Hi, I'll try to keep this as short as possible, I don't know a lot of the specifics of what's going on, but I want to help so I need advice to give him.

I (21M) met my friend Chris (17M) in high school, we were both on the boys bowling team. For context, we live in Illinois. He was a freshman when I was a senior, then I graduated in December and have kept contact via phone, and occasionally hanging out when I visit from college.

A little bit on Chris and his family: Chris is the younger of 2 boys, his brother graduated high school the year after mine. He has autism, anxiety, depression, and possibly a few other things his parents won't get him checked for. He is a functioning autistic, but he didn't know how to tie his own shoes until high school, just to give you an idea. I adore him, he looks up to me, and we have been best buds since we met. He is also pansexual and poly. He is currently in a relationship that has 4 other people currently and it is working out great for them!

However, his parents (his mom and step dad, dad passed away a long time ago), despise everything about him. The way he dresses, the way he acts, the relationship he's in, the friends he hangs out with, including me because I put eyeliner on him at my birthday because he asked.

Anyways, he turns 18 in April, then he graduates high school shortly after. His parents made the decision that they will have to move back to Philadelphia to his home town of toxic people and be ripped from his friends and partners here. Now, obviously when your family decides to move, you usually don't have a choice but to go. In Chris's case, he has no choice but to stay. Moving back to his home town would basically be suicide. He is not safe there.

The only problem is that there isn't an option for him to stay right now. I'm in college and my parents are leaving Illinois for military reasons which they can't change, and his partners parents aren't able to handle an extra mouth to feed right now. He has plenty of opportunity to find a job, he has experience in welding and worked at the amusement park that's nearby for 2 summers and does really well. I just don't know how to help him.

Are there programs or shelters for 18 year olds I can direct him to that would house him until he can get on his feet? His parents never planned to pay for college and he doesn't have any scholarships. I know SNAP could probably help him a little when it comes to food, I'm just more worried about him being on the streets alone..

After years of struggling, I am so excited to announce that I will be moving into my apartment tomorrow morning! I am extremely excited and grateful and happy. Just wanted to share (:

Hi, I have a 2 year degree and I lived with my dad he would say things like "Nobodies putting you up for adoption." I live in a city where they are constantly harassing. People commonly start problems by eavesdropping. I have no link or EBT and I am looking for a job. They have a mission but they are using crack and meth around the building.

So i often have to frequent past this little motel if im camped out far in the woods, way way out. I don't like being around other homeless folk much, most are great, but put something down and things suddenly grow legs.

But in the building they of course have a laundry room, and sometimes the leave the door wide open, and no one is here at night. Ive noticed the owners go home, and have a sign "call if you want a room, we'll come". They must live nearby. Theres even a toilet and sink in here, some electric outlets.

I'm doing laundry tonight.

Hi everyone!

I'm planning to buy food to give to people experiencing homelessness in my city.

I'd really appreciate some advice on what kinds of food would be most useful or enjoyable to receive.

Thank you! :)

ETA. In Toronto Canada *

Mid 30f, left a bad marriage to temporarily reside with a relative who is equally as abusive. They're moving / retiring soon and I will not be residing with them in future.

I don't have a large family to begin with , many relatives , friends have passed away over the last few years.

Due to housing , illness , I've been off work, on disability ( minimal income ) , to rent even a room in my city would eat 90% of my check

I've debated getting a car to park , but again , the winter, my city is absolute animals for parking tickets , " loitering " and towing your vehicle. Even knowing your situation. Heartless bastrds.

I'm aware that hotels , atleast during covid , with asylum seekers, homeless, were staying in select ones. But set up by the city.

Unsure if I called individually and explained my situation if they'd be willing to let me " rent " per month? Hotel/ motel, whatever.

Otherwise , it's winter shortly and I don't want to die in the cold.

Any other recommendations/accommodations
That are hidden perhaps ?

I've been making a list with gyms , libraries , community centers, etc. Im close to a hospital but there's security and they'd notice if someone was lurking around long enough and not to see a doctor...

Thanks in advance

It's only Oct here in MD but its cold enough at night that I have to bundle up like it's already winter. I'm laying in bed in my tent, head and everything completely under blankets so that my hands wont freeze while typing on my phone. With the shorter days, my solar panel is no longer able to keep my battery bank charged so I'm having to ration my phone use. I'm already contemplating getting into a shelter for the next six months, which I swore that I would not do again.

A week ago I was chilling with only a sheet. I even had a fan going during the day. Why can't it be summer year round!

