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- 게시일 2018. 09. 05.
- There is a shortage of affordable housing in every state in the country, but it's especially bad in California - where there's only one affordable housing unit for every five extremely low income households.
The gap is not only pushing more and more people out onto the streets-it's also creating a new, fast-growing, and hidden class of homelessness: People who in the past would have been able to afford a room or apartment but now live in their cars by necessity.
Danielle Williams is one of them. She’s a single working mother who has been living in her van with her daughter for five years. At first, it meant sleeping in dark, scarcely populated areas, and being hassled by the police. But thanks to a program called Safe Parking - a network of parking lots equipped with porta-potties and lot monitors - she can now stay in her car overnight without worrying about her safety.
VICE News traveled to California to see how the new program is helping people like Danielle live a little more comfortably, and met with a government official who’s frustrated there aren’t longer term solutions to help the roughly 16,000 people in Los Angeles who now sleep in their cars.
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People who in the past would have been able to afford a room or apartment but now live in their cars by necessity.
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Why live there ?? If you can't afford it
Vice! I think you should Come tog sweden. Make a documentary about The swedish homelessness , addicts and The asylum People that our country takes in. There are getting worst here.
Sweden- Stockholm
Why live there? Usually lots of service type jobs attract people that in turn cant live anywhere near the job...
it's kinda of economics balancing game... remember, in silicon valley theres high paid workers, and they can't afford the bay area either.
In Miami people can rent efficencies for 550 a month, and even day laborers are able to rent them and at least have a place to stay. These efficiencies include power and water so all they have to do is pay the 550 a month to the home owner. (Miami is full of efficiencies, these are rooms converted to illegal rental apartments) The county turns a blind eye to it because they dont want to have the same shit that happens in California.
Hmmm. Two phones, dogs , $900 in eat out. Looks like someone making poor financial choices. How about one phone, zero dogs, camping stove and/or hot plate. Also could go to an older vehicle for a smaller monthly payment . Look at that mlb pitcher that was living in an old vw van
How you gonna spend 225 on a phone bill but still need wifi? I pay 50 bucks a month and get unlimited everything
@@stephe4721 bruh.........................................
why dont that woman just camp in a KFC parking lot or a all u can eat restaurant side note dont let anybody manage your money that has less than u do
NANI?! I pay 100$ a month for my phone bill....
I pay only 30 Ringgit equal to 7.16 for unlimited internet... Btw im from malaysia
Wtf what carriers do y’all have
I've lived in my car for 9months and it was hard...didn't let friends, family or coworkers know..but I had to do it so that my kids and their mom could have a place to live and money to get by..hardest part was finding places for shower and balancing each night between staying in a quiet dark place to be unseen...but at risk of crime or staying in a well lit busy area but then probably being harassed by cops..finally made it out..but my heart goes out to anyone who has to do this and then pretend to live a normal life
Went through the same thing as a child with my mother and siblings in our Ford Expedition...waking up tired and aching from trying to sleep sitting up early early in the morning before the park goers or joggers got up still dark and cold out to take a shower in the park bathroom with ice cold water then get dressed brush teeth before me and my sister were dropped off at our elementary school...we'd always go to the park or parked in a dark spot by the park when it was time to sleep...mom falling asleep to her little antenna radio...cover all the windows up so noone could look in...that was years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday💭...had to make do with the hand I was dealt..it wasn't easy..but I thank god for helping me see that light at the end of that long dark tunnel and ending up in a better place than where I started...❤️🩹🙏🏻🎭✝️
How I live a $1500 in California: A room in a shared house 800$, a cheap crap car with insurance $100, prepaid ATT 8G $30, food from grocery $500, I ate steaks and organic vege everyday.
Does switching to prepaid cellphone means you can't keep your old phone number?
@@dorissungirl you can keep your old number, I switch phone plans every year or two to take advantages from different companies each time porting my own phone number, I currently pay $15 a month on mint for 3g data, unlimited talk and text. When I switched to mint I got 3 month free, saved me $45, it was their Black Friday deal last November r
How much were you making monthly though?
@@jackieliu1232 its 4gb now for mint mobile honestly mint mobile is the best cellular company PERIOD !
Even $800 in rent is too much for me with what I was making when I was getting regular hours at my job.
Back when I was a kid I remember people looking down on those who lived in hotel rooms. Cant believe its now this bad.
People still look down on people who live in motels (rarely a hotel). I dont look down on them.... i have empathy, but ya... people still look down on it and judge.
$225 for 2 phones.... boost has plans for $40 a month.. come on 🤦🏼♀️
you are so right..
I agree with you. I pay $114 for 4 phones. I don’t understand how some people don’t want to find better solutions in some cases if you need to save money.
And $900 a month for food? Nonsense. She doesn't have to eat at restaurants and she can get wifi at the library or get a hotspot. She can afford rent somewhere.
@Da Royal General cricket sucks shit lol..i have metro pcs..i pay 86dls for family plan for me n my son we get unlimited everything love it.
You can get a family plan 5 lines for 225....t mobile .
California is insanely expensive. I was homeless for 2 years when I got out of the Army. I worked at Google for a while and some of the Google employees would sleep in vans and mobile homes in order to save money up for a house or to pay off debts. Paying rent is basically like flushing money down a toilet. It doesn’t make sense. If you’re homeless or ever have been, my heart goes out to you. I know how you feel.
You still in cali?
The Product Reviewer , yes I am. My family has mostly moved down South to Georgia. Southern states are a bit cheaper. The jobs pay well out on the west coast. But I plan on moving to Texas when my time to retire comes. Where are you located?
Elyse George There’s no work in Nevada unless you want to work in the Casino industry. Hell I hear prostitution is legal in some Nevada counties. Maybe I could become a pimp.
Anyways, home is home and sometimes it gets expensive and you try to hold out and make things work for you. It wasn’t always expensive. Back in 2010 I had an apartment for 900 a month. Now it’s more than twice that for an apartment.
It depends where you move in cali. I have family in littlerock california right next to palmdale and they pay $700 for rent for a 2 bed house.
Don’t need to spend 370 on a car lease. You can save money and get a car for 1,000 dollars. Do you really need to have a bill of 225? All you need it’s a basic phone not a smart phone. 117 for storage? 900 on food? You can buy groceries and cook yourself rice and chicken it’s not expensive. All she needs it’s to manage her family better and dogs, if your struggle as a homeless do you really need to have dogs....wow
I feel sorry for her daughter, she gets to sleep in the front seat when the mother is lying in a "bed". I also feel sorry for the dogs / dog, it just shook when she would take it out, I wonder if it really gets the exercise and care that a dog needs, it should not have to live in a cage.
the truth is, both her daughter and the dogs should've been taken away from her
@@jheric0ol true 👍
America takes care of illegals. Very sad! I would never give my dogs away!
