I could very well be joining him very soon. I’m not joking! I’m 58 worked all my life but am now in a situation due to changing circumstances. This can happen to anybody…this man owned a house and his own business. Where is this man’s family?
@@InvisiblePeople I gave up work to care for mum full time for years. She died before Xmas and going to lose the only home I’ve had at 58. My mental health hasn’t been good due to mums death, I need to find work before I can even start trying to find somewhere to live but on limited time and will be on a low salary
@@melaniekehaya2868 if you have a driver's licence then Uber and Lyft is excellent. You can rent a car from Hertz or another car rental agency if you don't own a car. You can work lots of hours for now to get a little ahead of the game.
You can tell he's telling the truth about his past. Clearly had it together at one point. He's also very clean looking and fairly well put together. Which shows he hasn't lost his pride entirely. I hope things turn around for him. The cop telling him he's an eyesore like he's a pile of garbage on the street is ridiculous. He's a human being.
@@_Just_Another_Guy So because of something someone supposedly said to someone in a story on RU-vid, you lost trust in the Police? I hope your other reasons aren't also hearsay.
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 The minute the tiny home communities are built, there are people who will stop paying rent, quit work, give into their urges etc. Simply because of the safety net provided. There are plenty of resources available for most people who WANT to get off the street to actually get off the street. Yes, the system could be better, but another giant safety net is not what society needs. Pedro could be living in a low income apartment collecting Social Security, and getting food assistance and Medicare right now. There is no reason he HAS TO sleep in the park.
Helping to build your own home gives security and self worth. Some people, especially women, are living on only $500 a month social security. After paying one third of your income for low-income rent, there's no car, no money to cover much if anything... people become stuck. When they can't go out and be social, depression sets in. A very high incidence of suicide is prevelent in those over 50 who are low-income. Our government gives BILLIONS and our churches give MILLIONS overseas. We MUST take care of Americans first. 80% of women over 65 are living in POVERTY in the U.S.!!!
I was recently homeless for over two years, a 61 year old woman with heart problems, unable to work anymore, forced to survive on $388 state disability each month (half went to a small storage unit) for two years until I got my social security, which is way below poverty level. This man is speaking the truth for many homeless. Not drug addicts or alcoholics, Americans who worked their whole lives, thrown out like trash, while the rest of the world walks by like you are not even there. People do yell at you, threaten you, attack you. Being homeless is a very dangerous, hard way to live. Basic survival takes all you have just to make it to another day. To have dry blankets, food, water, necessities. Homeless crisis in every state in our country. America could do better to care for it’s citizens. Much, much better. I did not get one night in the shelter in over eighteen months on the waiting list. Their maximum occupancy is 19 and there are over 300 counted homeless people here, plus many more too. God IS all we have in the darkness. I hold you in my prayers. 🙏
Yes, Mermaid! No one teaches us how to invest or about social security until it's too late. We spend our whole lives taking care of everyone else. Rents, car repair, healthcare costs out of control, no one gives a damn about us!!
We’re all a month of missed rent away from where Pablo is now. It’s sad that our country spends billions and trillions on war and defense but can’t spare hundreds or thousands to try and fix the homelessness problem. It’s very sad how the world in general treats the homeless. The world we live in is evil.
Do you think hundreds of thousands will help the homeless? Or ven millions? You heard him say he's been thru rehab 6 times, do you know what that costs? He won't go to the shelter, his family doesn't seem to want him, he can't manage his money. I worked with the homeless near D.C., it's way more complicated than people realize.
@@stormyweather2807 My brother is in his 10th rehab. The reasons for alcohol or drug abuse is not just because they want to do it. Some have serious things that have happened to them in their lives and this is how they cope. This is the longest he has stayed in a rehab and he is doing so good. Also not all rehabs are created equal. Some are just plain garbage, only there to collect the state money. I took the stance of tough love with him and had not allowed him in my home for over 6 years.. Christmas day was the 1st time he was allowed to come in..only because I can see how much better he is and how serious he is at wanting to maintain his sobriety. Our mom died on june 5th, I wish she could of seen how well he is doing.
@@stormyweather2807 A lot of people don't understand how expensive rehab and forced mental institutionalization can cost. Forced institutionalization can cost 1000 - 3000 dollars pr day. Drug rehab can cost $500 - $2000 per day. I do have to place a lot of the blame on the American people for taking these drugs. There really is only so much the Federal government can do.
