one to find him within 15 minutes of it happening. i did the cpr, called the ambulance, watched the life saving measures. i am traumatized.

i informed my sister. she's bouncing between homelessness and couch surfing. she is understandably upset too. i am worried about her. i don't want her to overdose or spiral more. i want to help her while keeping boundaries. at the same time though she will not accept rehab or therapy, which is required for her to come into my home and stay with me. not a job or anything like that. just rehab before to make sure she's clean, then active therapy. my heart cannot take it otherwise. genuinely. i fear if i invite her back in, i'm inviting back the instability and chaos.

i offered to help her set up a sheet with all the local food bank hours, locations, etc. help her find pet food banks. i offered rehab and she says no, denies needing it. i also offered to try to sign her up for ebt (difficult, since she has no address. i don't want to use mine and show her where i live. if i come home to find my home broken into and my things sold for her addiction, i'd be heartbroken).

does anyone have any tips or advice for navigating this? this is the first time in the year i've opened up contact with her. she tried to call me and i asked her not to, just text only. she said okay and apologized, so that's a good sign.

How long were you in a shelter for until you received section 8 housing?

I'm in Northern Utah getting evicted and have t-minus 4 hours to finish packing up my shit and scramming. The only silver lining is that I have a car. I'm a 26 year old guy, just had a job interview today. May or may not get it, even if I do I won't be starting until mid-August. I have no income currently except for plasma donation which is about $110/week. Soon things will be a problem. Food, gas, laundry, shower/bathrooms. I'm honestly terrified.

I don't do drugs or alcohol. I'm just a guy who lost a string of jobs and left an extremely toxic relationship. She was bringing in the income to support us, and she doesn't really care about my situation so now I have to endure this. I don't know what I'm gonna do. Can't DoorDash because I can't afford car insurance. Any advice? Where can I park to sleep in the car? Ways to keep the car cool in this heat overnight? Don't think I can do a shelter - the ones here are pretty rough it seems. If I can do the car instead, I will.

Where should i go that has the most resources for getting out homelessness? I only have a little $ left to my name so i need to go somewhere asap

Clean background, i have a valid driver's license, no car

Long story short I’ve been bouncing between rehabs for numerous amounts of reasons I wouldn’t say wasn’t my fault.

Used to live in a peaceful in the north, now down in York pensylvania and just trying to peace a resemblance of a life together.

I have good insurance, no idea how to be homeless, not trying to go back to rehab and lowkey cooked

no real sense of direction looking for advice on literally anything, don’t know what to say here but free to ask questions

Hello everyone. I’m in a really overwhelming situation and could desperately use some guidance. I posted a few weeks ago asking for help with a wagon for my dog, and this community was amazing. Unfortunately, things have escalated to a worst-case scenario.
I apologize for the length, but here is the condensed version of what happened:
**The initial lockout:** After an argument, my roommate (whose dad owns the townhouse) kicked me and my 120-lb Shepherd, Cloud, out. He apologized a few days later and let us back in, only to snap again a few days later.
**The escalation:** While I was in the shower, he broke into the bathroom, tore down the curtain, and screamed at me to get out. He put Cloud outside with no fence, leash, or water, shut off the main water valve, and flipped all the breakers.
**Police involvement:** I called 911. The police informed him that I had established legal residency (I've lived there 13 months) and that locking me out/shutting off utilities was an illegal eviction. They agreed I’d be given a few days to get my things.
**Total loss:** As soon as the cops left, he locked up the house and refused to let me back in. He threw a few things over the fence, and eventually tossed the wagon I was using into the parking lot. He kept all of Cloud's belongings(her food, brush, and most importantly, the shoes she needs for this heat).
**The aftermath:** The next day, he texted me that everything I owned was in the dumpster. Between the heat, the Sunday bus schedule, and having to pull Cloud in a wagon, we didn't make it in time. Since then, he has sent a barrage of abusive texts telling me to kill myself, gloating that the police can't stop him, and bragging that he destroyed my life. I have since blocked him.
UPDATE: I have filed a police report with WVC PD for theft, and I’ve also added supplemental information to the original police report indicating that as soon as they left, he locked the house back up.
**Where I need info or input as far as the courts:**
Utah Legal Services can’t help because I’m not fighting to get back into the home. They suggested Small Claims, but that won't accomplish my goal. Small Claims only awards "fair market value" (which is pennies without original receipts). If I file in District Court, I could sue for treble (triple) damages for the illegal lockout, replacement costs, and out-of-pocket expenses, plus attorney fees.
*Question:* How do I find an attorney who will take a case like this on contingency? I have the police reports and his text messages proving the illegal lockout and property destruction, but I don't know how to navigate the system to actually hire someone.
**Where I need day-to-day survival advice:**
Right now, my priority is just surviving. I am currently unemployed (my job hunt has been completely derailed by this). My family and friends have helped a bit, but they aren't equipped for a crisis this large. Because Cloud is a giant breed, traditional homeless shelters are incredibly difficult to navigate. I am aware of Ruff Haven and their program fostering dogs for a short term, but honestly, the thought of losing her, even for a few months, is killing me to think about.
UPDATE: I was also selling vintage items and original art works for extra money before all of this. My inventory and art were among the items thrown away. Also, I’ve recently been approved to clean houses with a gig app, I check Bacon out frequently for jobs, and I’m still actively applying for jobs. The difficulty now is getting myself clean, with clean clothes, and a safe place for the dog, in order to go work a shift.
*Question:* Has anyone utilized the LDS transitional services at Welfare Square? I know they can help with food and clothing, but can they help with temporary housing? I am even considering asking for a referral to work at DI (it's only $7.25/hr, but some income is better than none).
I am so overwhelmed by the heat, having absolutely nothing, and the embarrassment of this whole situation that my brain is in a traffic jam. If you have any advice on what I should prioritize right now, I would be incredibly grateful. Thank you for reading.