She reminds me exactly of my mom. It’s honestly depressing knowing how badly she ruined my life
@@ratherbfishing455 you are a joke
we need big money/companies to not be able to buy single-family homes. Honestly, there should be regulation over this, its just disgusting. Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest.
I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks.
I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.
@@bjoe631 That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like *Mr Gary Mason Brooks* my coach, you may have come across him on interviews relating to bitcoin and stocks. He trades, manage trading account and offer mentorship program for clients who wish to become professional investors.
@@BeverlyTalley You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?
Wow I can't believe you guys are discussing about Gary Mason Brooks , I once met him at a conference in California 2019, just before the pandemic. I can testify that he’s very good in trading..Highly recommended.
I worked for Delta as a supervisor, and was homeless in my car--- secretly slept in my car for a while in their parking lot... it happens... it can happen to any of us! praying for a great outcome for everyone out there
So scary :( sorry you went through that
@@kitteekittee4010 xoxoox it ws Def an eye opener for sure xo
Did you sleep in your car to save money or bcuz you couldnt afford a place?
Yes this comment 💯...people think a person on drugs or an acholic if they are homeless not true! I worked my ass off on 2 jobs to catch up my rent to keep from being homeless!!
@@86faST13 hi! I couldn't afford a place to be honest...when I did standby for a seat to travel... Sometimes I was in first class.. Broke... And would take a flight just to eat the meal lol. Since Delta does standby for their employees. Anywjo.. It was a great experience and I'm happy I went through it. Opens up my eyes about a lot of things
When I was homeless and lived in my car I switched to prepaid T-Mobile and I budgeted heavily on food and had planet fitness membership as well as went to a center for homeless to use for free foods showers laundry restroom and i went to food closets as well as turned to emergency shelters in winter and used public restrooms in hospitals (open 24hrs) and got Job with temp agency making $14/hr full time and $19/hr overtime and factory work has lots overtime so I always took it and eventually shifted to hotels as well as saved money and eventually found place to stay
Congrats! Glad you were able to work hard and find a place of your own
wow you are so awesome
Well it was all thanks to support from a local NPO as well as a winter sanctuary and other people who genuinely care that I was able to find work and hold down a steady job and even got a place to stay and I almost gave up a few times while homeless and was starting to lose hope but at that moment when I was about to succumb to my feelings of depression is when everything started to turn around it was like in that moment the universe said hey I got you and then here I am From April to now I been living with roommates as a house leader or rather a manager for the NPO and able to survive. The journey is hard and the struggle is very real my best advice to others don’t lose hope don’t give in to the negativity and no matter how long it takes good things come to those who wait as patience is a virtue. Being homeless in my hometown of Sacramento was rough and I overcame it but more than ever I kept going and kept my mind on one goal
@@ss4Vegeta95691 Your next goal should be to buy a house in Fair Oaks. If you can do that, you can do anything, baby Huffman!
I'm happy for you!👍
Damn. That's so sad. I feel their pain cuz I'm in the same boat with my cats. I work for a bank and even the wages on a single income is next to abysmal even making it to the next check. You slowly get used to living "within your means" but man. There's no love or assistance out there. Any you might be able to get can be lackluster too.
I did it for 8 months. The first couple of months are a living hell but once you figure it out its simple. Liberating actually
NO ONE will help you especially now as the social programs are overwhelmed with illegals
Stay strong - universe will return gratitude with your cats
Libraries have free wifi! She should have also been able to use the wifi at her school too since she's a student.
so true
Indeed and they should eat cheap things
sure thing.
If you have a car your not homeless your well on your way broke is not a joke
Poor dog. It’s locked up in that tiny cage the entire day everyday.
2 dogs
How do you know it's all damn day....
Maxine McFarlane The dog doesn’t enjoy its life there in that cage and in a very hot van. It’s common sense don’t be dumb. Probably the only time it gets to go out is when the owner walks them out to go potty. But for many hours it’s just there sitting in that cage. Instead of playing and running around. Don’t try to argue here you can see the truth in the vid. The owner is busy doing other things. Period........
Soy Sauce But really how do you know it’s kept in a cage all day she wouldn’t let a dog shit in her car and still gust keep it there also in the video we saw her take the dog out of the cage with a leash so please think before you act
Sage They don’t allow dogs inside colleges or public schools unless it’s a service animal. Dog day care would just waste more money. She doesn’t have a house nor fence, so the dog would spend the entire working day in the cage(she’s not going to let the dog run around and pee/poop where they sleep). I highly doubt she leaves her car running 24/7, that means no AC in a state that gets very hot during the summer. It’s animal abuse because she doesn’t have the funds to take care of a dog yet she loves the dog so much she can’t find a proper owner.
Her food budget alone is the cost of my rent
My rent costs less than that in London for one room. She does not know how to budget , cut costs and make the most of her money.
@@HENCHMARV and shes an accountant lol
HanchoPOW your rent is is $900 ? Where? Coachella or the salton sea? 😂😂😂😂
Mine too. Lol 😂
her food budget is what i spend for 4 months of food for me and my 2 cats.
I wish the interviewer would have asked her why she doesn’t move to another city other places 2k a month would be more than enough
Bless her for trying to make a stable place for her daughter and two dogs. Who are we to say what she pays for with her limited funds.
She’s working, her daughter is going to school. Take care.
They are gluttons with poor money management
Leasing a car for $370 a month and $225 for 2 phones, she isn't doing a good job budgeting
On the car payment, not really lol
@@Kakerate2 I financed a used car for only $10k, and pay $185/month for 4 years, she could've bought a used mini van, no need to go out and lease a new car
No wonder she lost her accounting job
@@fractalzoomgoggles XDDDDDDDDDD
1500 would have bought a reliable van
$900 on Food a Month!
Madness!
they have to be the richest homeless people i've ever seen!
The size is self explanatory. She has not woken up from the flaws in her "Accounting". Crazy spending.
She definitely looks well fed.
On fast food that must be nasty asf to eat the same thing almost everyday
My brother spends in food $840 a month he don’t cook at all he only eats out I told him he is out of his ass smh 🤦♂️ that’s crazy I spend $200 a month in groceries way less than $840
This story is really sad. I feel bad for the daughter who has to suffer because her mom doesn’t know how to manage her money properly 😕
Her daughter is 18 years old, she could be working too
you are so rude
Why not encourage the lady instead of judging her.
@@nameofaname8755 lol face the fact. She deffo doesn't know how to spend the money wisely lol
@Ryan Alex lol 😆
I’m not missing the point but I feel the need to point she absolutely does NOT need to spend $900 on food every month 🤦🏼♀️
Not only is the price of food in California at grocery stores and restaurants really hight right now but when you dont have a fridge or a kitchen you can not prepare your meals at "home". This makes one more reliant on eating out. Also shes feeding her and her daughter.