The federal govt could do a lot better. The cost of social programs is nothing compared to the money spent waging wars just to make the rich richer. Healthcare doesn't have to be this expensive either. It's all about corruption starting at the top.
Your stereotype of the homeless is ignorant, arrogant and disgusting. Many of these people are disabled and have no family to help them. Many worked their whole lives and paid taxes on everything. I don't know where you get your dollar figures from but there is nothing more important in this world then helping the most vulnerable. Many things are genetic. I know a family that is in their sixties, the oldest just died at 72. The mother of these adults died from ALS 57 years ago. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Everyone of these 5 adults worked their whole lives and were not homeless. There are only 2 of the 5 adults left. Two died from inheriting ALS and one from cancer. They all supported each other when they were healthy and when they became sick and died. Not everyone is so fortunate to come from such a family. Genetics are everything be it ALS, mental illness and an infinite number of inherited deadly genes and diseases. You are being so self-righteous and know nothing about the human condition. One day you could be one of these people. @@ValisFan3
That Alley Cat... don't even have to be a mega church. A lot of the churches have several acres of land. There really is no excuse. Tiny houses can be built for pennies on the dollar!
It's very expensive to be poor. Here's some examples. If you are wealthy or have more money, you can afford to invest in something like real estate or in the stock market which involves risk, if you have a lot of money to begin with, that risk is not as devastating. If you don't have a lot of money, you can lose everything. So you know you really think twice or more than twice about investment which is actually where wealth can be built. Another example is and this is really odd, but if you have health insurance, the hospital for example has contracts with insurance companies where they actually pay them quite a bit less than the actual charge. If you don't have health insurance because you can't afford it because the premiums are really high, they're like 700 a month. That's what mine was before I got on Medicare, if you don't have insurance, you have to pay the full amount. Wow, right? Here's one more example. If you have plenty of money you can afford to take advantage of stock up sales, buy bulk or large amounts all at once and sit on them until you need them. Poor people can't do that. They're busy just barely getting the basic necessities if that. There are many, many reasons we are in this situation, including the income inequality that has been growing over the last 50 years through deregulation of corporations, and the reduction of taxes on the wealthy and increased loopholes. But another reason is because we are not taught how to invest. We are not taught financial education. I know I was not. So we don't really know how to do it. Wealthy people can hire advisors and professionals that know how to invest. Poor people cannot. They are busy just trying to get by which takes all their energy, poverty also causes crime, hopelessness despair. It's not good for anybody. It erodes society from the bottom up. It's not sustainable at some point. I expect we will come to a point where France was in the late 18th century. Heaven forbid but it's not there yet but we are headed that direction with the vast inequality that is getting worse
We can't have people walking around and pooping on the streets, yelling at and attacking people, etc. There's help available for those who are interested in or mentally able to get it. Just live in a car and join a gym $10/month for showers and internet with money from panhandling, get food at shelters, and nobody's really going to give you any problems. It's a rough life and it shouldn't have to come to that, but it's better than being out in the open on the streets.
I lived in Manchester 15 years ago, back then they had one boarding house called the Cadillac motel, it was $65 a week for a room with a lock, heat & electric & a bathroom down the hall. Cities should do more to make places like that available to the people who need them
He seems to have a good head on his shoulders. An intelligent man. Could be your father,son, or uncle in the same scenario. It’s only getting worse out here for people financially. Count your blessings. Thoughts and prayers.
@Rusty-Hinge I'm not pro govt. That being said, everything isn't the govts fault. Same thing with drug addicts and alcoholics. People want the government to help people get out of the trouble they put themselves in. As far as homeless, there are many categories. Where do we begin to help❓️ how long should the government help❓️ If I hit the lottery, I would loveeeeeee to buy some land and build tiny houses.
The problem is that families do not stick together, neither do friends. They move away, die or they outgrow their relationships and their relationships outgrow them.
You may be right. You may be wrong. When I was a child, teenager and young adult, both of my parents were alcoholics but they could function and were not poor. It was hell too often. There are functional alcoholics. Even if they were not alcoholics which so many well healed adults were in those days, there were still very affluent adults that I knew who were abusive. Alcoholics and non alcoholics can be hell to live with. But I understand your concept and speculation. He is still a very sick person and there is plenty of money in the United States for all kinds of people that are problematic as most people are. @@jacobus57
There is no god but I partially agree with you. Family dies or has their own lives and are selfish. Spouses call the shots when a person wants to help their sibling. The spouse wants the money and time for their newly created family. They don't give a sheet about your brother, sister or mother. They want it for their bloodline children even if those children are 50 years old.
