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Does anyone here have experience being homeless with a disability? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I've been without work for a few months now, and I have little to no money saved up. I'm pretty soon no longer going to be able to afford rent, and it's been made clear that I will not be able to access the healthcare required for my hearing loss. After a months long back and forth with the government bureaucracy and insurance providers, I'm shit out of luck for the time being.

I just want to know if anyone here has similar experiences, and what to expect.

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[–] DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends how homeless you mean exactly. Sleeping on the street? No, not yet. But moving from place to place, couchsurfing, hostels, and having to speak to an advisor about potentially accessing a homeless shelter, yes. IME there is actually very little help out there. I'm not surprised there are so many people living in tents now. What country are you in? If you're homeless in the UK the council are supposed to find you somewhere, but they often don't. I saw a woman post on reddit the other day about how she presented as homeless to the local council and they gave her three terrible options, one of which was sleeping on the street. More and more poor and disabled people are just being left to fend for themselves.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I don't live in the UK, no. But where I live there is practically zero real government safety nets to help people in poverty, because it's a rampant problem and the state can hardly manage to keep the country running as is. The only things that are commonly associated with helping the homeless here are religious institutions.

I don't imagine I'll be literally on the streets, at least not for a while, I could maybe drift around to a few places, but even that I can't burden people forever.

I am genuinely considering a tent tough.