Agreed. Ridiculous. Canned goods keep. Peanut butter sandwiches are cheap and full of calories. You could buy a small butane stove to warm food. I am not saying they should never eat out, but come on.
Maybe her daughter could get a part-time job to help out. But 900.00 is an awful lot of money for food a month.
@@southerngirl2672
Sometimes it can be rather hard to get even a part-time job if the employer knows the person doesn’t have a living residence. It depends on area/region & employer which is why a lot of homeless people tend to rely on odd-jobs & freelance gigs rather than a stable employer.
Regardless, the average monthly food cost per month for *two* Californians is around $466-$532. Which is ≈$15.5 to ≈$17.75 a day
I understand that not having a kitchen makes only spending as much as the average person an implausibility. I don’t expect the two of them to be surviving on only $16 worth of food per day. But simply committing to limit themselves to spending ‘only’ $25 per day on food for the both of them would still spare them $150 every month because $25 ✖︎ 30 days = $750.
This would definitely be doable in California if they focus on buying inexpensive RTE foods & generic ingredients for simple meals that can easily be prepared in their car with cheap equipment.
If they’re close enough to dollar/discount stores, Walmart or other grocery stores that are good for low-income individuals then they could even afford 3 restaurant meals for *each* of them every single week on a budget of $25 per day/$750 per month.
If they ditched fast-casual and other sit-down restaurants entirely for the value menus of cheap fast food restaurants then they could have restaurant meals much more frequently in the week since those kinds meals are notably cheaper.
I think they’re overestimating how much food/nutrition or satiation they actually require to maintain healthfullness.
Also; taking advantage of where they can get free water _(places where you can fill up water bottles for free)_ and free food _(food pantries for unprepared food & soup kitchens + local organizations for cooked meals)_ would also ease things and make it so they have a fair amount of that $750 budget left over at the end of the month.
@@maenad1231 yes I do understand what you are speaking of. I guess I was not thinking it being California where the cost of living is so expensive. I live in Louisiana and things are just a tiny bit better. So yes I get it. Thanks for the info.
The right decision is to put school off, work two jobs, and move outta California. Then pursue school.
I mean if they spent two years trying to work they just delay their education. Either go to school for two years while struggling and then finding a good job or finding work for 2 years then go to school (+2 yrs)....so I think it’s best to continue school
Yeah I’m with mr c she needs to work and get out of LA and find a state that has cheap housing, that’s her only hope.
Why would you even stay in California?
I have two degrees and ended up disabled anyway. The solution is not that simple.
I came to say the same thing. They just aren’t making decisions very well. If she is making $2k net, that puts her well above a lot of people in the country. How are they washing? I could live in a car, if it had a shower and shitter. The real problem is that wages haven’t kept up with inflation, or even come close. The disparity between haves and have nots is growing exponentially. It’s not sustainable without some serious upheaval.
She is an accountant and she can't see the glaring flaws in her spending.
LOL. My ex-husband married a gold digger accountant and he became husband #5. She spends money on mansions and cabins by the lake...amazing how accountants can manage other people's money!
only proves just how fake her cert are. their staff will do their job for them, while they take credit. until they get busted and get fired
$225 for phones? Two lines with a lot of data and unlimited talk/text should be about $100. Also, the food budget could be reduced.
I spent 30 a month for service. She could too. Dial it down.
@@mikeparker6322 We don't know how expensive it is eating out in southern California.
I love dogs too but if I’m homeless you have to give them up until your situation stabilizes I’m sorry.
I disagree. But if they're in their cages all day?? Absolutely
You don’t know what you would do if you were in her situation but maybe one day life will give you a chance to find out.
Just the idea of thinking how my boss knew my situation sleeping in my car like this lady and he played with my salary and missed hours it’s crazy.. he’s a millionaire. A Jewish orthodox millionaire who owns tons of properties in Los Angeles.. idk what people’s hearts made out of?
I hope things will work out for her and I know how hard is to be homeless and still go to work every day. I’m proud of her 👍
Kanye was right
Well your boss is certainly a bastard, but him being a jewish orthodox doesn't have much to do with it: assholes are everywhere, and him being orthodox doesn't mean he's necessarily going to be a kinder human being than your usual guy, let's be honest.
900 dollars a month on food god damn surely there's cheaper alternatives
I think that not being able to cook means they have to constantly eat out.... that does get expensive....
a diet wouldn't hurt her either
They eat out at restraunts which is costly cheap means more fast food means more fat and obesity and medical bill
JewTube typical
$15 a day. try it.
For someone who is an accountant, their budget is really out of whack.
That's what I was just thinking too.
I agree who spend $900 a month on food and why stay in California one of the most expensive states in America move down south Alabama Mississippi or Atlanta and just start over apply on line set up interviews also apply for apartments online you can even sign a lease and fax it back ask your daughter to get a part time job to help
Cali is a shit show. They could sit pretty in Texas, Louisiana or Mississippi.
I know bc I have. Cheap af.
right on.
For someone who isn’t an account, their budget is really out of whack.
There is no way I would spend 900 on food, go to food banks, churches etc. Save your money for a travel trailer or some kind of roof.
She could Google "food banks near (her location)" when she uses wifi.
I was also a homeless back in 2005. I also worked as a Cab Driver. I also couldn`t meet months end,that`s why i was on street for ONLY 5 months, but let me tell you it was horrible. No money to save up for rent,no vehicle to sleep in. I`m 192 cm (6 feet 3 Inch) in height,and back then i had 130 Kg. In those 5 months i lost 30 kg of weight,that`s almost 62 Lbs.
Thank god in October of 2005 i found a Room in a large house in which Toilet,Bathroom , kitchen are shared, but i was lucky there were no Alcoholics,junkies and so on .
Now i wonder,do you in USA have these kind of housings where individuals have there rooms but share other commodities in a house or a flat??
sometimes. not really
So many people who think they know what’s best for these women. Mind ya business, this could be any of us in a heartbeat.
Most of the people judging don't have anything going for them either.
John Hey, he made a public post. no replies Mind your business.
@@noeytindol5529 what made you assume that?
John why are you so full of hate?
Noey Tindol Did you just judge the people judging??
Hidden? This was the very first thing I noticed when I got out to Cali, " THERE'S PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS UNDER THE BRIDGES?!?!"
Never have I seen so many homeless people in my life!
Yup, everyday I see this. When I used to live in Sacramento we had a huge tent city underneath an overpass. One time my friend and I were heading downtown so I could drop him off at his mom's restaurant and we saw these two homeless dudes fucking each other in the ass just on the side of the road. Hundreds of cars driving by, and these two are putting on quite the show. We thought it was hilarious, but the homeless problem here in California is horrible.
