How Real is the Problem of Homelessness?

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Gertie wrote: December 5th, 2022, 7:17 pm Today's Guardian -

''Sunak backs down on housebuilding targets after pressure from Tory MPs
Labour accuses PM of putting party before country after up to 100 Tory MPs threatened to rebel''


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... m-tory-mps
I just thought that I would add today's news story in England. The charity Shelter, the main housing charity is beginning a 2 week strike. The strike is over lack of pay rise of Shelter workers, as they are struggling to be able to pay rising rents. This may sum up the housing situation and crisis in the country at the present time.
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I lived in a tent for 6 months, it was no problem at all. Just gotta keep everything dry. And stay the hell away from cops, and other homeless people. If you need tips on getting showers, mailing address, camping spots, etc, I got you. Lol. Don't worry about it.
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Carter Blunt wrote: March 7th, 2023, 10:22 am I lived in a tent for 6 months, it was no problem at all. Just gotta keep everything dry. And stay the hell away from cops, and other homeless people. If you need tips on getting showers, mailing address, camping spots, etc, I got you. Lol. Don't worry about it.
The only time I spent in a tent was on a school trip and I found it difficult. Living in a tent may be a learned experience to some extent. However, conditions of homelessness may be so variable according to where one lives. In London, there are some but not that many who set up tents.

To a large extent, homelessness may often represent the complete marginalisation as homeless people are often cast out of society, and face the harshest conditions of poverty and many challenges. Nevertheless, it may be variable, but the extremes of harsh experiences of many homeless people should not be minimized. A few months ago, I felt under threat of homelessness and I was terrified about survival with the threat of the basic needs of Maslow's hierarchy of needs being not met, as well as so many aspects of potential vulnerability on the streets.
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I might be uniquely equipped to handle certain psychological aspects, but I don't think so. I think it's just that we are a lot more adaptable than we realize. I can't say I slept my first night either, I put my tent in a horrible spot and some kind of hornets were landing on it, headlights were bouncing in, I couldn't get to sleep at all, and then a van pulled up right near me with a couple who started f***ing, loudly. It was pretty awkward when I got out of my tent in the morning and they were still there. Being able to not give a **** about awkwardness or being judged goes a long way, I guess.
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Carter Blunt wrote: March 7th, 2023, 10:22 am I lived in a tent for 6 months, it was no problem at all. Just gotta keep everything dry. And stay the hell away from cops, and other homeless people. If you need tips on getting showers, mailing address, camping spots, etc, I got you. Lol. Don't worry about it.
I would welcome any tips on dealing with homelessness. The voluntary work I do brings me into contact with the homeless. How did you manage to get of the streets and find accommodation?
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JackDaydream wrote: November 28th, 2022, 5:16 pm To what extent is it a practical, social or political problem?
Peolpe fear to lose phseudo-liberality of being bond to home, house and all it's fake security. And others, mostly rightly, that a homeless seeks to take over a house, if able. But there are less, very less, real gone forth, good householder.
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Fruits of the homeless life, to be seen in the here and now.
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EricPH wrote: March 11th, 2023, 6:01 pm I would welcome any tips on dealing with homelessness. The voluntary work I do brings me into contact with the homeless. How did you manage to get of the streets and find accommodation?
If they became homeless because of drug addiction or mental illness, my advice is unlikely to help. It would be less about getting off the streets, and more about staying safe and building an infrastructure without a centralized location. In general, I stayed away from people who treated me coldly, and put effort and resources back into those who supported me. I went on food assistance to save money, skydived for personal development, went to a dropzone that allows camping, learned how to pack parachutes next door, got my rigger certification, worked in Hawaii for a month... then came back to the other DZ and worked on jump licenses. What can I say? Once you become a skydiver, it's like a gang. Any dropzone is your territory, and you're in it for life. I just so happen to enjoy packing parachutes.

I've been out of it for a while, currently living on my mom's couch. I had to help her move, and noticed she can't manage her little shih-tzu breeding hobby by herself... so... yeah, just tell them to become skydivers, and if that doesn't work, move in with their mommies.
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