Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely what you’d expect

Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by phphphphp on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:34PM (#31562089)

I say this without judgement, but it's very possible that the OP isn't able to hold down a job: not through any fault of their own, but because employment is extremely narrow in what it can accommodate. As they clearly state, they're able to get a job but unable to keep one: your suggestion, while probably meant to be helpful, isn't very helpful when the world of employment is out of reach to a lot of people, not because they lack the skills, but because employers don't care to accommodate people.

For what it's worth, I'd be completely incapable of handling a minimum wage job.

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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by logifail on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:47PM (#31562247)

> they're able to get a job but unable to keep one

(Genuine Q) if someone were to provide a home, would they be able to keep that?

I'm struggling to find an article I read years ago (feel sure it was somewhere at theguardian.com) in which it was proposed that just providing houses wouldn't all by itself "fix" homelessness.

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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by hattmall on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:44PM (#31562210)

If you literally can't hold down a job you can get disability, but I think if you are able to live in a car you can get a job. There is such a wide variety of jobs and this guy says he wrote a book. You can make more than minimum wage right now, just writing posts on your phone.

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