Whats funny is I know someone (who is very liberal) who lives in downtown San Jose who lives in a very expensive condo that they own, its really nice, and its right by the SAP Center. Anyway, they always talk about how we need to help the homeless, do this for them, start this program, this and that, yadda yadda. Yet at the same time they get angry and disgusted by the homeless people that hang out across the street at a 7/11 and talk about how they wish they would go somewhere else and stop bothering them. Typical behavior lol. As long as its not within eye sight or their back yard they don't care. Bunch of NIMBYs. Gotta love hypocritical California!
I live in Dallas, and I've seen similar things.
But this is in so called "good neighborhoods" in my old neighborhood homeless crackheads were a normal everyday thing. But in areas like where she lives, lol not close
11HeathAdams same thing I said
Wtf !!!!! That’s nasty !!!!!!
This isn’t really homelessness this is living in your car by choice, she could very change to a less expensive lifestyle and get into a cheap apartment (probably not in California though)
WHY IS SLEEPING IN YOUR CAR ILLEGAL! MAKES NO SENSE!
This is why I left California for Virginia. The best move I ever made. I left California after high school for college in Virginia. I came back to CA after completing college. I stayed in CA for 2 years and moved back to VA for good. I miss home but I’m staying in VA. I have immediately family in VA but I left my parents and good friends behind.
The weather in VA is terrible though.
@@wthomas7955 it’s not that bad. I been here since 2001 and the worst storm I’ve ever seen here was Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and there was no power for a week. Other than that, you get your normal thunderstorms in the summer and the winter is pretty mild and it rarely snows.
@@kalielwebb3774 The humidity is intolerable.
@@wthomas7955 I’ll take the humidity for three months than the forever high cost of living back home. Plus Florida humidity is much worse than Virginia.
@@kalielwebb3774 Oh, no question florida is far worse in the summer. However, the humidity in VA makes it uncomfortable in both the summer and winter. Too damn hot and too damn cold. The cost of living here is considered a "weather tax". Plenty of folks are willing to pay it.
$900 a month on food means $30 a day. Y'all telling me you can't get a loaf of bread and eat pb&j or something?
Do they look like they can skip a meal lmao?
Think they have a nerve problem.
She should get a portable camping stove and cook some cheaper food instead of eating out. Not that her income will get her a comfortable life either though. You get out of these holes by saving pennies, not dollars.
bruh they be eating at dennys like they have money lol
She lives in a car, where would she put her meals? Sure she could just get bread and something but there’s a crap ton of stuff in that car
225 for two phones? I pay 120 for 4 phones.
Locality?
I pay 180 for 5 phones unlimited everything and hotspot for all phones. T-Mobile baby! But people like flexing so they get Verizon smh
She has a lease its best for her to keep it so it keeps her credit good
Mike Bartley you livin on disability
Damn lady I pay 150for five lines
I live in Goleta, a small city near s
Santa Barbara and housing is very expensive. 1 bedroom houses start at $500,000. Apartments are very expensive too. I'm fortunate enough to live in a nice house here but seeing this level of suffering in my own city makes me want to do something to help.
$900 on eating out when you’re homeless is mind blowing. Libraries, McDonald’s, and Starbucks have free WiFi. There are non perishable items and semi perishable like pbj sandwiches. You could even get a mini fridge and a small generator. Free hot meals at food banks and churches.
They should change their lifestyle. They're homeless and still spends beyond their means.
i'm not sure it's their fault.
Seriously. We spend 600 a month on groceries for 2 adults and 4 children. We dont live in a fancy house but our trailer is 400 a month. You can get a cheap phone and you dont need TV.
@@ljubastajic4372 You are going to be in the booth right next to them eventually. smh.
Eddie Sloan , even then the mom her self said they mostly only eat out they have a lack of discipline for spending 🤦🏻♂️ & thats from someone whos only 18
Ashley Overcash four kids and no tv, maybe u should try living in a parking lot for awhile , just see what it is like u big. Mounts bithch
$900 for food?
That's where the problem is.
Thats about right hypothetically if you only eat fast food at about 6 dollars a meal 3x a day and multiply that by 30 days it roughly comes out to around that
Not even that. $117 on a storage unit? Sell whatever the hell is in there and get that money back. $225 on phones? Find a cheaper plan. My wife and I spend $89 a month with T-Mobile. That right there is $253 a month they could claw back.
@@titorocha8992 No one needs three $6 meals a day. You can live healthier eating one meal a day.
Well. . theyre both terribly overweight.
Lol
*Me and my s.o were homeless for about 6 months, the first month I was in a hostel alone my s/o was at his father's. (before me resigning from my job as a supervisor) I gave in to my depression and compromised my job by quitting after everything fell through the cracks.*
*After realizing my bi-polar depression controlled my life and every job I had (quit) I knew the system could work for me. But! at the same time I was claiming my fiance's income. They deducted every year we get 7 months of consistent income as long as I claim his. And we aren't over a certain tax bracket.*
*THIS BEING SAID.* Not everyone is broke back mountain sucking on a crack pipe. But a good majority know how to abuse the system and milk it for everything. It is sad.
*Some people grow from the experience some don't and continue to abuse and milk it*
If living without a roof over your head means you're abusing the system then the system is fucking broken.
Leasing or making car payments on a vehicle you live in is never a good idea your home could literally be repossessed
$900 in food is crazy. Think she could cut that way down. Eating in restaurants is way too expensive.
Buy a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter: $5.00 total. No cooking or refrigeration required. For variety, get some apples, a box of granola, a tin of sardines.
But if money's that tight, don't go to restaurants. And who pays $225 for two phones? That's crazy. I still have a flip, people laugh at it, I don't care (it's cheap).
If you've got to have a smart phone, you can find them MUCH cheaper than what they're paying, if you shop around. Pick up daily necessities at your local $1 store.
This is mainly just poor budgeting.
They fat yes scale back food but in California she couldn't afford a place still you can't rent for 1100$ there
@@youresostupid1 Not usually but I pay $170 a week for a single room in San Fran and no it's not nice.
@@ESLinsider ghetto part or a friend giving you a deal.
Need to increase income, then. Either a better job, or a second job. I know how that goes.
I lived in my Honda Civic for 6 months in Sacramento California. I was working on my masters, I had and have always had two jobs as a massage therapist, and was working as a part time artist. Its no joke out here people can be functioning members of society but stuck living in their car because of housing cost and cost of living your almost driven to live in your car no pun intended.
Homelessness is out of control here because there’s no regulation on the real estate markets. Chinese are buying up homes and leaving them vacant, flippers (flipping houses) forcing the real estate market to go sky high!! Also Californians recently voted down proposition 10 due to propaganda from the realtors and apartment associations in order to control these sky high rents! No regulation is causing all these problems!
Its really expensive here in Cali :(
Was renting a small room in someone's home ever an option at the time? I imagine paying for your own place would be a challenge for anyone but I've always had luck just finding a room for rent when money is tight.