The only way our family of 5 adults can avoid homelessness is to pool our resources and rent a home together. One works for the police department, 2 work for a large retailer, 1 works for an airline and one is retired. Our hope is to ride out this difficult time while avoiding debt.
Wrong, it's our fault. If WE marched in the streets the politicians would have to listen...but we don't. If WE mentored people so that they had legitimate job training....but we don't. If we got OUR dead asses out of the churches, synagogues, and mosques and help people learn how to build their own tiny house for pennies on the dollar we could literally eliminate homelessness....BUT WE DON'T!!! SHAME ON US!!!!!!!!
There are more and more seniors out there homeless, yet people want to cut Social Security. It makes no sense to me. We need better guardrails for seniors and all the poor people. New Hampshire is a pretty cold place to be living outside. I am praying for Pablo.
Inflation since 2020 has made current SS in sustaining for recipients. The money printing machine helps those with money and resources. Crushes fixed income. The important thing is wars are paid for.
@@dynodon9182 SS gets cola increases, the last was 6 or 7 percent; so not exactly " fixed" income. Yes inflation, lack of affordable housing contribute to this growing problem but this individual has an addiction. He said it himself. He's been to rehab multiple times; likely on the tax payer's dime. His life fell apart: he lost his marriage, his kids, his business. These events sound like a result of personal chaos, for which I have compassion. But I don't think " the government " is to blame.
@@8ofwands300Without doubt, the government is to blame. We let this country be flooded by illegal immigration. And it in case you don't know they're giving out $5000 Visa cards to these people, and they're giving their kids free schooling, and they're helping them with houses and food. And you're telling me you don't think it's the government's problem or fault?.... You have any idea how much that cost in taxpayer dollars... Maybe we could spend that money on our own home was first.... I hate to say this. But I think a lot of people are like you. They have an odd way of thinking or lack thereof....
@@8ofwands300 I agree and in shelters no alcohol is allowed. I think his addiction is holding him back. His addiction to alcohol might be why he lost his kids. People act in bazaar ways under the influence and family after years of it finally gives up. Maybe lost his money due to alcohol too. You make bad decisions when you don’t think straight. We don’t really know the whole story nor the other side of it.
Families need to stick together more than ever now. So many people not talking to their parents and or people losing their families altogether. Having a social safety net is key. We live in hard times man.
Went on a portion of a hiking trail I had not been on in over ten years. Saw two tents just about fifty feet from a major highway. I'm starting to see more homeless in the suburbs and the cities. The shelter system needs to be reformed.
I took a 60 mile drive to our County seat, three years ago, there’s only two gas stations & a dollar store along the way, the entire Hwy was littered with traps, tents, & litter. Quite shocking to see folks trying to survive where the only thing that thrives is rice fields.
If a person is homeless, they should automatically get at least an 8x8 room and shared kitchen and bathroom. Give them a smaller check then, but make sure they have a permanent room, food stamps and a comfort allowance for every homeless person. There should not be people living on the streets
@DaynaBennett You really don't need to struggle, you're very pretty. Why don't you consider trying some modeling? Could make decent money with agencies (evening gowns, bikinis if you're comfortable, dresses, runways). You shouldn't waste your potential or beauty.
Life can fall apart for anyone and end up here. trauma, addiction, mental health. Breaks my heart. They shouldn't be forgotten people! This is our country?! Skid row.. NYC to NH ... 💔
High rents are the number one reason for being homeless. And of course,jobs don't cover the rent.. Even worse for Social Security. All because of the permanent housing shortage in effect for 42 years.
@@DustandfuzzYou are so right. Our home is our sanctuary where we have peace and safety. Why would anyone want to defile it with unequally yoked, and harmful, disruptive and unhealthy habits. While we want to help these factors limit us. I would not expose my children to something I wouldn’t do myself and jeopardize their safety.
I've been homeless here (in Manchester too) but in my car. There's nowhere to rest. Everywhere you go besides the Walmart parking lot during the day, the cops kick you out. There's no way to rest for a few hours in order to prepare for the next day. My saving grace was using my friends tag to use her parking garage or sleep in used car lots. It really was hard on my psyche.
