Aging into Homelessness | More baby boomers are living on the streets, or at risk

Some seniors on the First Coast are living on the edge of poverty. Many can't afford to pay rising rent costs. More baby boomers are living on the streets.

[@WorldOfWonder66]

This needs to be talked about more

[@WorldOfWonder66]

@@JetSkiSuper7 What I meant is them need to talk about how so many older people are living like this too. They focus so much on the drug addicts young people. Yes I definitely agree something needs to be done

[@reaper5701]

Lmfso yall voted for this. I say stop investing in old people and invest in young Boomers are done and finally getting what they deserve due to how they voted

[@lynnjudd9036]

It seems like it should not be a big deal to figure out how to get incomes to where they keep up way better than they do now with rising costs.

[@WorldOfWonder66]

@@lynnjudd9036 You must be living under a rock and not understand what the disabled and elderly go through

[@ravenward626]

Folks have been talking about this for the last 40-50 years. But now that the consequences are catching up to more people the related issues will get more exposure. Which is good for public discourse, but a little too late to prevent harm. Failure to stop policy changes before they are proposed and passed creates messes that should be cleaned up, but they are rarely lobbied for unless someone profits from the change. Now the law is own their side, which can make undoing their profiteering power grabs a challenging endeavor. More so when the larger public remains ignorant to their representatives' decision making, deficit in choices for representation, and generally too busy to follow the details of every bill proposed or the experience to notice all the red flags that make it into law.

[@ChrisSmith-qk9rk]

Praise dear God almighty for this "Changing Homelessness" program, praise God, thank you Jesus!

[@m9078jk3]

It's called the rent trap. I escaped it 30 years ago becoming a small home/property owner. I succeeded 15 years ago barely paying the debt off with much struggle and hardship. Now I get a Class A property tax exemption in my state through my county assessors office and only have to pay under $12 USD of property taxes every year. I also get free home repairs/upgrades through rebuilding together a non profit as well as utility discounts and a heat pump through a federal grant.

[@ZeroGravity60]

"Hey People, I FOUND IT! I found where all the resources are now going."

[@winonabarter2540]

I always think, there but for the grace of God go I, when I hear these stories of people working their whole lives as part of a community and ending up homeless and placed in dangerous places trying to sleep eat and all the while folks around are complaining but offering no solutions.Absolutely terrifying

[@MS-st1zb]

They are liabilities, no need to spend money on them, now the border jumpers are assets, they are worth spending money on because they offer a return on the funds spent.

[@MeanOldLady]

They got what they voted for.

[@Cnw8701]

Go back to school! Do what us millennials did! You can pay the debt off by the time you're 95!

[@mr.woowoo8826]

🤡

[@TheCherrytree123]

That's why get small place early is the 1st things in life. many don't have sense of it. I persuade a few friends but they said they want larger better homes which they can't afford. They pay a lots of rent instead. They can not see only one paycheck away from homeless. Homeless can happen if something suddenly happen.

[@jonasmiller5755]

Looks like someone needs to pull themselves up by the bootstraps! We can't just give them a handout afterall, how would they ever learn the value of personal responsibility?

[@lisabaltzer4190]

His daughter will not help him or take him in? I would never have let my dad e homeless.

[@winonabarter2540]

that is good, but may children have left their parents behind moving forward to a point they have had no contact for years. I am happy you and your dad have such a good relationship

[@lisabaltzer4190]

@@winonabarter2540 My father raised me all by himself after my mother abandoned me on a street corner in Downtown Los Angeles when I was 4 years old. He never remarried. He was a good man.

[@natashac.2038]

If a dad signed away his rights and wants nothing to do with the child... he shouldn't expect any help from that child. I have a friend whose fam left her and now they want her help

[@changemymind2021]

He would eat her into being homeless.

[@jonasmiller5755]

There's a good chance he kicked her out at 18, or something of that nature.

