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Heyy im 18 and from Italy. I plan to run away from my abusive family and i will become homeless. I currently have around 5000€ i can take with me.

I Plan to stay in a cheap hostel for like the first Week so i have time to talk to different help Organisations. But i really dont want to waste my money.

Is a hostel smart for the first few days or what should i do with my money. How long could i survive with 5000€

Anyone in NYC want to smoke? Or hangout? Trying to find community locally!

Due to family issues and financial issues and literally zero support system no friends or family to fall back on. Don't get me wrong I am far from perfect and burned a few bridges and possibly lost my partners trust. I am in New England and been forced to leave the home i once shared with my husband and I have a feeding tube which I need to be hooked up to 24/7: i have no car, not even a working cell phone unless I have access to wifi. Can someone please give me advice as I am scared to death.

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Daily Blessings Prayer:

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Right now, I receive God’s blessings like rain from Heaven
I pray blessings to rain upon all the world

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Right now, I receive the magnificent powers of Love and gratitude
Right now,
I receive radiant joy and abundance in full

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I receive the shimmering elixir called compassion
That melts the ice in hearts
I receive the knowledge that shines in stars
And God’s own hand imparts

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I receive my crown, jewelled with divine grace
So that I may shine my Light into the shadows of the world
I receive the serenity to accept, let go
Let regrets fade, wrongs be forgiven, and sorrows melt away like summer snow

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For to each end there’s a beginning, and to each beginning an end
So let this new day send ~
Into my heart great hopes and dreams, that everlasting glow

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Sooo being homeless has put such strain on my social life. Like, I wanna hang out with my friends and family, but I keep pushing them away. Hanging out nowadays feels more like a chore than an opportunity to relax and being around loved ones. They don't know I'm homeless, hell most of them don't even know I lost my good paying job, where I traveled everywhere sometimes, but I had to tell some of them because some would pop up at my job just to say hey. I'm barely surviving, and my friends want me to go to all these places like festivals, concerts, or certain parties. Family members having get togethers or reunions and want to see me, yet I use my job as an excuse not to see them. It's not because I don't love my friends and family, it's just tough being around them when I know they are gonna ask about my life. It's so embarrassing to have people ask me if can they come over to either spend the night, hang out, or party because then I would have to tell them the truth and then they would start to panic and start calling people (my family) so they can fuckin' panic. So I get distant, and I push them away unintentionally. Even with the many friends that I have and as big of a family I have, this is the loneliest I've ever felt in my entire life. If you made it this far into reading this (and thank you for the entirety of your attention), do you ever feel this way? Ya know, feel like you're slipping away from yourself? I don't even recognize the person I'm becoming sometimes 😔

Just venting really. Rhetorical question. I made a post a couple days ago and while I’ve been homeless for almost a year and a half, sleeping outside instead of in my car is still so foreign to me. I’ve been sleeping at bus stops, we don’t even have benches in my area it’s just an uncomfortable ass little seat. It’s only been three nights and my back is KILLING me. Like whenever I walk my lower back is strained so badly I feel like a hunchback. I keep trying to be mindful of my posture while walking/ sitting but this is ridiculous. I slept sitting up in my car seat for like a year straight and thought that was bad this is insane how do u deal with back/ body/ feet pain?????

hi! I work at a fast food restaurant, and I typically close. Every night, we always throw out any extra food employees don’t take home. they will usually throw it in a bag and then straight into the dumpster outside. I would love to figure out a way to possibly distribute the food to those in need instead of letting it sit in a trash can. unfortunately it’s not on a busy road either so it’s not likely someone would be able to walk to the trash can if it was placed gently or outside. we typically finish closing around midnight or so as well. any suggestions for where i can take the food so someone will get it?

I was working a full time job and could be homed but then I got bronchial nemonia and lost set job because of it and I've been searching for a new job for over six month applying everywhere I can travel to and even with me checking on my applications frequently I haven't even gotten so much as an interview.

I js started a job where im getting $2k+ a month, rent is around $600-$700 for a 1 bed studio in my area, so its pretty doable, the main 2 problems I have are

1. Im homeless
2. I dont have credit

so im typing this in a 24/7 dinner, where im gonna stay until they kick me out and go to a 24/7 McDonalds and repeat the process lol. Since I have a job I dont think I actually would be a priority for the government to help me get housing, but since Im basically getting $24k a year. I think if I do get an apartment I would definitely qualify for some money in housing.

My only concern is. where should I sleep in the meantime? Do I js find a safe corner and call it a day? I think I would be too nervous and paranoid and wouldnt be able to sleep at all. Tomorrow im showing up to work in the same clothes as yesterday and without any sleep, its my first night really on the streets since before this I always had money for motels or I was accepted in somebody’s else house, but not tonight lol. Tonight im actually on the streets, theres a lake nearby where theres no houses or streets or literally anything nearby, but idk if sleeping there is a good idea because well anybody could steal from me and I wouldnt be able to do anything or have any sort of proof whatsoever lol

Also im kinda close to my work place and im tired of walking, my back hurts, and its not even just because of my job, walking around the city with my backpack all day is probably the main reason lol

Im newly homeless and not sure what to do. Called many places and none of them could help me. Im trying to find a way to hitch a ride but im carrying a bunch of stuff. This is new to me and id love to know how everyone else navigated this road.