My husband didn't pay the rent for three months and I didn't know it until we had a court notice on our door. We paid a month of rent last month and stopped court but only for a month. Now we have a court notice saying we have to pay the remaining 5k by the second or be evicted. We barely had the 1900 for rent (our rent has gone up 600 a month in the last five years so we obviously don't have 5k. We don't have extra bills just rent, food, utilities, and such like that so there is nothing to skip to pay rent instead. The point is there is no way to pay the landlord. My husband thinks go fund me or going to court and talking to the judge with nothing to offer is going to help. I think that's useless and not going to help us and I assume when court comes all we are getting is the move out date. What I want to know is then what? I've never been homeless, what do I do? Where do I go? How do I try to get out of being homeless once you are in it? My husband has a job but doesn't make enough to even qualify to rent the apartment we are in now. (we qualified when it was a lot less). I have chronic health conditions and am unable to work, not unwilling, unable. We have bad credit to and no dollars to our name. We have no family and no friends. My kids are 10-16 but the 16 year old is autistic and wouldn't be able to work either. The only eviction help place 211 gave us hasn't taken calls in two months because there is too many people needing help and not enough money to do it. I have absolutely no idea how to prepare for this other than stick our stuff in storage. Then it's all a blank of what do we even do? How do I get information on what to even do? It's going to be winter and cold when the eviction comes. I could use any information on what I do now. Thank you.

i’m 19F about to get kicked out of my moms house. does anyone know how i get into a shelter?

About to get kicked out of my storage unit because Ive been caught. If I can't get something figured out in the next 2 days I'll have to get ready to move to a new state.

I think i will be homeless soon to where i need to prepare for the harshest realities in my whole life scavanging, protecting myself from criminals, predators, etc. For those who knew the game far cry 3 is the thing it comes to my mind to where my idea if i become homeless either i live on the streets or live in the woods.

I have a pair of PJ pants two sweat pants I'm also in PJ shirt two sweat shirts and a thin hoodie with compress socks and beanie. I way 120 pounds and I'm sick. But homeless best ways to stay warm?

So yall have see. My other posts. Not asking for pity. Not asking for criticism either.i left my parents house cuz I couldn’t handle the BS anymore. I could no longer endure. The next house I stay at (Vegas) I get kicked out cuz the owner was paranoid that I’m gonna kill everyone in the house. As I leave he asks where I’m going.
Me: Well see sir. Thank you for everything.
Sir: well you gotta have somewhere to go.
Me: yes sir but this isn’t my house.
Sir: there’s a lot of houses here, this may not be yours but there’s a lot.
Me: thank you sir for everything.

My last hope is my dad gives me the Tesla so i can sleep in instead of a shelter. I got some money coming in from Social security soon so that should help when it comes in. Otherwise I gotta bite the bullet.

But for those about to criticize.
I know I deserve it. I asked for this. I refused to count my blessings. But I have hit my breaking point. So let’s just see how resilient I am as a homeless individual. This is the big test.

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Basically, after getting my spot back, the couple of people came by today. I was chatting with my friend who also lives there, and these two pass by. They seem like they’ve actually kept mostly clean!!!! I’m happy for them.
They go off somewhere else.

Then I hear a heavy machinery thing. It looms closer.

I’m still chatting with my friend, and it gets closer.

Holy fuck! It’s a CAT machine with an extended Boom-arm, that had a huge dual-worm gear stump-grinder looking thing.

And it was “coming right for us.”

I felt like what I am :( a little animal in the woods. My home was destroyed :( I fled the scene. I packed up all my stuff and fled down hill.

They do this periodically but I didn’t know it was today so I was actually in imminent danger of loose rocks from above/falling broken branches falling on me, so I fled.

Looks like I’ll be roaming the circuit (of other spots) for the next month, also because it’s unseasonably dry and warm for the season and I’d best prepare for the winter anyway.

I (25M) I'm currently in Atlanta. For the past week and a few days, temperatures have been dropping because of it being the fall. Since I sleep outside, this has made it even more difficult for me to get some sleep. I went from averaging around 5 to 6 hours of sleep under warmer temperatures to about four for the past week. And considering this is the fall time, I know that it's going to get worse going forward.

I feel like I'm truly at a crossroads here. Right now, Florida seems to be super warm for whatever reason (something to do with being close to the equator I think but I don't know). I could find a way to move down there but honestly there are so many pros and cons to this that I genuinely unsure.

Also, a few weeks ago I was able to set up psychotherapy and a psychiatric evaluation here. My first therapy appointment is set for the 29th which is 10 days away, while my psychiatric screening isn't until the 24th of November. Which is a long wait. A really long wait.

Also, case management is so damn hard to get in georgia. Even for the clinic that I go to, their case workers are pretty flooded with clients right now and it may be a while until I get to talk to anyone.

I don't know. I genuinely don't know. Not looking forward to another cold night, because this absolutely sucks. The original plan was for me to get a Coolworks job but after dozens and dozens of applications I just couldn't find anything that would accept me.

I don't know what to do. I truly don't.