[@sharoncontini3284]

A lot of shelters turn away elders because the shelter cannot provide incontinence products. Please donate pads, briefs and bed/chair pads.

[@brysoncherry9884]

That does nothing to change the fact it remains a biohazard risk.

[@sharoncontini3284]

Any suggestions?

[@winonabarter2540]

if they won't let them in then donating these these still won't get them in.

[@truegrit7697]

Wow - I never thought of that....

[@shirley9066]

To rent u have to have 3x income the amount of rent.1 yr. Lease. They are selling old mobile homes in parks too old to move for 80,000. 100,000. Then lot rent forever like payments they can raise anytime. You can't win.

[@winonabarter2540]

For me having a stable home was the most important thing, after I did that I figured the rest out. Then jobs get lost mortgages go unpaid and soon you are living in your car . Then some one sees you sleeping in your car and instead of helping they call the police and your car is towed. now you have no home, but they feel good about cleaning up the streets. A lot of this has to do with the way we as humans treat each other. Plain and simple in stead of helping it's complaining.

[@BlackVan-qu8mc]

My goal is to leave the country. If you never really own anything, why play this game? I dont want to play this game anymore. The American dream is dead

[@gordonallen9095]

This is the end result of over 45 years of "trickle down" economics, the elimination of defined benefit pension plans, the outsourcing of entry level, living wage jobs, and people stuck in low wage, no benefit jobs for the majority of their working lives. Add in rising inflation over this decade, and the situation only becomes more dire. And with the youngest Boomers now reaching retirement age, this crisis will only grow. For those younger people who mock these seniors, don't think this, or something worse can't happen to YOU, or YOURS. In this American economy that is RIGGED in favor of the wealthy, corporations, and banks at the expense of the rest of us, we are ALL vulnerable.

[@deadhookerproductions1068]

Where are your bootstraps now?

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

Good, you did this. I'll see you in a few years when i too am homeless.

[@Bobrogers99]

Some of these people would actually be better off in some of our prisons. At least they'd have shelter, adequate food and basic medical care. We can surely provide appropriate housing for our older people at less cost than what we pay for prisons!

[@bethriley9757]

Those prisons are for profit. So any medical care would be worthless.

[@Marella2024]

You can't be serious. Many prisons are disgusting facilities. The "food" that they give the prisoners is inedible! The medical care is inadequate, some facilities are falling a part, there are leaks & flooding in cells, bug infestations, etc. These places are inhumane and you want to say our elderly need to have similar facilities? They need to give the elderly more subsidies so they can stay in their homes and live with dignity. And don't even give me that, "who will pay for it" bs. Our government has sent billions of dollars to Ukraine and other countries when that money could have gone to help the vulnerable people in OUR society.

[@Bobrogers99]

@@Marella2024 I agree that a modest subsidy would allow most elderly to remain in their homes, often at a lower cost than nursing homes. I was thinking of the non-elderly homeless, who currently huddle in tents in winter, beg for food, and get absolutely no medical care. While some of our prisons are wretched, some are not.

[@davidcarvajal5739]

​@@Marella2024They should try to get a job, like everyone else.

[@tytemind7850]

Many: Gave your life, $$ & education to your children where are they now?

[@gordonallen9095]

A good and valid question.......

[@KathleenMcNe]

The man living in his car for two years mentioned his daughter. Why wasn't he living with her? I could never, ever allow my parents to live on the street or in a car. I'd have them move in with me.

[@timeforce80]

Easy cause hes a booner that treated his daughter like shit

[@oversizedshipping]

Better give them bootstraps an extra hard pull.

[@BlackVan-qu8mc]

Cut back on that avocado toast too.

[@codymegehee299]

I guess you guys just need to work harder, bootstraps and all that right?

[@charityrocks]

I have plans to end my living when I reach this point.

[@winonabarter2540]

avoid places with narcan

[@charityrocks]

@@winonabarter2540 I would have to start doing drugs first to need narcan.