I can relate to this man. Im already an advocate for the homeless. Im passionate and vocal about the stigma that is both cruel and evil amongst City Councils.
@cockyhemi-123 the federal government could set money aside for shelters. But instead of doing that the government is happily given money to other countries
My story runs very parallel with his..... I am a 59 year old chronic alcoholic, 15 rehabs, destroyed the ones I loved and anyone that tried loving me!! The only difference between myself is the fact that I have finally accepted responsibility for the situation I have put myself in!! The guilt, shame and remorse creates a depression that is paralyzing. So... I am homeless and unemployed... It is hard for us old alcoholics to get employment and a fresh start.. therefore it is easier to leave family and anyone who cared or cares alone.. people like me have put them through too much.. I am one hundred percent a believer of reaping what we have given in life.. So... Its easier to just go away in life at our age and maybe we don't wake up!!
Oh I hope you’re not homeless next year. It is so terribly difficult. Same for me. So far I have made it into 2024, but will I be homeless by April? Oh I hope not. I hope not.
😳 WHERE are all the friends and family of all these homeless and hopeless human beings ?? Everyone was someone's precious baby once. Each is a precious child of Almighty God... 🙏🙏🙏 Not garbage, like what too many seem to treat them like.
Here in Hungary, anyone who has ever worked receives a pension. I'm not saying it's a horrible amount, but it's still there! There is even a job opportunity!
My husband and I are in our late 40’s, mid 50’s. We lost our home of 11 years after market crashed in semi conductor industries beginning 2008. Now… we understand how some peoples’ retirement plans are to break minor laws and go to jail as there’s no retirement, realistic social security and certainly no pension plans that our parents and grandparents had 💜
@@dw309, that makes no sense to me. Even my oldest kids (25 & 24) were raised with technology and belief in work your own business. My age group was taught (generally) to work for others and plan for “traditional” retirement. Even our family didn’t believe we would lose our home after market crashed because they had never experienced it… they were children of Great Depression & World War II parents but completely didn’t see what COULD happen if working traditional routes. That doesn’t even include medical issues. We had our youngest two born with an illness so rare, there were/are only 5 specialists in our country. Even good insurance doesn’t pay for all they need. Not sure what you’re saying in your response to my comment.
Man im homeless in Massachusetts i have my car so it's not that bad and it's been cold here, nevermind new Hampshire, really brutal situation, i wish him the best going forward, so many homeless people here in Massachusetts as well, now with the immigrants filling all the hotels its getting really bad all the way around here
Please get yourself on your town housing assistance list there are vouchers available done churches pay for people to stay in hotels when it's very cold outside. Get on food stamps and a PO box for your mail.
@@WindTurbineSyndrome Thankfully there are still a few people who attend church and contribute to charity...many members are of the older generation. Belonging to a congregation used to be a very important social support and network in communities, which helped prevent some people from falling through the cracks, but this is on the decline in a similar way that family unity is decreasing. Pablo said he's a born again Christian. It would benefit him greatly, if he could begin attending somewhere local and get to know pastor.
@@WindTurbineSyndrome I've been on the housing list for 3 years now, always asking where I am on the list and get no response or they don't know I have food stamps and my farther let's me use his mailing address for my mail ( he's in low income housing cannot stay with him ) so for now I'm doing okay thanks for your concern 🙋🙋🙋
I blame greedy landlords. Rents are being set at prices that only wealthy people can afford. Realtors and banks are also to blame. Realtors ascribe a high price to a property and the banks AGREE.
I feel the government is wanting to push people out of housing. The assessed values double in a year, then the taxes, and insurance went up. Old people be damned.
I blame the politicians who have mismanaged our tax dollar and cut social programs. Also start taxing the ultra rich including these $10,000,000 +preachers (mega churches!)
My condo has been paid off for 13 years (mortgage free). I'm constantly getting calls/texts/emails/letters from investors to buy my unit even though I never put it up for sale. I live in a nice neighborhood, and I don't make a lot of money to start paying rent somewhere else, but those investors don't care about my situation. If I didn't own my unit, I would certainly be homeless, as well.
