What To Do If You Find Yourself Homless- Written By Someone Who Has Actually Been Homeless

What to do if you find yourself homless- written by someone who has actually been homeless

Most important: Spend the money you have on a motel. Churches probably will not actually help and shelters can be dangerous or turn you away. At a motel you have free breakfast, access to running water, and a lockable place to sleep. Do not waste money on a gym membership like the popular version of this post says to do, YMCA memberships are like $40.

2. Contact family and friends. Now is not the time to worry about being a burden. Your survival and safety comes first and that is all that matters, anyone worth having in your life will agree.

3. Start a gofundme. Even if someone can’t offer you a place to stay, they might be willing to toss out $5 so you can eat today.

4. Libraries have free wifi. Apply to any and all jobs you can think of if you aren’t already working.

5. Any home is a good home. Even if it’s a dingy apartment in a bad neighborhood. If its cheap and you can afford it, snatch it up.

6. Pancake mix and peanut butter are filling, cheap, and last a long time.

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Tuesday, April 27th: Hi everyone, I’m Gemma, a bi, mentally ill disaster, who’s in desperate need of help. I'm really sorry to be asking for help again so soon, but things have gotten worse for me and due to my bills, fees and charge-backs, both my accounts are overdrawn.

As most of you are already aware from my previous post, I have been struggling financially for quite some time due to my welfare benefits being under a review, which is due to my worsening mental health and the UK’s controversial changes to how benefits are assessed and assigned. And at the moment, I'm currently struggling to get by, as I don't get my U.C benefit until the end of the month, and all my previous donations have gone to pay off court fees, to avoid going back to court in June. I am also still awaiting the outcome of my PIP Assessment (April/May 2021 at the latest)

I know this is a huge ask, and I'm completely heartbroken to be asking for help again, but I still desperately need some as I don't have anyone else to turn to and I'm currently bedridden with a UTI/kidney infection.

My bank account is in the negative by -£216.62 & my PayPal is -£89.43!! So my goal to pay these off is £300.

If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life, and sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody is obligated in any way to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling right now.