I’ve been homeless for a month and some days. Been staying at a hotel and blowing way too much cash, almost 3k just to keep a roof over my head in that time period. But every day was groundhogs day. Wake up, grind doing DoorDash for 8-10+ hours a day just to make enough to get the hotel and food and gas. And a beer here or there.

My older sister who lives about four hours away said I could come stay with her for a bit. I said ok.

The risk came with driving my car. My tags are expired and also I cannot drive over 40-45mph without my car going into limp mode. When that happens I have to pull over, disconnect my battery, reconnect it and keep going.

My car broke down twice within the first 10 miles of the trip. I was about to give up and turn around and go back to the hotel…. But I didn’t.

I took the backroad way and going through one lane highways to two lanes just to avoid the main highways.

My car broke down 5 times in total and I got pulled over twice by state troopers because of my tags and the second one, on top of the tags said I was going 20 under the speed limit. I explained my situation to both of them. No tickets or warnings from either, just them saying, make it there safe.

I thought backroads would be like 45 mph speed limit but no, out in the country they’re 60-65 haha. The trip should have taken 4 hours but ended up taking 8.

I’m counting my blessings and have a fresh start.

The trip was from St. Louis to Kansas City.

I am suffering in a very bad way with what is something beyond depression. I can't afford to stay anywhere, I cant afford to have one bite of food, I can't stay warm.

Will someone please help me find a place to help?

I'm male and completely alone, I'm isolated, I can't make friends, how does someone even do that anymore? I am so close to having zero faith or hope anymore.

Is there a cafe maybe that will allow me to eat just one small thing a day and then if I can make it through this I will give back?

Are there even options for people like me? I'm so close to hope disappearing from my mind. All I feel is coldness and hunger and a massive void where happiness used to exist.

Can someone give me hope? Please?

Hi guys im a 17 yo and I wanna run away from my house next year , and dw i have a strong enough reason for wanting to leave anyways im planning to get a part time job and find a cheap place to rent in the city I’ll move to
I’ll really appreciate it if you guys give me some useful advice if you’ve been through this before or if you know anyone who did the same

I am a 21 female from Romania.

I recently just got out from a abusive relationship with this guy and looking for a place to live.

Money is really tight since he didn't really let me work because though i was doing something bad and always insisted on relying on him, i was very young when i started this relationship, i was in a rough time (my mother just died and my step-father got sick), and he was my escape at the time, i though he would love me, care for me, help me grow...but turned out he just wanted someone to play...

And now here i am...struggling to get out of this situation..

In present i still live with him, because i have no relatives or friends to get help, i am looking for a job but we all know how the job market is right now...

I am looking for a place to live, even for small period of time. I can pay but since i don't have enough to pay a full mortgage plus warranty...

If someone willing to help...i feel like i am losing my mind...

So where to start even atp?!?!

I am a 34yrold female attempting to leave her abusive soon to be ex husband. I’ve dealt with a lot of abuse over the years and I am finally at a point where my life depends on it me leaving.

I am currently in Indiana and fleeing to be with loved ones in NewYork but I am low on funds as I am disabled and bringing my service dog and pet dog.
I still am slightly short of what I need to go for setting my life up.

I have a job and room mate lined up. I will be living with some long time friends.. I have several photography clients that will be lining up but in the meantime trying to think of ways to come across money

Hey all, top mod here.
I've had an idea for a new resource and while I have the general ability to develop this, it would be FAR better if I had ~5 people to be test dummies or helpers. And I'd prefer to not usechatgpt for developing this, obviously.

I need people who are:
- Over age ~25 (give or take. Out of college is best.)
- pretty damn depressed, literally stuck/wit's end.
- wanting to heal at least a bit
- willing to get a notebook and pen and do a lot of writing things out. (I'll pay for those and bus fare to get it and a large pack of ramen from your local walmart so you don't have a rumbling tummy while you focus!)
- open-minded because there may be some wording that one may not like - this could include science, political, woo, religious....mostly so I can cover a range of thought patterns and examples.
- willing to zoom/google meet call here and there. I want you to know the person developing this.