If rents were affordable less people would be out on the streets when they experience a hard change of circumstances (losing their house, job, spouse ect.) Usually rent is the same price as a mortgage...because when you become a renter you are now paying SOMEONE ELSES mortgage. And these greedy landlords don't care, because to them it's an InVEsTMeNT, and they could care less about your need to have a place you can call HOME. They just want your $$$ and YOU will pay for their investment to profit them so they don't have to pay for it themselves. They want $$ for expending as little energy as possible...it's called passive income, and they are proud of stepping on people like rungs on a ladder to achieve their desired goals Seems like they don't even realize they should be ashamed of themselves for the part they played in driving up housing costs, making homeownership unattainable for so many. But because they have no conscience, they feel no shame for the part they played in the deterioration of our society as a whole.
@@MuzicTunes-lk6npis not LL fault. They have payments to make. I blame our financial system and employers not paying people enough to afford mortgage and rent.
Manchester is so close to my home town of Concord NH, which has a good amount of homeless too. It breaks my heart truly to see this. We are all people!!
This is sad. I'm his age. It's hard staying housed and healthy. I can't imagine being old, on rainy streets, alone, with no family, feeling unloved. Everyday at 65 my bodily functions are failing. The very idea that he's aged 65, street homeless in the rain and being forced to constantly move about is more painful than I can imagine. Add to that being thrown in jail for being homeless at age 65. Paying bail, restitution, probation fee's, drug tether & other court costs while living homeless, old, living in extreme poverty reveals our callous insanity! A criminal record makes it hard to get housed. The U.S.A. is cruelly disgusting! We say, Homelessness is a virtual prison of the soul. Homelessness: The Ultimate Illusion of Freedom!
Hello Pablo. I admire your speaking the truth and your concern for the increase in homelessness. I have been chronically homeless due to (basically) PTSD, it can be very disabling. I wanted to tell you to be careful to not freeze to death. I just attended a Vigil for homeless individuals who lost their lives to Homelessness. (But then you brought up a friend you recently lost). I pray for you. God Bless You!! ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏
I worked for 21 years. I planned my family and waited to have children so we would be financially sound. I retired at 38 to have my 2nd child because my husband’s career took off and we could afford it. We split when our baby was 7 months and my first was 5. I went back to work but my baby was sick every 5 weeks for a year so I quit. I was very fortunate to be able to be a stay at home mom and get child support and Alimony. I planned on going back again when my kids were in middle school. Unfortunately my mom got dementia so I took care of her and carpooled kids So I didn’t go back to work. When she died I was 55 and no one wanted me in my industry. I then moved in with my niece to take care of her kids because she got divorced. My child support ended. I’m now on SS but I took it at 62 so I got penalized $700. There is no way I could afford to live on my own now. I live in CA and rent starts at $2800. When I lived on my own divorced it was $1900 in 2010. I could be homeless in a second. My kids are still too young for me to live with them. My youngest is 18
Pray always and do according to what God lays on your heart, that still small voice described in scriptures, some call it a gut feeling. Always harken unto that still small voice, because it is God speaking to your heart. ❤🙏🙏🙏
I wish you could still work but maybe not because you took your social secuirty early. I went back to work at 53 it took me 1.5 years to find a job. I am 70 still working you can do this.
I heard you could still work while collecting Social Security . Perhaps You can you use your niece as a reference and become a live in nanny or caregiver .. Those kind of jobs may also be kinder to someone your age then a corporate job ,
Same situation here in Canada. There are more homeless, people are hurting and rents for a one bedroom here range between 1200 and 2000 dollars. Politicians do not care, yet we let millions of foreigners in and give everything free to them. Where i live, i go to a soup kitchen every day. I was talking to the guy that runs it and he says they feed over 300 people a day and have to turn others away as they run out of food donations. This nation is broken and the politicians do not care about us citizens. Im 65 yrs old and the Canada i grew up in the 60's and 70's was a paradise compared to today. Love your channel for highlighting this disgraceful situation.
New Hampshire needs a new mayor that remembers that God judges every man's work... Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor he himself also shall cry and not be heard....this is God's word. I've been homeless, and I, too, am a Christian. Now, I have a home...i pray for this man and all homeless.
The Mayor gets a lifetime pension plan from the state. So he doesn't care about a homeless man. At the judgment, the first shall be last and the last shall be first
My parents are having a hard time paying for rent. We might get evicted. My cousin is like 30 and has like one or two kids with his wife and still lives with his mom. It’s not the people, it’s inflation and everything else we’re getting billed with.
Immigrants - people who have even less than any of us & other countries are not the reason for even one homeless person in the US. Stop watching bs news that only exists to keep you invested so that they can sell advertising.