Its called stop voting democrats, they will tax you to death.
If sleeping in a car for extended periods of time is the only option, I would strongly consider relocating to another state. Somewhere where rent is affordable. Their shelters and social services are grossly under funded.
2k $ , Sounds like a dream for budget.. I live on 950 atm in a 2 bed room apartment, 900 on food is mad overkill , I use like 250 on food a month :/
$900 in food / $225 for 2 phones is wild bruh & planet fitness is $10 you just can’t be treating equipment/ showers like a fucking tweaker. My ONE phone unlimited through boost is $55 MAX, that’s wild asf. That food bill should definitely be chopped in half AND be saved(%15). Talk about having the right idea just going at it with the wrong perspective on your planning. Much love 🙏🏽
$900 for food, well there's her problem.
Exactly! She needs to go on a diet..
Merica
She has to eat out. Eating out can cost 300% more than it costs to eat at home. Meaning that if she could eat at home(if she had a home,) she would be spending 300 dollars or 150 dollars per person. The average food budget for food per month per person is about 250 dollars, meaning that she is forced to spend three times more to eat out while losing 100 dollars worth of food.
That's $5 a meal. Remember that she doesn't have a kitchen, fridge or freezer. Sure, you could argue that she should only eat pb&j and canned beans every day, but maybe having decent meals is one of the things she does to try to feel like a real human.
She can’t cook!! She had no home so she and her daughter are more than likely eating out a lot.
Leave California. There are plenty of places in the US where you can make it with $2000 a month.
Never name them. If you do hordes of desperate people will come knocking.
ive been all the states. best states are california, washington, NY, colorado, oregon idaho and florida.
I live in Florida. I have rentals. One is an efficiency at $520 a month, including everything but cable. There also is a one bedroom studio at $560 including everything but cable. A two bedroom house at $650, but they pay all utilities and for the back studio too. I am in St. Petersburg, Florida, where mobile homes are all over the place, apartments can be found cheaply, and there are no food taxes.
@@yellowbird5411 What do jobs pay? What's the unemployment rate? How big are these places. Square footage. Asking for a friend. I live in an area where housing costs are high even for small spaces. So my pay, isn't really good for this area. However I don't think I would make the same pay if I moved south, which is what happened to my sister. She made about $30k less in the south.
Do they have any working homeless in Fl?
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Colorado, @- -
Lease a car..
$200 Phone bill
EAT OUT??
OWNS A DOG!!
Cmon...
She does need to work on budgeting, that’s a major part of it
That lady is homeless due to personal financial mismanagement.
Why do people keep asking women if they have ever thought about staying in a shelter? A shelter is dangerous and noisy. A car is so much better.
I would rather sleep in my truck than in a shelter
No kidding, I worked in a *nice* homeless shelter, and I would pick my car over living there. It would only be temporary to spread my legs for a night or two. Plus they always had bugs infestations which aren't as much of a problem in a car.
Yeah I've talked to women who live in shelters and they talk about the malice of people around them, stealing, people jumping them and beating them up. It's just terrible. I'd rather sleep in a car too
Because those who ask have never been to a shelter.
I worked at a women’s homeless shelter and it was kind of crazy. Cramped, no privacy, and a few causing trouble or disturbance.
Okay, I live in CA and in a 350k house but to waste $900 on food for two people? That’s just ridiculous.
Have u seen them? Excuses
You have privilege and take it for granted.
Its only 125 dollars each ler week. Easily done
Safe parking programme, what an awesome idea.... I imagine a day, soon, when this lack of housing worldwide is addressed.... I live in an undercover camper in Australia, by choice, and hear stories of people being hassled in the same places I camp, because their vehicle is not stealth like mine...... not good
Yeah, it really is a good idea.
the work Vice news has been doing is so good ... it is one of the best youtube channels
I am 2 years free of being homeless (in California!) I lived in hotels at first. Then my car. For a long long time.. Walmart parking lots. My last months homeless, I had my car stolen from me and only had the clothes on my back. I was too scared and ashamed to report it, so I never did 😢 I am still feeling the repurcussions of my being homeless. Would never wish the stress on anyone.
heather zirkle god bless you
It touched my heart ❤️ when you stated that someone stoled your car and to embarrassed to report it 😢.
@@johnwatkins2804 thank you John! Blessings to you too 😊 my fiance and I just moved into our first place since this all happened!
@@Love-qv9nl I'm not really sure at this point what to do and it's been so long, that I feel it would be stupid of me. But I'm afraid the people that did it will commit a crime or something and it would come back on me? But I have my own car now! It's not fancy, but it's paid off and it's MINE! 😃 Happy Holidays and hope your 2019 is awesome Lovie Love!
heather zirkle, I’m happy to hear things are turning around for you, and you got a car and is paid for. It did sounded a little scary what you said about your prior car. Maybe you can phone report it, especially if the car is registered to you. Good luck & God bless, thanks for the well wishes!
their food budget is too high as is their phones
She should UBER instead!
well seeing as they don't have a kitchen to cook in and fast food is expensive... yeah its kinda high
There food budget is actually cheap. There phone however, is very high...metro pcs has unlimited everything for only 40 dollars per month for one line
Its an iphone
Well look how fat they are.
I was homeless last year lived in a tent. Got welfare support living in temp free housing now but I will be going back to the wilderness and will be living in a properly built shed this time...with a generator.
Her expenses!! $900/month for food, $225 for 2 phones, STORAGE?!? Storage is a waste. Does she really think she’s going back to her fully employed life any time soon - after FIVE YEARS HOMELESS???
Step one. the dogs got to go, find a good home for the dogs, that's an unnecessary mouth to feed and expenses also much more challenging to rent a space with animals
step two. get better phone plans even if that means going old school and buying flip phones.
step three. curb the restaurant spending, buying simple groceries can curb this drastically invest in a small coleman stove and a foreman grill, eat vegetables and fruits, make salads it would be at least 2/3rds cheaper to buy groceries than to eat out. Wifi can be found just about anywhere; most libraries have it, also good places to study.
step four. sock the savings away put it towards a down payment on an apartment, look for roommates or others in a similar situations to further reduce cost of living; lots of students go this route.
I get it being broke sucks lived poor myself, the only way that you can really get out of it is realize you can not maintain the same lifestyle you had when wealthier, sacrifice luxuries, and be thrifty.
When I lost my job I had to settle for one that had a significantly lower pay, to compensate I did the following
- Public transit, save on gas, save on insurance, save on maintenance cost. Actually started cycling too, I often still do it made me very fit and also was a good form of free recreation.
-make my own lunches brew my own coffee ( actually still do the savings are fucking crazy) 2 dollars going to coffee shop minimum over 30 days 60 dollars minimum that's if I did not buy a pastry, brew at home less than 50 cents a cup. same with lunch, what I would spend for a store bought sandwich could buy me the ingredients to make 3-4 of those meals myself.