It would start soonish, like a week or so, assuming I get more than 2 people.

I’ve got a month left in my rental. But I’m not sure I have a month left of electricity, cell, internet and water. My landlord is amazing but I don’t want to put anything on him. I’m currently focused on packing what I need to live in my car. Today is summer clothes and work clothes, I plan to make those bags my mattress. I’ll put sheets and bedding on top. If it works out space wise. After that, hopefully liquidating what I have in my home. I’ve been contacting people for that but so far they all want money up front. I don’t have that money. But I’m so terrified. I can’t sleep because every time I wake up, my mind can’t stop thinking about the logistics about this. How do I stay somewhere cool enough for my dog? What do I do with the valuables in my house and how to turn that into cash? Idk. I’ve worked since I was 12 and now I can’t even support myself. I hate this. If I didn’t have my dog, I think I’d go in a different direction. How do you all take care of a dog while living in your car? How do you get mail when homeless? Cover car insurance? Cell phone? Internet? Fuel? I I’m so lost

I'm 21 and I've lived in an abusive family environment for most of my life. There's been physical, verbal, and emotional abuse from my parents. I'm constantly on edge and mentally exhausted, and I've struggled with depression and feeling disconnected for years.

I still want to study, build a career, and become independent. I just don't know how to get there from where I am now.

I currently live with my parents and work long night shifts with my father at his small business. The business is failing, and today my father confronted me about my savings.

I've been saving for about a year because I knew I would eventually need a way out. He now wants all of it, a year's worth of savings, to help start another business because the current one is failing.

I questioned the risk and he got angry and started shouting at me. I completely shut down and felt like I was going to pass out.

The money is basically my only safety net. If I give it to him and the new business fails too, I'll have nothing.

At the same time, I'm scared to leave without having enough money. I don't have much of a support network, and I'm worried about ending up homeless or unable to afford food and housing.

I don't want to just run away with no plan. I want to find a job, work out how much I actually need to live, find somewhere affordable, get my documents together, and leave in a way that doesn't put me in an even worse situation.

But I'm also scared that if I keep waiting until I'm completely "ready," I'll never leave.

For people who have been close to homelessness or have had to leave an unsafe family situation:

How much money did you realistically need before leaving?

How did you find housing when you didn't have much of a safety net?

What expenses did you underestimate?

What would you do differently if you had to leave again?

I'm not asking people to decide for me. I'm trying to figure out how to become independent without giving up the one thing that currently gives me a chance to get out.

Any practical advice from people who've actually been through housing insecurity or left an abusive home would mean a lot.

Hello Friends...

I’m reaching out because we’re currently in a really difficult situation and could use some help. We had our hearing today and were not granted any extra time, so we're in waiting at the moment for next steps.

With that, this is our ask...My fiancée and I are looking for a safe, temporary place to stay. We would only need somewhere for 2 months at most, while we get through our current housing situation and wait for my Princess's disability hearing.

We’re not looking for anything fancy—just somewhere safe and stable where we can stay temporarily. We are willing to pay after her hearing, once we have the funds available or if i am able to gain employment by that point, i am willing to pay during then as well as after we get her disability.

I know this is a big ask, and I completely understand if you’re not in a position to help. If anyone has a spare room, a guest house, a short-term rental, or knows of someone who might be willing to help us for a couple of months locally or even some advice would be very helpful. I have already reached out as well to all the options available out here in Ocala such as Interfaith, Open Arms, etc and all options are either full up on spaces or have an extensive waitlist. Please feel free to message me directly as well as commenting on here.

Even if you can’t offer a place, sharing this post or passing it along would mean so much to us. We’re just trying to get through a difficult couple of months and keep a roof over our heads while we work toward getting back on our feet.

Thank you so much to anyone who reads this, shares it, or reaches out. ❤️

I used to work at a hotel and I’d say they are the GREATEST thing to have if you’re homeless! Or about to be.

