Guess who has four broken #Teeth, a damaged #Leg, a damaged #Knee, an #Anxiety disorder, is #Impoverished, #Unhoused and lives in a car, and can't #Sleep.

This girl.

Happy #TransDayOfVisiblity to all who celebrate.

In my own Quest to Survive, my #kitchen has been the nerve-centre of designing/creating/building/modifying things to help me stay alive through the crisis of the moment, as well as as more obvious ongong crises such as extreme heat, terrible air quality, etc.

In some cases, #OffTheShelf technology to mitigate an issue exists, but (for example) both #poverty and #lease requirements prevent me from acquiring energy-efficient cooling technology.

Even if I pay 100% of the cost of buying and installing a #window #AirConditioner, it means a breach of lease and possible #eviction.

Given that I'm pretty sure I would not survive many days of being #unhoused (due to #MedicalConditions and #disability-management challenges, not due to any fellow unhoused neighbours), I have worked very hard to figure out other ways to mitigate heat in my unit.

8x

#mitigations
#experiements
#SelfHelp
#tenancy

#GreasyGavinNewsom in 2003

#Indybay

The very ugly #CareNotCash #PropN

Judge: 'Care Not Cash' initiative invalid !!!! : Indybay
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/05/08/16091401.php

The bigotted theory here, is that ALL #unhoused people who get assistance will just go out get high and just live off benefits.

This is a LIE! People buy #food, seek #healthcare, save up for a place to live, use the money for job hunting ,etc

#GavinNewsom is a #rightwing rich kid who is a lying weasel who pretends to be progressive when he can benefit from it!

#California #SanFrancisco

#NoGavinNewsom2028

Judge: 'Care Not Cash' initiative invalid !!!! : Indybay

The judge said the state sets standards of assistance for indigent residents but had deferred to the supervisors as exclusive county agents. The supervisors rejected proposals identical to those in Proposition N before the measure was placed on the ballot.

Indybay
As Vancouver prepares for FIFA, questions raised about unhoused people
Seattle, which is also hosting, has rolled out an emergency plan to move some encampments and expand shelter and housing space ahead of the tournament.
#Canada #Politics #Sports #FIFA
https://globalnews.ca/news/11746540/vancouver-fifa-questions-unhoused-people/
As Vancouver prepares for FIFA, questions raised about unhoused people
Seattle, which is also hosting, has rolled out an emergency plan to move some encampments and expand shelter and housing space ahead of the tournament.
#Canada #Politics #Sports #FIFA
https://globalnews.ca/news/11746540/vancouver-fifa-questions-unhoused-people/

In the US, #postal General Delivery is a very important service to understand, and it's made very difficult to find information about. #Unhoused people and others without a residential address can receive #letters and #packages at a single specific post office in each city.
Figuring out which post office it is requires detective work: the only way I've found is to wrestle with the voicemail at 1-800-ASK-USPS until the system turns you over to a human, then ask for the General Delivery location for your specific city.
You need to complete a form at that post office to receive General Delivery mail. Then senders address things like this:

Recipient's Name
**General Delivery**
City, ST ZIP# of General Delivery post office.

For anyone in #DC the General Delivery post office is 900 Brentwood Rd NE, ZIP Code 20018

Recipients collect their #mail from the post office by requesting it by name at the counter.

Senior housing insecurity is a growing crisis — and it's happening right here in San Francisco. Come to the @internetarchive on April 22 for this free documentary screening and community conversation about what we can do about it.

🎟️ RSVP at https://luma.com/lrtq1eg5?utm_source=lwvsf-social

#SanFrancisco #SF #SFpol #Homelessness #Unhoused #Housing @SFPublicPress

I will be #unhoused in 10 days, and likely sooner, as it does not look like my name will come up on any of the #housing lists I've applied to.

I'm not going to be able to do this. I so scared, my anxiety is going to be paralyzing. I see why people who've been unhoused for any length of time lose their grip on themselves.

And if my car breaks...

If at some point you have to deal with someone ranting about NYC spending $81,000 per homeless person last year for a total of $368 million here is a way to shut their mouth.

Ask them how they feel about paying $6.9 million A DAY to house immigrants.

That's $2,5 BILLION a year.
Almost 7 times what NYC spends.

Because that's what ICE centers cost to all taxpayers every year.

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/07/25/what-is-the-daily-cost-of-detaining-someone-arrested-by-ice

#ice #newyork #mamdami #unhoused #homeless #immigration #tax

What is the daily cost of detaining someone arrested by ICE?

It costs millions each day to detain a migrant in an ICE facility, and that’s not counting the billions it would cost to deport them.