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17. A lot of homeless people don't realize they are homeless

Reply to yardwork (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 04:43 AM

Dec 2019

Until I started volunteering, I didn't realize that I had spent several years of my childhood and several more in my twenties homeless. Couch surfing, extended hotel stays paid daily, staying without tenancy with relatives or friends: these are all examples of homelessness.

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How many of us have a loved one who is or could be homeless? [View all] yardwork Dec 2019 OP

For any DU'er who checked "I am at risk"... lapucelle Dec 2019 #1

Yes! yardwork Dec 2019 #2

I voted "have been at risk" although I was actually homeless for a stretch... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #3

I can not necessarily call the person a loved one Doreen Dec 2019 #4

That's all I have going on 2naSalit Dec 2019 #7

I have a brother who was living in his car for several months TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #5

I chose other JonLP24 Dec 2019 #6

At my worst I am unemployable and impossible to live with. hunter Dec 2019 #8

As long as I'm around, none of my loved ones could end up homeless because they could always pnwmom Dec 2019 #9

My family and friends are always welcome here too...we have housed homeless teens more than once... Demsrule86 Dec 2019 #10

My sister Polybius Dec 2019 #11

Caring for yourself is essential. yardwork Dec 2019 #14

Every now and then she finds a landlord who doesn't perform a background check Polybius Dec 2019 #16

I have a loved one living with me for a year plus now mahina Dec 2019 #12

Thank you for all the replies, and blessings to all. yardwork Dec 2019 #13

Got a drug addled crazy sister ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #15

A lot of homeless people don't realize they are homeless Recursion Dec 2019 #17