1. MAJOR HOTELS ONLY! Not motel 6 or “comfort inn” I’m talking big hotels 300 plus rooms. Why? Because they have employee kitchens with free food everyday. Marriott , Hilton, Hyatt etc.. a lot of rooms meals a lot of employees. The food isn’t gonna b 5 star but it’s gonna be free!! Sandwich day, taco Tuesday, free salad bar ( sometimes cereal) with free coffee and tea everyday.

2. Get a job as a DISHWASHER!! ! ? Why? More free food! If the hotels big and in a major city there’s going to be a lot of events, dinners and meetings. A lot of these groups pay for the hotel to provide food. And 99% of the time there’s ALWAYS lots of leftover food. When I worked security the dishwashers would call us and let us know when the event was over and we could go get the leftover food. We’d leave with about 2-3 containers of food. GOOD food.

3. Free showers! Usually with the bigger hotels they’ll have locker rooms and showers with them. This is an easy way to get to work early clean up and get dressed before your shift and they’re always near housekeeping so you can easily get a dry towel and wash cloth to clean up.

Note: this is just MY personal experience I’ve worked at 5 different hotels and they all 3 of these things. This is the only job where they have these kinds of benefits and I’ve talked to co workers that were homelesss at one point in their lives and they all found working at a hotel benefical at getting all their necessities! I hope this info helps someone 🙏🏿❤️

Just got the eviction notice and I have to be out in 7 days. I don't have family and I just reapplied to go back to my old job. I've lived bad but I've never been homeless long term. What can I do to help myself short term?

Im about to be evictived. Im trying my best to get the one shot deal. The judge told me to get the payment before October 31.

People i know was like remove all your stuff out the apartment before October 31 just in case. Then take myself with my kids back to the shelter after the 31st.

Avoid paying the landlord. Im said i eventually have to pay him years or months later.

I was pregnant without pay during my 5 months of leave that's why I owe. What should I do?

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I'm 19 and I'm honestly running out of options, so I'm hoping someone here might know about resources I haven't found yet.

Over the past year I've moved around quite a bit trying to find somewhere I could work and get stable. I went from Colorado → Virginia → North Carolina → South Carolina → Georgia → Louisiana. At one point I was walking long distances because I didn't have transportation, and I've only been able to keep moving because different people have helped me along the way.

I'm currently in Louisiana staying with a friend, so I'm technically not sleeping on the street right now, but I'm still essentially couch-surfing and I don't have a stable place of my own. The person I'm staying with is helping me tremendously, but I don't know how long that situation can last.

The biggest problem is employment. I genuinely am trying to work. I have a resume, previous work experience, and I'm willing to do pretty much any legitimate job I'm qualified for. I've applied to jobs in multiple states, but transportation is a huge obstacle. I don't have a car, and a lot of the jobs I can realistically get to either aren't hiring or aren't accessible by public transportation.

I want to make it very clear that I'm not posting this to ask strangers for money. I'm looking for information, resources, programs, or advice that could actually help me become self-sufficient.

My long-term goal is to become an EMT and eventually pursue a career in the military, but I don't want to jump into that immediately. Right now I want to get stable first, get reliable transportation, work consistently, and prove to myself that I can build a life for myself.

I've looked into things like Job Corps, but I'm unsure whether it makes sense for me because the career path I'm interested in isn't necessarily available through the program in the way I need it to be. I'm also trying to figure out what other programs exist for young adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, especially programs that could help with employment, transportation, housing, EMT training, or getting established.

I'm not expecting anyone to solve my situation for me. Even advice from someone who has been through homelessness at a young age, information about a program I haven't heard of, or advice about what you would do in my position would mean a lot.

I'm 19, I'm trying really hard to get on my feet, and I'm honestly scared of ending up back on the street. I know I'm young and I have my whole life ahead of me, but right now I don't know what the smartest next step is.

If you know of legitimate resources/programs for someone in my situation, especially in Louisiana or surrounding states, I'd really appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

I am 19 F. I live near Houston, and no homeless shelters have any room. I’ve called, no joke, 20 different shelters. I’ve called 211, and I’ve called the runaway and TX youth hotlines. All three of those hotlines gave me the same homeless shelters.