- bought everything budget rather than premium it is actually not that bad a lot of people pay unnecessarily for branding, the no name coffee as good as folgers, store brand bread is just as good as wonder.
- Found local free sources of entertainment.
- bought second hand.
- learned to fix and maintain my own stuff.
I am not saying it was easy, but it did make up the difference in wage loss I had a roof over my head, a full belly, and ability to save money for bigger and better things, life is not easy sometimes we have to adapt our expectations to the situation we find ourselves, bigger and better things can come your way if you simply learn to adapt and being pragmatic about the situation your in. School is a good start I hope this person has taken a useful course you need more than school to be employable. Take the time to focus on self improvement, improve your health getting sick while poor is the worst eat better and exercise, improve your education maybe you cant go to the movies but you can read a book, develop yourself. It actually reflects in the overall demeanor people pick up on it and are by far more willing to lend a hand recommend you to their boss help you network your way to a job.
She should read this.. although i may not agree with the dogs in case she does really do this list
Yeah dogs are fam through thick and thin
@@smithy5270 I would not subject my dogs to living in a crate inside of a van for an extended period of time. It would be far more loving for the animals to be given to a family with a yard and kids to play with them.
@@johnnybegoode2374 And she lost her job 5 years ago! Dogs are definitely family but damn. There's no way they can sit inside all day, especially in the summer? They both work and what not. Just crazy.
You should be in a homeless counseling awareness program!
All those suggestions were point" on you could even "Draft Documentation" to show where to save this kind of money and help other people like her!!!! Great read!!
$900 on food is ridiculous. Get you some canned food. You absolutely do not have to eat out in order to use the WiFi. In fact, the school they go to should have free WiFi for students and usually schools have ways to help their homeless students. She has many options, she just isn't looking for them.
Updated version for 2020? CAUSE I KNOW ITS WAY WORSE NOW
God bless and provide for these great people that need a break.praying for your change 🙏
Hidden in plain site. Its not hidden it's totally ignored by most.
ITS BEEN ALL OVER KRplus SINCE FOREVER!!!
$900 in food people?
Gtfo 😂
I doubt she is an "accountant". She doesn't have a college degree. She probably does accounts payable and goes around saying she is an accountant. I'm a CPA and I can tell you accountants are in heavy demand everywhere
Yeah, I had a little bit of trouble understanding the part of her not being able to find a job as an accountant. It doesn't matter if your in your 40's. I have an accountant I go to every year when I do my taxes that is around 70. I tell you what, I would rather have an accountant up in the 70's then a 25 year old that just got out of school. I don't want to risk any bad taxes with a wet behind the ear accountant so to me the older they are, the better they are. And that goes for most jobs also. So not finding an accountant job in her 40's is bull.
ya she could change some things shes doing wrong but the idiots that take the time to post
comments talking shit about a homeless women are the real dirt bags that should be on the street
@Gary McMichael Still smoking meth greggy !
Brandon
I also wouldn't trust her, since she even can't budget properly.
I feel bad for those babies being stuck in those cages all day and night.. animal control needs to take them away ASAP and give them to a loving home where they can run free
The dogs deserve a better living situation !! Turn them over to someone that I can properly care for them... NOT IN CAGES !!
You go get them if affect you so much
She has two dogs living in cages, a daughter, wtf
900 on food? cmon, Buy a cooler and a Coleman grill
Greg Slingerland i pay about $25 US for food in Australia and eat well and healthily!
yeah the food thing is ridiculous. lmfao
That’s a lot for a month budget for food! That’s good for 5
Months already!
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Seems like a budgeting problem. 370 for a car lease? 225 for two phone?? 900 for food?!
I pay 100 for 4 phones with unlimited internet
John E where?
@@turtleturbo1025 cricket wireless and i think sprint does it on a family 4 plan
900 for food is not a lot since they can't cook. That's $30 a day for 2 people, $15 per person for the whole day!
I sense they enjoy eating out every day. Not having to cook is super nice.
living on only hot dogs is not healthy nor satisfying (to me).
Eating/Working every day in a diner with free wi-fi is a fun way to live,
since they are mother/daughter it makes for a good time, and they dont have to clean the bathroom either.
I was in the same situation for 3 years. Hold your head up
I would recommend getting a pay as you go phone from AT and T. I pay about $55.70 a month and there’s no contract.
To anyone planning on living here in California please make sure before you arrive that you have a career or job already set up, I see countless people coming here with just a dream which is not good enough. A one bedroom in a crappy neighborhood will run you $1800 per month a two bedroom will cost you $2400 per month, it’s overpriced and depressing. Landlords are getting away with overcharging for rent and no one is doing anything about it, I am thinking about leaving in 1 to 2 years to avoid increasing rent and becoming homeless myself.
Two types of people live in commifornia
Liberal rich & homeless.
well this person just smashed my dreams....
Don't worry, California will eat itself within a few years.
chocolate mounds yeah. The rent has gone up A LOT. About 7 years ago, there would be apartments with 1 room for over $700-$900 and now thats alnost impossible to find here in California
You do understand why it is expensive? its called supply and demand. a lot of ppl want to live there, so housing becomes scarcer. also what they say in the video about it not being profitable to build cheap housing is false. if they were allowed to build big multifamily buildings, it would be worth it, but the building codes in CA are crazy. the time it takes just to get the aproval to do so can take years and thats before they start to build anything.
step 1) get rid of the dog
Steo 2) change cheaper phone plans
step 3) planet fitness membership $10 free showers... you can afford to exercise
Thats right. Their priorites are nuts.
Yes , yes and yes
Wait so are the two dogs in the car all day crated while they’re working, so cruel just give them to a good home
@Say What? that's exactly what I'm saying if you come here illegally you get very well taken care of all the while the American people are all forgotten about it's truly disgusting all these Democrats are
@Say What? Two wings one bird. Voting is rigged. The two party system is rigged. If you still think politicians are working for you then sadly your hopelessly deluded.
Politicians are working for the elite, the top 2% that have most of the money.
If you haven't worked that out then you have so much to learn.
Unless your a bot or you represent the elite.
You can eat a $20 restaurant 45 times for $900. Or you can get 180 $5 footlongs. Eat some Ramen noodles and cans of tuna for a month and save $500. Make the other easy adjustments like stop leasing, get a $40/mo cellphone, $10/mo gym, no dog, and get a cheap apartment.
she has no place to stay just a van yet she keeps 2 dogs in her van . shows you her thinking process. no wonder she's homeless.
She worked as an accountant and doesn't know how to manage her monthly expenses?
I know bank manager whom didn't understand interest but I can't get a teller job. I don't get it
Well,, she was fired!! Lol
I know right? $225 a month for 2 phones? Not going to argue the "need" for a cell phone, but maybe you should I dunno jump on MetroPCS for one of their $30/line plan? They are in a good sized city so service should work fine, and that's $165/month more they save.