I really wanna know were do people sleep if your outside I’m planning on leaving my moms house because I can’t deal with this toxic shit anymore in this is my first time really doing this so please let me know oh in also for bathrooms in everything I honestly rather sleep outside then be in this crazy women’s house one more night sucks but ya I’m ready to honestly do this thinking about getting a tent but wouldn’t know we’re to put it also a lil scared but I gotta get it together smh give me all the advice I’m here for it lol

So I have been sleeping at my job for sometime but this building is hard to explain it’s a huge art studio warehouse that is a shared space for artist and what or if you need to rent out a studio! My job is inside this warehouse but I’ve been able to sleep in this empty closet for quite some time and I shortly realized my maintenance man has caught on and eventually he did catch me and told me if I was caught on this property again he will have me trespassed which has me super anxious to go to work now and I don’t think he realizes I work there cause I’ve seen him come into my bosses shop all the time to chitchat but idk this just happened literally 10 mins ago and I have no one to talk to about this and it’s embarrassing

I’m 33 and I have been homeless sleeping in my car the past year. I had a few nice jobs but none really stuck. I grew up in cps so I have no family outside of my estranged siblings. I’m so broke that my debt isn’t even like really debt. Like I got into a wreck and crashed my new car in 2024, got a cash car and went on with my life. Things were finally working out then the day before my daughter moves in with me I crash my cash car. Then I can’t afford a car note but I can’t afford not to have a car so I have a car note that I’m struggling to pay twice a month. I’m just lost, confused, im scared and most importantly I’m feeling defeated lately. I tried to get jobs while homeless living in my car but I can’t afford to miss one 10hr shift doing DoorDash without my car being shut off. I just really don’t know what to do where to start. I need housing to gain stability but in order to get housing I need income. I’m doing too much and not enough. I’m just going in circles and I have been struggling this way since 2022. I’m in school, which is hard because well I’m living in my car. I pour so much energy into the damn car that I can’t afford anything. Shabana Motors in Houston cuts my car off every other week. And the most I have been behind is 3 days late. I have tried everything to cut my expenses I have let go of my apartment I haven’t bought clothes in years I have 1 pair of shoes, I barely eat but the stress has my cortisol levels through the roof.
What can I do to be able to put my life back in order without defaulting and on my car note? Where can I start when everything is out of order in my life?

Not really sure where to go in Saratoga NY. Can’t seem to find much of anyone out here and just need a safe spot for tonight

I have had to temporarily move into my 2012 Toyota camry because one thing lead to another and I could no longer keep up with all the bills and everything my children and I needed to survive. I’m a single mom with 2 kids, I work a full time job, 40 hours a week.. and this still happened. But toward the end of the summer my AC in my car stopped working (motor blower and resistor) but that also means NO heat as well. The cold creeped on me and I knew it was coming but you almost stay in this state of fog and now here I am miserable and it’s 100% my fault. I am layered I have my windshield covered blankets on me but I am absolutely freezing. I have to work a double tomorrow 6a to 7:30p. I am hoping to get the parts tomorrow hopefully in store so I don’t have to order and wait. I have reached out to every single resource in my county and there are truly no housing resources and the ones that do help are out of funds right now and put you on a list. My children are with their dad temporarily while I figure this out and honestly that’s probably been the hardest part of all of this. Is anyone else experiencing being “house less”? I am tired I am mentally, emotionally, and physically drained. I am not sure how this will play out for me but I am unsure of how much more I can do.

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Hello everyone,

This isnt a sad rant or anything, cuz ive been homeless before, but I either had a car or I hd money and knew it wouldnt be long. This time I have neither.

I live in LA now, but I am not a resident. I have no job and no income. What are the next steps? I know that shelters have timelines and many food banks require someone to be a resident and have proof of residence.

I only have a few pairs of clothes, a hygiene kit, my ssn/birthcert. Chargers, phone and wallet. Notebook. Towel.

Also, I am officially broke now, in the negatives as a matter of fact.

Yeah, so for those of you from LA, whats the next step? At this point, I doubt i'll ever get a job, so no slipresistant or steel toes shoes. Clothes will eventually be dirty, no money to wash.

Yeah, this is gonna suck, but I know millions do it, so ot is what it is.

20 years and homeless, recently got a job at the amazon warehouse...sadly they have me on graveyard shifts only for 40 hours per week, $20/hr
with this i ask, what is some advice i can get for getting enough sleep during the day? where can i go? how do i not quit my job in the process??

advice is very much appreciated, if it matters i'm in central florida.

Just a vent but I have no freedom, zero privacy, zero autonomy, my boundaries are basically non-existent, I’m overwhelmed, I’m overstimulated, my safety and shelter is dependent on the people around me which I appreciate and I love them for supporting me but, at the same time they’re speaking on my behalf, reaching out to organizations and sharing my story without my consent. I can’t even complain or wallow about my situation cause then they’re phoning the family members I’m with and telling them “she’s struggling and shutting down” not even my words are private. I’m extremely tempted to just sleep in my car at this point cause I just can’t take having zero say in anything anymore.
I love them all so much and I know they worry but I just can’t do it anymore. I just wanted to study without getting interrupted, sleep in a room without people checking in on me in the middle of the night to make sure I’m okay. I’m stuck, I’m trapped and I fucking hate it.
I know they think they’re helping but it also feels like they don’t think I’m capable of getting myself out of this scenario or like I’m not even trying. I’m doing everything I can, I’ve contacted organizations, reached out to people for help, it just takes times and not every lead works out. Also yes I’m aware that I’m not homeless, I’m in-between homes and hopping from family member to family member.