I called them, and they said they don’t know which ones have room and to call the cops. So I did, and they said the same thing. they couldn’t help.
I’m homeless, living on my mom's abandoned property. I tried posting videos explaining my situation on social media, but people just told me to get a job.

How exactly do you expect me to work when I can’t even shower? I can’t even wash my clothes. I don’t have an education, I don’t have any family, and I don’t have any of my documents. No resources will help.

The only family I have is my mom. I don’t know my dad he’s not even in America. The only way I get food is EBT having it delivered. I can’t keep living like this.

I haven’t seen a dentist in years and have a severe infection that hasn’t been treated in four years. The lady on 211 gave me a dentist's number and said they could help, but they want an ID. I have no way of getting anywhere to get that. I don’t know what to do. Not only am I getting bitten up by fire ants outside, but I’m completely out of ideas. I’ve tried everything, and churches won’t help. If you have any ideas I’m happy to hear them thanks

In may of 2024 I met the most loving and caring man I’ve met in my life. My boyfriend Charlie, he’s a 20 (18 At the time) year old trans man from Ga. My name is Michael and I’m a 20 (18 at the time) year old gender fluid persons (he/she/they) from Tn. We met on tender and instantly fell head over heels for each other but were held apart by distance. After dating for acouple months over snap chat texting/calling day and night. (My snap rewind said we sent over 900,000 messages in the span of a year.) he finally started meeting for monthly “Visits” coordinated through my step mother and Dad. Around a month before we meet my parent allowed my step sisters boyfriend Devin to move into there house. This is important later! During these monthly visits Charlie would stay over for a couple days in my room and we would buy our own food (which I was already doing for myself anyway), clean up consistently, and typically was out on dates or spending time together. Trying to make the most of what we had. A year rolls around and Charlie fathers family home was taken by city code along with their family pets which one of which was Charlie’s dog who had been bonded with him through his fathers cancer diagnosis and eventual death two years before we met. Charlie’s family was scattered. He was forced to move into a house with a woman named Sheree. This woman was dying very slowly and Charlie was forced to take care of her so he could have a home. This woman was verbally and physically abusive to Charlie. At this time I was still living with my parents and working a job a circle k to support him and myself (paying my parents, buying groceries, saving for a car.). Two month go by in this situation and Charlie becomes very depressed taking care of a dying woman who hurts him any chance she can get. We do a visit after I had to quit my circle k job for lack of consistent rides to take our mind off things. The visit goes great but the lot of the time Charlie is crying and unable to explain why. When we get to Sheree’s house to drop him off Sheree begins to scream and yell “I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME BACK HERE!” “You’re an ugly bitch!” etc… they began a screaming match that resulted in my putting Charlie in the car and gabbing all his belongings and putting them in the trunk of Devin’s car. He makes call after call until Charlie’s mother tells us he can move in with her, Charlie’s sister, Vivian, and Chase. Vivian is an old meth/pill addict friend of Charlie’s mom from when Charlie was a kid. Charlie sleeps on a recliner for 3 months in Chase’s and Vivian’s home before an argument over Charlie cleaning up after Vivian’s cat puts them all out on the street. During the time Charlie was living at Vivian’s I got another job at Family Dollar to continue supporting us. Charlie, charlies sister, and his mom spend a day on the street with their stuff looking for somewhere to stay. Eventually Charlie’s brother Nick let them move in. During this time Charlie played mom off of nicks money and feed, clothed, and took care of all of them (including grown man Nick) while Charlie Mom got high off Nicks money everyday. Eventually Nick wanted more privacy in his one bedroom apartment and kicked them all out. Charlie and his mother moved into a 20 year old shed in Charlie’s grandpa overgrown back yard at the beginning of November 2025. Charlie lived there for 2 months. At this time I was becoming increasingly worried for Charlie’s situation. The shed had no windows or doors in the frames and they only had a heater I had bought for them. We had been together for almost 2 years and hes been to my parents house countless times for extended periods of time so I talked to my dad and step mom. I asked them if Charlie could move in, I explained everything and how desperate he was getting. I offered to pay rent, to clean the house, clean up after their pets, anything! They wouldn’t budge, even after letting two of my step sisters boyfriends move in back to back in way less intense situations. I couldn’t let Charlie do this alone, so much needed to be done to the shed. At this point I had a car. So I had to make a decision and I chose him. I packed up all my stuff and drove three hours to him in Georgia December 28th 2025. I moved into the shed and immediately got to work. I started fixing the place up and making sure it was safe and clean. I applied to the local GE factory and got the job. Things started to look up, I knew the shed wasn’t permanent but we were together and simi comfortable snuggled up through the cold nights. Until the car started going down hill. I’m no