@E. D. and, having a dog as well! Now, dont get me wrong, I love dogs! I have one, but if you are struggling to feed yourself and daughter, you have to get rid of something that doesnt need you. The doggie probably be adopted to another family.
most people show up and do what they're told, can't think for themselves
This is sad and the truth is a lot of people are two paychecks away from ending up like this. I give her credit for going to school because there is a light at the end of the tunnel and she's working toward it. What I'm going to say maybe controversial but it's even more important that it showed a white family homeless because if it was any other minority a lot of viewers would not care or take much notice. I have a feeling they will be okay in time and and during hard times like this will make them appreciate better when they are able to get a place and make them tougher. But yeah I would have to get rid of the Dogs too
Dog are kept in cages like hamsters. Poor dogs.
@@sailer501 What do they do with the dogs in hot weather when locked in the car. In all 50 states, animal abuse is a felony!
If a lot of people are two paychecks away from ending up homeless, then they need to clear their debt
@@brianmorey1223 I don't have any debt my car is paid off and don't own a credit card but 4 yrs ago my rent rose and our van died and between that and daycare bills we were touch and go for many months. It's real for some folks
@@brianmorey1223 There are lots of kinds of debt...some folks lost hundreds of thousands of dollars when the housing market crashed. My cousin was under-insured (couldn't afford it with 3 kids) and his car was a total loss after an accident. Some of us were told that we had to take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans when we were teenagers and didn't have a good understanding of finances. Some folks got sick, lost their job, had medical bills...
Debt is designed to keep you in it for as long as possible in America.
I feel for all people in this situation, I pray things get better for all people who have needs for homes, healthcare. We are all people at the end if the day.
I think lady in the car would be saving about 500$ if she stopped eating fast food and eating more fruits and veggies
Where would she store it? It would spoil so fast in a car without a fridge
@@rein3684 takes about 4 days or so to spoil. Enough time to go get more fruits
$225 for 2 phones?!? 🤦🏾♂️ METRO. $40. Unlimited .
I guarantee you they both got the most expensive phones and so they are making monthly payments on the phone on top of the amount for a plan.
I only pay 6$ a year for my phone plam
@@Rt_domingo that's on them people bro your living or Your phone come on
I thought spending around £20 - £60 a month was a tad steep for a mobile phone plan, but spending 112.50 for one mobile phone plan and doubling that is pretty damn steep.
221$ is my payment for 2 phones. Yes they are the most expensive ones.
The homelessness issue may be “hidden” to people who live in other states/countries, but if ur a Californian u see it everyday, everywhere. It’s no secret. It’s a shame. We need to fix this
80% are drug addicts. Open your eyes.
I remember working for Covenant Transport and taking a walk around Pomona, CA. All of the RVs that were parked streetside almost always had occupants in them. One even had a whole family!
$225 for two phones?
I pay $25 each month thru Google Fi.
Hidden? It's not really "hidden".
You see them everywhere in Cali
My husband and I lived in our car for months before we got our first apartment. We saved a lot of money by eating cereal, making sandwiches for lunch and cooking our dinner at community barbecues! $900 a month is a fortune to spend on food for 2 people!! If you use freeze dried vegetables and buy single pieces of meat or sausages at a butcher you can cook using 1 pot on the bbq . I know it is not for everyone but we ate quite well and affordably for our situation. We lived in share accommodation, which I think the mother and daughter could do if they shared a room, which would be affordable if their food bills were reduced! I have been homeless multiple times and have always found ways to utilise community services and think outside the box to make it easier on ourselves. We only earned $400 a week when we were living in the car, so we were not doing it easy but we’re still able to feed ourselves properly. Also - why pay for 2 phones, couldn’t the daughter get a part time job to help with the bills??
Pretty Pixy I get mad spending 200 bucks on food a month!!! Smmmhhh
Gotta love Americans. Instead of fixing your messed up, shitty third world country you yell at homeless people on how they eat. Lmao.
Rent for a Single room occupancy in Los Angeles is if you get in on a income controlled location at cheaperest $950 with a shared communal bathroom. For a non income controlled its up to $1900 in an area white people are rare to see unless they are drug addicts. So tell me what state do you live in and what city is near you and how long ago did you do this magical car adventure you look back on fondly? Also did you pay for a car to get to work which is basically needed to work any above min wage job in Los Angeles or what? And were you two people putting your money together or a single mother working 1 job and going to school at the same time?
money is worth less in socal
Bokononist no, the cost of living is higher in SoCal then Central California because there is more people and more services provided but then also because there are more jobs and more things of interest and more competition applying for housing with few updates or newer apartments for min wage earners to even afford many places have apartments with 3 to 6 roommates for young 20 something to 30 year old working stiffs and these are not all people trying to work on Hollywood either
The dollar is still a dollar in buying power it's just it takes more to live here because gas for your car and cost for housing is more expensive.
I'm glad California started this safe parking for the homeless so they don't get harassed by police. The cost living is very high in California that's why i left and moved back to the mid west.
Safe parking= drug dens on wheels. Most of the time
They get harassed anyway.
It doesn't even make sense living there tbh. I make decent money but I like living good not spending $3000/month rent that's just fcking insane.
You have to be willing to move to a place where you can afford to live. yes it may not be california, but at least you will have a place to live. living in a car for 5 years. sounds completely absurd.
Holy shit you actually left. How smart.
thank you for this video
A lot of places in California are $1000 every month for rent. It depends on the city that you live in as well. A small town that I used to live in the rent was about $500-$700 a month.
Rent is WAY higher than that in Cali now - my rent in rural TX is $1700/month. Can’t imagine what the average rents are in San Diego/L.A. rn 😬
$1500 a month on leasing the car, food, and cell phones! Hmmmmmmmmmm
$900 on food?? Does she keep her dogs in the van all day while she works?? Something wrong here.
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2k dollars a month. Congrats on a pretty decent wage! Don't spend it all in one diner
$900 for food and $225 for phones? 🤦🏻♂️
Poor money management and decisions get one phone, use camping gas heaters to cook food. Move out of Santa Barbara, there are cheaper places to live.
Imagine ur mom taking away ur phone
You can get cheap smartphones,that work fine, I know my supermarket sells cheap smartphones (LG) for like $50, then just get a prepaid yearly plan, I’m only have to pay $160 aud ($97 usd) once every year, when I was studying I used free wifi from the library or free shopping Center wifi, can’t imagine having to
I got an iPhone for £450 with money I saved up from my wages like 2 years ago and now I pay £15 a month on data, calls and texts and use my WiFi at home where I can. Paying for a comparable phone contract over the same time scale, I’d have spent like £45-£50 a month for the same phone and allowances so I’ve saved anywhere between about £250-£400 overall by buying the phone outright and putting £15 of credit on a month.