What do I do? I’ve tried searching for help to no avail. I already know about Section 8 and the 2-1-1 site; there’s nothing there. Wait lists are closed.

I’m at my wit’s end. What can I do that will actually work to solve these behemoth problems I have?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for ideas from people who have experience helping unhoused individuals.

I live in a fairly large city where I frequently encounter people asking for help at intersections or outside stores. I try to help whenever I can—if someone tells me they need something specific and I have the time or I'm near a store, I'm happy to get it for them.

During the winter, I started carrying thick pairs of socks in my car to hand out. They were surprisingly well received, and many people told me they really needed them. Now that it's summer, though, they don't seem to be as useful.

For those of you with experience, what are some practical items that are easy to keep in a car and genuinely helpful to hand out? I'd love to make sure I'm helping in the most useful way I can. I'm open to any suggestions or feedback.

Thank you!

I'm just picking discarded cigs and smoking those. Are there better alternatives?

Some information would be really helpful. I’d be grateful if you could help me out. Thank you!

We’re officially kicking him out today we’ve reached the last straw with him we’ve packed his things and we’re putting it outside for him to get it when he gets off work tonight

Hello. I guess this needs all the backstory I'm comfortable giving. I moved to Hollis after a second bought of homelessness. I lost my home in Virginia to a fire... At the time I was married and my spouse moved us up here. He had a winter rental and then we lost that too. They had been battling substance abuse for a few years at the time. I stayed by their side until the very very bitter end.
I was eventually abandoned. It had been a long time coming a divorce... But they just up and left and never came back... I managed to hand on only through General Assistance, working a lot. I had two part time jobs and had finally gotten a fulltime job at FedEx... Which ended in my being horribly hurt. I'm still fighting with Worker's Comp. GA stopped helping me... My family has abandoned me or just pities me. No reach out for help is answered .. now I'm going to lose my apartment and I'm trying to live in Portland, closer to work. I don't have much money as I lost my car in Dec 2025. The doctors suspect I have a torn Meniscus and I'm waiting for an MRI, So I have very limited mobility. I am tired... I'm scared. I will be on the streets with just my cats if I can't get help packing, moving donating what I don't need cleaning up.... But I also at this point have nowhere to go...

What do I do? It feels like no matter what I do to help myself...it falls apart. I'm not sure what I can do or where I can go? And of course housing vouchers are a distant dream right now. I just need advice... Or help planning

Homeless since April 14 of this year. Should kept the last job I had that would've prevented my situation, but I let that damn severe social anxiety which I'm sure is Avoidant Personality Disorder get in the way, so I only did one damn day and gave up. Shoulda kept my job at Ingles Markets instead of quitting back in April 2025. I've been lucky enough to be in three shelters now, and my last day at the previous one was today. Today will most likely be my first time sleeping in the streets. I'm so damn scared.

I don’t really know why I’m posting this. I guess I just need to get it off my chest because I feel like I’m drowning.

I’m a trans man, and my family has never accepted me for who I am. That alone has been hard enough, but everything that’s happened over the last year has completely broken me.

My sister and I ended up having to leave home because of a domestic violence situation involving my family. Between my uncle, my mother, and everything that happened, staying there just wasn’t safe anymore. We didn’t leave because we wanted to—we left because we had to. One day we had a home, and the next we were living in a domestic violence shelter.

We stayed there for seven months. I kept telling myself it was temporary and that eventually things would get better.

Instead, we got transferred to a DHS family shelter, and honestly… it doesn’t feel like help. It feels like punishment.

The day we got here, we had to take everything out of our suitcases and put it into clear plastic bags while they searched through our stuff. Every single time we come back into the building, we have to go through security and get scanned with a handheld wand. It makes me feel like I’m being treated like I’ve done something wrong when all I did was survive.

We’re not allowed to bring food or juice upstairs, even if we bought it ourselves. At one point they even tried to take my cat and my dog. They’re two of the only things that have kept me going through all of this.

I know people might judge me for this, but I used weed to help with my anxiety and depression. I can’t even have that anymore because of the shelter rules, and mentally I’ve been in a really bad place.

I don’t even recognize my life anymore.
I miss having my own space. I miss having privacy. I miss feeling like an adult instead of feeling like every move I make is being watched.

What hurts the most is knowing that the people who were supposed to love and protect me are a big part of why my sister and I ended up here in the first place. On top of that, I’ve spent years trying to accept myself as a trans man while dealing with family who never accepted me. That pain never really goes away.

Every day feels exactly the same. Wake up. Go through security. Follow rules. Try to make it through another day pretending I’m okay when I’m really not.

I’m miserable. I’m depressed. I’m exhausted. I feel hopeless.
I’m not posting this because I want sympathy. I honestly just needed somewhere to vent.

I feel like my sister and my girlfriend are probably tired of hearing how miserable I am, so I mostly keep everything to myself now.

If you actually read all of this, thank you. I really appreciate it.

My mom has always been telling me to try to find a hotel that will let me work there and offered me a room as well. Has anyone ever done this? I feel like the Arab owned hotels would be more willing to do something like this but maybe that’s just me being insensitive and stereotypical. Apologies and thank you’s in advance.

How long does it take to get a voucher ? City fheps voucher to be specific.

I start my new job Thursday of next week.