mechanic and unfortunately at the time I got fired from GE so I couldn’t afford one. Charlie got a job a bojangles and Charlie’s mom got a job at a smoke shop. We were comfortable and I was at home fixing the shed up and cleaning up the overgrown yard and sick with that super flu bull that was going around at the time. One night while Charlie was off from work Charlie’s mom called me to come pick her up. I was driving down the road when a cop lights me up. I pull over and the cop walks up to my window “are you aware your tags are expired?” “No officer” “license and insurance” I’m unable go get my step mom or dad on the phone for them to send me my insurance card I’ve been paying them for. The cop come back to the window…. “Please step out of the car” I’m confused so I ask “may I ask why?” He gets frustrated “SIR step out of the car.” I get out of the car and he flips me around and puts handcuffs on me. Charlie jumps out of the car and begins walking over to me asking what’s happening. The cop lets go of me and reaches for his service weapon and screams at Charlie to get back in the car. I look at Charlie and tell him “just get in the car and call your grandpa, I love you baby I’ll see you soon.” The cop walks me over to his car and puts me in the back seat. I ask him again what’s happening and he tells me my license is suspended. I end up spending the night in jail but thankfully my cars gets picked up by Charlies grandpa so thankfully it wasn’t impounded. A week after I get out of jail my car blows a head gasket and I can’t afford to fix it and survive so I sell it. During all this my grandfather dies of the super flu in the hospital. He leaves me 1000$ in his will and all of it goes to fixing the shed and food and paying debts. Charlie’s still working and so is his mom again things are steady but I began to enter psychosis after being on meds for 2 years and being symptom free. In a different state away from my support system and my therapist and psychiatrist. Also during this time a woman living in Charlie’s grandpas house (Charlie’s grandpas new wife’s son’s baby mama) is trying to get a job so she asks Charlie for a reference at bojangles. Me and Charlie love and take care of her kids so obviously we say yes not wanting to miss an opportunity to get them better care. Charlie gets her an interview… when she goes in she proceeds to lie her butt off telling them she is Charlie’s half sister and her mom married his dead dad (who she’s never even met) and also told them her baby daddy abandoned her, even tho he spends every waking moment improving the house or taking care of the kid and looking for jobs that felons can have around them (which isn’t much). This clearly upsets Charlie when it gets back to him. We’re all in the shed the night Charlie found out. He is squalling in my arms when I stand up and begin to walk out the shed towards to house, i honestly don’t know what would of happened, when Charlie’s mom grabs my shoulder and tells me she’s going to handle it. I go back into the shed and she’s gone for a hour. When she comes back she tells us to pack our shit.. so we pack up and begin looking for a new place. I eventually get in touch with my mom and she tells us we can have my little half sisters room and she can stay with her dad. This was not ideal because her dad is an abusive narcissist. We have no choice so we take the deal. We move in with my mom, my 78yo nana, my 19yo sibling B, and my brother 14yo mark. Janis 16yo sister moves in with step dad Jeff. After moving in we find out Charlie doesn’t have a in date ID so he can’t get a job. We make trip after trip trying to get him a new one or renew it and during this time I got a job a Popeyes. When Charlie got his ID fixed my dad let me know about a job opportunity with his friend we could both work on the same shift. So we applied and waited and got interviews scheduled and went and got onboarding. We filled both our on boarding out and I get a start date and go but Charlie is still waiting… and waiting… and waiting. NOTHING! I eventually start asking around and figure out the new hire ups didn’t like my dad’s friend idea and nobody decided to tell us! So i continued working while Charlie looked for a job. This set up was very unrealistic because we only liked the gig because we could do it together and it would make the hour and a half drive not so bad for how much we would be making but without both incomes it was pointless basically. Then I learn that my dads friend was dating a very young girl that was working with us, also at this time my sibling B was using my eldest sisters car to get to and from school because my sister was out of state on a acting gig. Well my sister was coming back so we were losing the car. All of this combines into me putting in my 2 week notice. Now my sibling is using my mom’s car and my mom is taking a bus to work. Me and Charlie apply apply apply for job and after many rejection and interviews and finally get jobs together at Macdonalds but the bus doesn’t go to that side of town and we can’t get rides to work. The cherry on top you ask? My sister is needing to move back Into my moms because her dad is doing the same shit he’s always done so we are being kicked out to let her back in. Everything is falling apart.. my dad is standing firm on not letting Charlie move in and Charlie can’t go back to the shed because Charlie’s mom raided there abandoned hoarder home and filled the shed with the stuff… it’s the end of the road. We sat for 3 hours with my mom and couldn’t come up with anything and that was been constant for awhile now.
I’m really lost this time and it feels like there’s no way out.
What can we do to stay together?
How can we prevent becoming homeless again?

