I’ve Been Unhoused. It Could Happen to You. Let’s Stop Criminalizing It.
I’ve Been Unhoused. It Could Happen to You. Let’s Stop Criminalizing It.
The push to criminalize the unhoused should be treated as a threat to us all.
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I am going to be living in my car starting in just a few days, and it is terrifying imagining all the ways that a single encounter with the police could destroy what’s left of my life. America, and my state in particular, is incredibly hostile to its own people, in such a staggering array of different ways that it can be hard to fully appreciate at times. We live in a bad country, run by bad people.
Get a gym membership if you can. Gives you access to a shower, something to do during the day and possible social interactions.
The YMCA, at least around here, offers an income-based sliding-scale membership fee as well.