And the biggest one keep you’re legs closed
@@trinity6401 There are companies with family plans that are as low as $50 a line with unlimited calls, messages and internet.
Did I miss the part where they said they have their dogs all day while they’re busy? Because no dog deserves to be locked in a car all day especially in the Californian heat.
You couldn’t in the summer. it would kill them in the heat. they must be putting them somewhere
Their hot dogs are not as much a concern as all the hotdogs they must consume to retain the physical equivalents of two beached baby whales.
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@@ramfaki1256 Eat 💩
Parts of California can be cold. Like the bay area. But yeah, that's not good for the dogs
I'm Disabled, a Veteran, and have been homeless for two years. I'm not a drug addict, just lost my housing two years ago when the apartment complex I was living at in Mesa Arizona was sold to a buyer in Toronto, who promptly notified the tenants living with Section 8 or VASH assistance they had the option to move out or pay full market value rent without assistance.
I found while looking for a place to move to, that most low income housing in my area was eliminated in this same fashion by greedy investors and was unavailable to find another place to live.
I bought an old van on payments and was forced to start living in it. I did so for a year and was offered a tiny fiberglass trailer on payments. I found that the person I bought it from had mislead me on a clear title, and have had difficulty getting it registered and legal to tow. I have been stranded at a Recreation Area, above Kingman Arizona for seven months now trying to get repairs done to my van. It is no longer safe to drive, and definitely not suitable to tow my trailer. It has been a living hell, upto 128 degrees at times this summer, now dealing with freezing cold at night and heavy winds. Every time I try to get some repairs made, something comes up. I bought a used generator which failed in a couple weeks, had to buy another one, then my emotional support dog Archie was badly bitten and required veterinary care, my air conditioning compressor failed in my Van, I cut my knuckle to the bone and ligaments on some glass discarding some trash which resulted in an Emergency Room Visit.
I have been trying to get help, and have not had much success. I was accepted for PATH Rapid Rehousing through the Catholic Charities, but have searched all over Mohave County but found I cannot afford an apartment on my disability income. I have been looking for a room for rent, but no luck.
So now I'm in a panic as I was notified by the Catholic Charities Caseworker handling my information, had their computer stolen and now my personal information has been compromised.
I am on a waiting list for Section 8, basically started over. I did not choose to be in this homeless situation, and have been doing my best to deal with everything I have experienced the past 2 years. I had to literally give everything I owned away when I lost my apartment EVERYTHING!, I did try and keep my many tools, but those to were lost to a "friend" who was going but keep them until I get settled, but would never respond to my calls or texts.
I am absolutely sick of my life. I don't live anymore, I merely exist, and it's not much of an existence at that. I have not showered in nearly 8 months, and haven't bathed in over two years since losing my apartment. My teeth are broken, many missing, and I broke another one recently, not looking forward to the toothache that's coming. I am nearly blind in one eye and can only see clearly with glasses, but I lost one of the lenses. I have reached out to every VA organization or service center I know of for help, but am ineligible.
I worked for the Air Force starting my senior year of high school, as a civilian employee and for the next decade.
I also simultaneously served 6 years in the Air National Guard, and was honorably discharged, but still don't meet the requirements as I was on active duty for well over a year with Avionics Technical School, and was activated during Desert Storm, but could not deploy with my unit, as I was a 3 level technician straight out of school.
I have no family for support, no friends, only a few people I have met while being homeless. I have had a fellow vet brings some water bottles and food items several months back, and just today was given a propane tank, heavy sleeping bag, and nice winter coat by Catholic charities, these were definitely a blessing and will definitely help, but I don't see how I can ever get out of my situation as my limited income doesn't suffice to handle the many needs I currently have trying to get out of my homeless situation along with handling my major dental problems, lack now of a safe vehicle, and trailer registration.
Any day the area I am staying may be closed, the BLM Rangers have told me they plan to close access to this Recreation Area soon. I will be in an Emergency Situation when they do, and have no idea yet what I will do .
She can get a "Car Roof Bag Rooftop Cargo Carrier" to put most of her belongings in. That way her daughter and she can both sleep in the back and the dog can sleep in the front.
If she's gone all day....She needs to allow a pet rescue to rehome the pets. It's not safe/fair that the dogs are locked in tiny crates all day.
that's like giving up your kids
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. If I was homeless and living in my car. I’d rehome my dog, that way they’re being taken care of.
well, I would wait tables at night so my dogs would be ok. I would be a weed delivery person too. They make good tips and the dogs can be with her all day. She could park at the restaurant, while her daughter did homework at the counter and had free wifi. You get meal discounts ...sometimes. I worked at Mimi's Cafe and we had to give away chicken pot pies every night. Staff get's first dibs. If she cannot wait tables, she could clean at night at office buildings etc. My point is I would do anything to keep my dogs with me. I would work at a dog shelter for boarding. I worked at a food kitchen and they made delicious lasagna, garlic bread, salad and soup. All fresh ingredients donated by local Trader Joe's and Grocery stores. We threw away anything we would not eat ourselves. I know my area has a lot of money so, too many people came and now they are being run out of town. I thnk things will get worse before they get better. It's crazy. I'm afraid I could end up like her with my daughter. I have to ignore dental issues. It's still the Wild West.
And if the animals don't get adopted they get put down. They love their animals.
I chose a roof over my child and my head over a pet. Yes, I still regret it every day but my son is #1 priority. I have a home. I feel like some people just aren't willing to put in the effort. I used to work 90 hours a week to get by until I became a single parent. I now work 1 job, and have minimal necessities but my child is happy and healthy, has a roof and is in school. Yes. I live in CA and what's dumb is I "Make too much $$$ for assistance" so I get taxed more, do not qualify for any low income assistance and don't get child support.
It's a broken system. Work harder for less.
California is expensive as heck. It was ridiculous i moved back to texas really quick.
Not really. Its same as everywhere else. Rent is higher and so is pay.
Y not move to south or northcarolina or las vegas
They don't look like they ever missed a burger in their life.
Restaurants cost usually at least $10 per meal so 10 times 30 days = 300. You can get a roommate and rent will cost that much. Problem solved.
225 for 2 phones??
DjGhost718 sounds like they have Verizon.
I got unlimited for 45 a month
I’m betting Sprint with 2 phone leases such as an iPhone or Galaxy plus insurance.
@Fintan lol those obama phones?
@Fintan lol its the street name for welfare phones. Its a joke
Holy shit 900 on food and 220 on phones that’s my rent and all bills combined 😱 I only pay 70 a month o. Two phones 35 each
I used to spend $30 AUD per month now im going lower to $10.
I heard there's a lower one $7.50 per month. Lol 😂
$125 per month each seems very expensive.
Me too
She requires 300 packs of ramen a day.
I love how plump they are.