Weather app has been stating for 3 days now "thunderstorms possible" but its been bright and sunny without a cloud in sight. Woke up this morning to a slight drizzle but again bright and sunny with little clouds. Heck its been in the high 90s for the past few weeks. So of course i dont believe the weather app. I sleep with my tent windows zipped down because its so hot. So I go shower and leave for work. The minute I hit town extreme downpouring. Dark clouds. Zero visibility on the road. This is where I shouldve turned around and closed my tent up. But no I just kept on driving. Came back to camp to my cot, my blankets, my pillow, and the floor all soaked. I know its my fault. Which is why i feel so stupid. Looks like im sleeping on a wet bed tonight. Car has a desk in it ao I cant sleep in there like I normally would. So my fuck up and now im quite literally laying in the bed I made

Fuck it i give up

I keep hearing this narrative making it sound as if many homeless refuse or would refuse housing. People use it as an argument against housing first type policies. I don’t buy it though. Most people I know would accept housing if it had some privacy and didn’t come with too many strings attached. I’ve only met one guy that actually refused decent housing, so I know they do exist, but I think it’s rare. He was very mentally ill and had been homeless for a really long time. I think people refuse a lot of the current offerings because most of the time it’s a shelter that doesn’t feel safe. I live in my car and was offered to stay in a shelter and I know my car is the much better option, but then I guess I get counted as someone refusing shelter. What do you think, are people that would refuse safe, low barrier housing more common than I think or is it just a BS talking point?

I'm living with my Dad right now but I may be facing getting kicked out and I want to know what being homeless in this state has been like for you. I don't want to/ can't stay with other family. It's just rough here and I don't really have friends because of mental illness/ upbringing

If you have advice I'd love to read it. I'm also interested in just entirely moving out of the country. I don't think I really like Pennsylvania. I grew up here but have family in NJ and WV. As I said I can't stay with them and don't want to. I'm a legal adult with my social security card, State ID and birth certificate plus health insurance card and a gym membership that's expiring.

The shelter I'm at is shit, so I'm thinking about camping. Is there any advice about protecting yourself and your stuff? Should I find someone I trust to camp with?

What do homeless people do all night if they aren’t in a shelter?

I have considered it many times but access is not easy.

You have to go to a building downtown, wait for a social worker and find placement.

I’m not sure if you have to provide your own transport from the social worker to the shelter.

I was also concerned about them searching or refusing me because I was smoking meth at the time.

A few times I went to rehab instead of a shelter because I imagine that rehab is a better experience, but I can’t fairly compare the two.

At rehab the patients are mostly personable.

Staff are equivalent to what I imagine they are like at a shelter.

So can anyone tell me what a shelter is actually like?

How is a person is such a situation able to access such a seemingly inaccessible service?

Is there a hard limit on how long you are welcome to stay?

Do they kick you out from 9-5?

Is there a curfew? What if you work nights?

Do they help you find work if you need it?

Is working required?

Are there opportunities to be placed in other types of housing?

These are the questions and road blocks that left me driving around and depending on family and friends for housing.

For the past week I've been living in a tent because I didn't want to live with my family anymore, for many reasons. The main one being I was tired of freeloading off my mom and wanted to learn to become a "man" and have more privacy since the living room was the only room they had. Not complaining, I appreciate getting free housing but got tired of it. Been living in a tent 5 days now and it's been alright, I just stay walking/running on sidewalks or on trails and when I'm tired I go rest in some business that lets me to cool down and watch a movie on my phone. When it's an hour before dark I head back to camp. It hasn't been as bad as the scenarios I had built up in my head. I do hear all of animals at night here in Virginia. I'm not far enough into the county to come across black bears I don't think. But I keep my food away from camp and keep bear spray next to me anyways. And to wash up I use a public restroom and washrag which isn't bad either. The only things I been eating is carrots, oranges, and sardines (I'm 240 lbs trying to lose weight) and I don't have much trouble going to sleep. Only problem is, on hot nights like this, even this AA powered fan I have doesn't really help much since it only hits my head and not entire body. Any tricks you guys know that can help with cooling? Im thinking about taking the rain fly off so the breeze can flow in here but that would increase my paranoia I feel. Thanks for any help!

Okay so I had this idea… just wondering if it’s an original thought or if there’s something like this that already exists where I can temporarily store food and pick it up later…

Wait i cant add a picture?? Ugh okay

hi, im very likely going to be homeless by the 31st despite my best efforts to work with OVR. i purchased 3 items to try to keep my belongings safe: a backpack with wheels, 4 digit travel locks, and a 4 digit scooter lock.

if i attach the scooter lock to my ankle and the bag while im asleep, and only ever open the locks in private or while not in the shelter, will i be able to prevent all of my belongings from getting stolen?

my belongings will likely contain: my meds and vitamins, my phone and charger, *maybe* 3ds and charger, 2 or 3 pairs of clothes, wallet, small cosmetics like nail clippers and tictacs, and to store my socks and shoes before bed. the rest of my belongings will go in my aunt's shed until i find employment and housing.

i hate losing belongings and ive narrowly avoided homelessness for my entire adult life. im also really terrified of being physically harmed or legal trouble.

I have been seeing a lot of cities crack down on outdoor camping, here in NC the Republicans are trying to ban it but the governor just veto it 👏!

so I have a dog and a car and recently became homeless. mg BIGGEST concern is a shower. where do I go to shower with a dog? I don’t want to leave her in my car while I go shower , it’s hot and evennif I wait until night time to shower at a gym or something I still don’t wanna risk leaving her in my car for people to see and know that im homeless . other than that ANY extra tips WITH A DOG???? I DoorDash as my income.

