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RE: 10 (More) Things I Learned From Being Homeless

in #homeless7 years ago (edited)

Thanks for bringing attention to this crucial topic. I was moved by your story. I was homeless myself for a short while. Luckily, I live in Sweden,where we still have a kind of welfare society, although in sharp decline, and the city provided me with a sublet apartment. Before that I Iived in a shelter with junkies. The only reason I ended in that situation is that there is a really severe lack of housing in my city, Gothenburg. There is still the persistent myth that homelessness is caused by social problems, but this is increasingly false, rather, much as you say, homelessness creates other problems, like alcoholism, drug abuse and mental health issues.
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There is a severe lack of affordable housing in my area. There are thousands of vacant apartments, however with an average price of $2047 for one bedroom, you can see why they are vacant.

I am happy you were able to get out of that mess. Thank you!

$2K for rental! God damn! Where do you live?

Ridiculous, right? Just outside Seattle Washington USA

It's insane! :( Almost as if the system wants to push people out into the streets!

Never been there! Been to a few other places. Hoping to renew my US visa later this year for a trip.

When you arrive we must have dinner :)

There's an interesting you tube video, I'm in transit right now so I can't link to it, but look up College Humor - homeless. There's an interesting thought about Air BnB and homelessness in that video.

When you arrive we must have dinner :)

Goes without saying! :)

College humor is awesome! Will check. Safe transit back home! :)

Thank you! (Only three more hours to go, lol)

oh wow! For moment there I thought you were waiting for the metro :D

Just watched it! Crazy that US for all it's development is still lagging behind in providing the basic necessities of life; food, clothing and shelter to so many it's people! :(

We have the same problem here in Vancouver BC. The average rent for a 1-bedroom apartment is $1950, and for a 2-bedroom apartment, it's a whopping $3150. The median income in this city is about $67,000 per year, which means that affordable rent for a median income earner is about $1675/month (or 1/3 of gross monthly income). You can see how it's not difficult to end up homeless here...

And we have the same issue with tens of thousands of vacant investment properties.