[@kingofichigo]

Guess they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and eat less avocado toast

[@colemant6845]

"Bootstrap" comments are just dumb and dated.... Wake Up. Just call them deserving DUMB LOSERS that need to just move on to six feet under. Let's be REAL.

[@frederickjackson]

Sad very sad America.

[@adriandanielvalidomorales6130]

This is the system boomers created,enjoy it

[@Maacknx]

Hmm the consequences!

[@JakeFifield-t2f]

If they'd stop buying Lattes and Avocado toast maybe they'd have some savings.

[@kingofichigo]

Bootstraps!

[@williamwilson6499]

This Boomer thought about it 50 years ago. Retired at 56 in 2015…bought my house with cash. Still haven’t drawn SS yet. Motorcycles, coffee, grandkids…that’s my life.

[@stephaniemcbroom9615]

No one can afford rent...its insane..ss...does not cover much....😢

[@winonabarter2540]

my ss is under 1200 a month, I worked three minimum wage jobs to support three children alone and that is all it was worth in the end. Sad state of affairs when you can't afford a home, and then if you don't have a home you loose your SS because you have no physical address.

[@mordecai5118]

Sue the cityif the law isnt being enforced.? With all the issues they're already dealing with now you want them to sue the the city. Where does the homeless start that process??? Smh...we must be among the most evil ever! NO COMPASSION!

[@billbillards569]

Gee, you think you guys are finally figuring out that the rents are too high.

[@johncostello2948]

Why didnt they save up money? They had decades to fund a 401K. What were they doing? Playing jacks and pickup sticks?

[@jackcarraway4707]

Why don't they just get a job, pull themselves up from their bootstraps and stop buying avocado toast?

[@TheyHateAnythingRight.]

That's right! This is what they get for their sadism.

[@ashleeharding9888]

This is what happens when you vote to end public assistance programs 😂😂😂 LEOPARDS ATE MY FACE

[@kingofichigo]

Oh noes, the consequences of their actions!

[@sinebar]

How much did the US give to Ukraine last couple years? In the billions last I heard. I think the US could divert foreign aid to domestic aid. I mean come on. The Social Security COLA should calculate a lot more realistically than what it currently is. I think seniors are getting short changed.

[@deadhookerproductions1068]

1 percent of the defense fund goes to Ukraine. A single percent. And that's what you blame? There's not even an argument to be made here you're just a moron.

[@jamieshows1564]

If they take Ukraine, they take Moldova. If they take Moldova, they're going for Poland and the Baltics. If you don't understand European history and power dynamics, just shut your mouth.

[@minimaxmiaandme.4971]

@@jamieshows1564 Right, some people just don't get it.......

[@nunya2954]

I think it is over 120 BILLION, unless they are lying and it is more, which I am inclined to believe it is a lot more

[@MS-st1zb]

Politicians doing a wonderful job. We need to have a star studded awards night to hand out rewards for stellar, over the top service.

[@nymelemorgan8074]

Let's think on a global scale for a few minutes People are living in mud huts bamboo leaves huts in parts of Africa and the Amazon villages are they homeless people are living in a cave in Afghanistan are they homeless people are living in teepees in parts of Siberia Russia where it's very cold are they homeless but you are considered homeless in America if you are living in a tent or car The difference between us and them is that they hunt for their food and we don't There's a Chinese proverbs which says sky is my roof earth is my bed We wasn't put on mother earth to pay bills every 30 days Again we have to start thinking on a global scale not a local one

[@Chuck-mm2yp]

Interesting point. No one realizes this until they see all this materialistic junk as obselet.

[@nymelemorgan8074]

@@Chuck-mm2yp definitely agree with you people have to realize that everything comes from mother earth today's Honda Accord will be recycled into tomorrow's Ferrari or Maybach people waste 10 grand on a Gucci suit which will be recycled into tomorrow's bedsheet and sold at Walmart for $20 Even though a person maybe homeless they don't have to be dirty In China the homeless people clean their area and in the morning they sometimes pack up and return when night time comes around

[@moa8121]

@@nymelemorgan8074looks like we westerners have a different set of living standards; we; or most of us depend on a paycheck; or a pension/social security check to pay for our everyday expenses; those mud hut ; and cave dwellers live off the land by foresting their own foods.