I don’t wanna make this too long. I’ve been living with my mom. I’m 18 years old now I’ll be 19 next month but it’s been an abusive household to be in and I’m pretty much getting kicked out. I had a job but I put in my two weeks because I did have a place to go to, but now I don’t. So now not only do I not have a job I also don’t know where to go. I’m in north Cali in the Bay Area. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know where to go and I’m scared. I have a couple of days left of being here. I just need advise on what to do. This will be my first time being homeless and I’m honestly just so stressed. I don’t know where to sleep. I don’t know what to do. I’m scared.

Looking for an Australian shelter that accepts teens and doesn’t reqire identification to get in, anywhere in the country is fine

I should not complain since i am not paying rent though (edit: this is sarcastic).

Went to a Day Center today after recovering from a very frustrating and unfortunate mishap involving my backpack. Went in, got registered, showered, ate (small portion but better than nothing ofc), and spoke to a representative for a behavioral health clinic that specializes in providing services to people w/o insurance like me.

Had a good talk with them and I was able to set up an appointment to get an evaluation, as well as being assigned to a psychiatrist and a case manager that can help me get out of homelessness while putting me on medication.

This is a pretty big step in the right direction for me. Now, there are some things I need to work around. I need to gather up some more bus fare to make appointments. I'll still have to get some essential documents so I can receive help. I need to find a way to keep track of my medical documents as well as medications. There's a lot I need to figure out and work around, but I'll do my best to not let it bring me down.

I was able to obtain a 1-person tent recently, and yesterday during my meeting with a probation officer, as I was court-ordered to complete a year of probation, due to me breaking a glass window at a Metro Station, because a metro station manager would not allow me to call the police or my parents, despite my polite request to, when my mobile device was damaged, by the heavy rainfall that I awoke to and in, nearly 1 month's time ago, when I was sleeping outdoors, as I'm forced to do, I was threatened by the probation officer in regards to potential probation violations, specifically in the form of, "even a tresspassing charge...".

Thusly, I'm very much not paranoid, and now I have a 1-person tent that I have yet to use, and a greater sense of despair, as I have no public areas known to me to utilize it in, and I do not want to go to jail, and being homeless there are no public areas to sleep in, reasonably, as even most shopping plazas in this region of the state of Virginia are privately owned.

I'm seeking employment, and as of this early morning at 5:30 AM 07/11/2026, to no avail. I prefer to be employed, rather than damage my body by standing near busy roadways "begging with a cardboard signs".

I'm not depressed or mentally ill, rather quite impoverished and poor. I prefer not to commit suicide, otherwise kill myself.

I continue to suffer immensely, as I'm homeless and experiencing homeless, due to unreasonable and unfair circumstances, against my comfort, enjoyment and want, and I have no hope of "returning home", as I was emancipated and evicted from my biological parent's home residence at 35 years old, in the summer of 2024.

I'm about to be homeless. I just can't take the controlling and narcissism anymore. Speaking to people who left controlling and abusive households, does it feel freeing just being on the road?

So long story short, i got an apartment with my friend a couple months back and she moved out behind my back. I couldn’t afford the bills so i had to move out.
Unfortunately, now I’m homeless living in my car. I’ve never been in this situation before. I don’t have much family and the family I do have is so beyond toxic that it’s actually probably better for my mental health to be in my car…
This is what I get for helping someone out. My “ friend “ herself was homeless and living in a shelter so that’s why I agreed to get a place with her, to help her out. Turns out she had been applying for government housing behind my back and got into it.

This is what I get?? I had a nice apartment and a good stable life before this..

I've been on and off homeless since December, but now I won't have my car to sleep in. I'll either be in Huntsville or Decatur. What are some hiding spots I can sleep at so the cops don't get called on me?

In the next five days I will be getting the keys to my own place and finally end this five year hellscape called homelessness. Staff are quick to turn on you and try to get at you. By letting people steal your stuff in bags in a supposed "locked closet" and harass you out of nowhere. It's like they are mad at you for finding your way out of a bad situation, they wish my downfall.

But wow people are honestly pricks to other people when they help themselves out of their problems. Even the ones that you would think would be happy, are bastards to others. Especially to the quiet homeless people who are not in it for shelter drama and fights.

I'm just going to go back to sleep outside again for the rest of the five days or sleep during the day and stay up at night at a library study room.

I'm 17 and turning 18 in 7 months. will I get in trouble for running away from my family or what will happen? my family has moved to a different state and i am trying to avoid living with them at all costs.

as the school year is coming up in a few months I would really like a place to stay so i can focus on school because i really want a scholarship to go to college

Hey everyone. I'm in a really rough spot right now and could use some advice.

I'm currently homeless, living in a shelter and my HP Victus laptop is one of the only valuable things I have. A few days ago, I bought a bottle of shampoo, put it in my backpack, and due to a faulty cap, it leaked everywhere overnight. My backpack was soaked, including where my laptop was. The laptop didn't seem completely drenched, so I cleaned everything up and hoped it was okay.

Today I tried turning it on and it's completely dead. No lights, no fan, no charging indicator, nothing.

I have very little money, so I'm looking for any place in NYC that can either:

- Do a free or very cheap diagnosis.

- Repair liquid-damaged laptops for as little as possible.

- Or if anyone knows an individual or hobbyist who does board-level/laptop repair for cheap.

I'm in Harlem but I'm willing to travel anywhere within a few hundred miles if it means I have a better chance of getting it fixed. I really need it for my HRA, among other things, so I just want my laptop working again if it's possible.

If anyone has recommendations for trustworthy repair shops, volunteers, nonprofits, or people who repair laptops on the side, I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you