When will you ever learn who the real enemy is. NEVER. immigrants are not his enemy. Pablo didn't blame them. Why are you. They didn't get him in this situation. Did you not hear him when he said he called the senator and he hasn't heard back. How is an immigrant to blame for that. If you don't want immigrants here, i suggest you contact your reps and senators to change US foreign policy, stop corporate welfare, bank bailouts, subsidies, etc. Flawed logic and utter nonsense on your part.
Blessing Sir. I got to know a guy this summer who painted the neighbor's fence here in New Mexico. Cold but not that cold. He shared that he lost his toes to frostbite...because the ER Dr. thought he was just looking for drugs. This man was the grandson of a famous man from Hawaii and I can't imagine how he ended here.
It is a shame that these people, although maybe not perfect in everyone's eyes, cannot be helped to get housing, food, and medical care. I would start with the housing. Freezing to death seems cruel.
@@AlizaDashaWhy should I work and pay for the food and housing of people who dont work? Why shouldn't everyone be responsible for themselves? You do realize that the money the government spends are the taxes that working citizens pay right? Our taxes go up the more they spend.
@@chilloutdude1000 For one thing, some of these people are retirement age, so they may be collecting on a system they paid into when they were able to work. As for others, yeah, seems like a real good idea to let people languish in conditions that might breed disease, an ingenious way to bring down the surplus population--which is all of us.
@@pamelafarmer3426 Perhaps, those that can't contribute to or be a productive part of society should live outside the privileges of a structured society. Places such as slab city come to mind.
@@chilloutdude1000Should you ever find yourself struggling financially or homeless due to unexpected health issues and circumstances, remember your self-righteous attitude. Homelessness is not caused by lazy people who don’t want to work. It’s a far more complex problem than that. Apparently far above your ability to understand or have any compassion for.
🙏❤️ Reality of it all...this could be ANY of us! I'm 61 disabled and living with my sister and brother in law. They're getting old and need me to move. SSDI ain't much for rent, food and utilities! I could pay rent, then what? I found a place based on your income, but the waiting list I've been on, for going on 3yrs, is still not available! Lord bless all these homeless good people like this man! 🙏❤️
in most of the 'civilized' nations on the planet 'family' is at the core of one's universe, here it is loathed by leftists who firmly believe that 'government' needs to be at the center...
Doesnt this man get social security? I have known at least 5 people who are homeless. Not one are drug addicts nor alcoholics. All lost their jobs for whatever reason and then😊 their homes. Then the streets hit you and u have nothing. Take around belongings in a trash bag or push it in a cart. Scared if u are a female. Rape is first reason. Being beaten with rape is frightening to all women on the streets. Never seeing your kids and family is another. My daughter made it out of this situation. Luckily her section,8 came through just as my landlord said she had to leave after Thanksgiving. My neighbor here helped her with a thousand dollars towards rent. We couldn't
That was my question. He should be getting something from s.s. and eventually save up for a car unless he's had a lot of dui"s and can't get a license.
I am so grateful for this bus in which my whole world depends. I am one malfunction away from the street myself and the money I get for disability allowance won't last to the 15th. The city expects me to drive around if I can't afford to go camping at a campground. There are roving bands of psychopaths hunting homeless and the news has the gall to lable them vigilantes. I always didnfall beteeen the cracks with my autism but I was necer irresponsible, sloppy, addictive, loud or negligent. I just am too disabled to support myself.
When I was homeless in 2006 I got a Po box got a cheap car went to state park camp grounds stayed at a fishing pier for 5 dollars a night parked at church parking lots Walmart it's still very hard not to have a place to live but it's ok if you have a van or car to move around I will pray he finds better ❤🙏
Exactly.A 65 yo would have some Social Security money coming or a free phone to earn few extra bucks with.Save up after a while Get a vehicle to sleep in ,cook and store your stuff.Hard to to do if you are a drunk and blow it repeatedly while expecting someone to offer you a free apartment with all the knick nacks.Obviously "god" isn't doing anything to help him lol.Not saying that things are easy for people.This is one terrible society but you must have some intelligence to help yourself.
Imagine having nowhere to store ur clothes, electronics, food, necessities - or a bathtub/shower? Shocking what is going on -- and most of the homeless were hard-working, good people. Many people are old, ill, don't have money to rent a place (rents have skyrocketed) - or family.