[@nymelemorgan8074]

@@moa8121 definitely agree with you that's why we have to get out of the matrix People are working in America and living in Mexico Where the dollar goes a long way I can make a one hundred grand recycling 2 million recyclables per year tax free I'm planning on getting my passport and moving somewhere overseas No need to get a flat screen tv when I can get a portable screen projector LoL 😁 and live the remainder of my life stress free

[@offgridjack5779]

@@nymelemorgan8074 Where ya going? Lots of people say they are doing the same.

[@leonardogranic-flores1860]

so many bootstraps lol

[@jamieshows1564]

What's the problem?

[@faiolapat]

He obviously not taking care of his health, he is grossly overweight. Can’t his daughter help him? It’s a shame but he needs to seek a mental health counselor.

[@tytemind7850]

To solve problems in the future when kids turn 21yr they’re out on their own period.

[@SqueakyChase]

LOL, squander your youth and there you are. Decisions in life have consequences. I'm a boomer and although it was sometimes tough, I made the right decisions at the right time and very comfortably retired.

[@KathleenMcNe]

I'm a boomer too. I always lived frugally, worked full-time-plus, saved and invested. I never had a high salary or worked for a firm that had a 401(k) or pension. I am now retired with a 8-figure net worth. But I started young and made many sacrifices..

[@jarrodyuki7081]

we need hsr subways drones and automtated cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gabrielsantiagocondado9488]

Where are The Lawmakers They Don't Represent The US Citizens . They Must Come up with Laws to Provide Everything for The Elderly In January 2024 or Send to Guantanamo!!!!

[@jennifersmall4027]

55 is not a boomer.

[@Crypto-io1mf]

Good

[@andrewc.3585]

So a bunch of drugies and Liberals WFC

[@shirley9066]

It's not going to get better, end times..

[@m9078jk3]

Time doesn't end

[@Cicada-Screams]

Your stupid evagelical mindset is how we got here. "This isn't are permanent home. Take what we need from the earth. Don't worry about the bad news because Jesus will save us."

[@jarrodyuki7081]

spareribs herbed chikcen masehd potaotes and corn.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

my redemption has to come from the son and the holy spirit nevver from the father tj tp cycel.

[@JeffreyJorge-p1p]

Scientist *

[@CrunchyDark]

Get a job and live with 15 dollars an hour and then thank republicans.

[@bethriley9757]

Yes! Because all Democrats are saints and would never screw you over!!!

[@CrunchyDark]

@@bethriley9757 well at least their not claiming to be the party of law and order. You have no room to use that stupid card

[@bethriley9757]

@@CrunchyDark I have every room to use the stupid card Thank You! Democrats claim to be the saviors of the down trodden. Where are they now? Oh right, they are screaming racism and collecting money that they keep while telling you it is for someone else!! So Boo Hoo to you STUPID!!

[@lisabaltzer4190]

If you raise the minimum wage, you raise prices accordingly. Raising the minimum wage is not the solution. We need to bring manufacturing jobs back from China. It was Bill Clinton, a DEMOCRAT, who gave China Most Favored Nation status and facilitated our jobs going to China. P.S. I am not a Republican.

[@tomtroy3792]

I'm looking for a job but I'm 64 years old no one wants to hire me because of the way I act. I'm not a good actor and I'm on the autism spectrum or suffering from mild retardation but something ain't quite right up there. You know a couple bricks short from a full load🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DJ-vj4vi]

If you can’t afford rent get a cheaper apartment under $1200 a month or rent a room. Its not that hard to keep your expenses low to pay your bills and car insurance payments.