Somewhat older couple, together for years. We've been practically homeless for almost a year, living in our car and in temporary housing that we can afford. We have tried moving for better jobs and more affordable housing, a way out of our situation. We cannot seem to stabilize long enough to make much progress, whether because of unstable, low-paying employment or unaffordable and even nonexistent housing.

Winter is coming and our car won't run forever. Right now, I'm afraid we're in too big a city, burning too much money and exhausting our resources too quickly to recover and if we fail, we may not survive here. We simply can't afford to grind here and we're always in potential danger.

Where we came from is, alternatively, too small and lacking resources. Finding temporary housing for more than a few days was impossible. No one seemed to want roommates either. Our work, there, also depended on the weather and tourism.

While I am deliberately vague, I'm also willing to explain more and answer reasonable questions. To start, I'm not a bot. I've only started to interact with this community because I see others getting advice or at least conversation with people who may understand.

Not sure what we expect from this post, so maybe some advice or conversation could help us.

Hi, I'm 22 years old. This is a very complex confusing situation that I've tried my best to do research on and ask for advice on but it's still confusing. I'm sorry if the flair is wrong as I didn't know whether to pick this one or general question. I don't have a financial backbone in my life and never have, since my parents never had a job, and my dad lived off of my moms retirement money until she passed away last year. None of them had any savings either and my dad has literally no money. I never really got any help from my family about this either and I don't even have any family members other than my dad to begin with. So now I'm in a really bad spot and I've been trying to find a job and the only place that sent me a job offer is literally 3 hours away so I can't even accept it even if I wanted to. Basically, I've been trying my hardest to research things online so that I actually can know what I'm doing, but I still feel like I need help. I realized I had a section 8 voucher and no one ever told me. (Due to succession since I was on the voucher and I was unaware the whole time until she passed that we were in section 8 housing) I'm currently in new york and I want to move somewhere alone so I can finally have peace of mind and not be around people who drain me and make my life extremely stressful and hellish but I genuinely don't know where to start, and I'm already worried I'll get evicted since well, my financial instability and also me getting fired from my job earlier this year made it really hard to simply just be okay. I tried to find places near adirondack since that's ideally the kind of place I want to live in, but it doesn't seem that there's many options for a 1 bedroom. I don't know, I'm just so lost. I really could use some advice and it's very appreciated as I navigate through this mess and try to be independent. Oh, and I already sent a income change request and I filled out a zero income questionnaire like 5 days ago. Thank you for reading and any help is appreciated and I'm ok with answering any questions at all. Please let me know if this is too personal and I will delete it right away.