@@m42037 Good for you. Not all can buy a mobile and pay rent space. Some have had medical or other extreme things that happened that put them homeless. Many had a home and lost it. All it takes is one major crisis.
@@pnw-elle Woooh time out, I guess I should've made my message longer. We lost our house my late wife (she commented suicide in 2016) and I in 2013 and only had 3k to our name. We got family to loan us money to get one then paid them back when my wife got her worker's comp after four years of waiting! So ya we were close to being homeless if my mum and dad didn't loan us the down payment to move in here. When she got her money we paid them back and paid this trailer off. She's gone now it's just me and my 22 year old and I don't get her survivor benefits until I'm 60, got two more years to wait and I don't have a job and have PTSD and anxiety and panic disorder. I hustle too and get private/public sector like "United Way, St Vincent De Paul etc to pay my gas & electric every shutoff notice I get every three months. There so far does that sound like I'm living like a king?
Everyone should be scared of this happening to them and family members, because it can, its happened to me , Ive always been hard working and so has my husband and it happened to us in 2008 and 1982. Reagon recession.
What good does anything do when people keep voting against their own interests, especially conservatives? If the wealthy have that much power then surely people should logically vote for better distribution of wealth and going mainly towards society? But no, most muricans keep voting for selfishness and "freedom" (which is a brainwashed belief by those in power to keep you all down there in the gutter) rather than "socialistic programs" which is not the same as pure socialism.
Yes that 2008 recession did me in as well. It hit the year I turned 18. I am literally only just recovering now from the domino effect it had on my life.
@@deborahrotondo7792 Thank you, I appreciate it. Sometimes people don't understand how hard it was for young people at that time, who were just starting to build their lives. But it can inspire innovation and resourcefulness as well I suppose. I learnt a lot along the way. Best wishes to you and your family.
@@jasminebarratt1809 Our nation has never recovered from the 2008 financial collapse. Wall Street bankers and CEOs walked away with billions of dollars scot free. Thanks a lot Barrack Obama
I am in Manchester, England, and the problem is the same here. More and more decent people are living on the streets whilst undocumented migrants are warm and fed in hotels. Almost like there's an agenda in Western countries to displace the native folk.
I would give this man social security. I would cut a Union workers social security and give it to this man. Pension collectors don't need social security
Same where I live as well. I think many people at scared to make eye contact with them in fear of provoking them as well. It's like that in my country too. An issue many places in world.
To stop drinking, you need to deal with the reason you are drinking, we drink to numb the pain, and unresolved issues, you got to put in the work in, but the result is worth it. Then you can start living life fully. God bless
One of many reasons why we need to get people in the housing. It’s nearly impossible to stay sober when you’re going to the bathroom behind a dumpster in the McDonald’s parking lot every day.
The two guys on the Talk Sober channel describe the battle. Any doctor will say alcohol is poison, it destroys everything in the body. Peoples mindsets need to change.
This guy gives me hope! I'm 64. It's looking like my council flat will be demolished next year. As a single male, I'm looking at homelessness, just as I draw my pension. Rents are double what i pay just now, for even the most basic accommodation, which I couldn't afford. This guy looks to be coping okay. I can surely at least cope too.
move to Vietnam , Saigon city , everything is cheaper than US , rent 1 room in Saigon just about 300 dollars /month . My uncle get SSA about 1500 dollars/month , then he go and live in Saigon from 2020 until now, living a comfortable life there
@thunggiap1806 That's not a bad shout. I'm from the UK and the state pension will be far lower than 1500 dollars a month. It's less than £1000 sterling just now, though going up. But still doable. 300 dollars is less than the 345 pounds sterling I pay now. Thanks for the suggestion.
My 2 teenagers and I are about to be homeless also. Lost most of my vision and haven't been able to drive or work since March of last year. My family thinks I can do it on my own though so I guess we'll see how that pans out on the streets with kids during the winter. About to divorce my family bc they're only there for me when things are great and degrade me when they aren't. They're all fake af. Tbh I'm probably just off myself once I'm homeless. I can't live that way blind. But there is no help. It is what it is I guess.
@jamiedecker7853 Please try to get on SSDI with the help of a good lawyer that handles such things. The most the laywer can charge is 25% of any back benefits you end up with. Also try getting Sec 8 housing and food assistance if you haven't already. SSDI is meant for people in your situation. Maybe you've already tried or are getting it and it's not enough? I just hope you can get some assistance.
