Disabled and Homeless: Forced to Constantly Move in Grants Pass

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

People don’t understand: poverty is very expensive. It affects everything including health.

[@notadvertiserfriendly6084]

agreed, if someone can’t afford treatment early on, sometimes the problem gets worse and snowballs in cost

[@7betJesus]

Poverty is very expensive?!? Lay off the cough syrup, man.

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

@@notadvertiserfriendly6084 I’m referring to food and etc. Things getting stolen: replacement may be needed.

[@simonjusticier333]

Poverty is big business. Ask anyone familiar with the inner workings of the NGOs and non profit organizations. Even junk is big business. I work for a thrift store picking up donations, and they would get furnitures for free, roll them into the store's showroom and stick a $300-600 price tag on them. They wouldn't accept anything with a dent or anything that needed cleaning. From truck to showroom. Add their tax break and they were making millions.

[@KD-nk3ht]

He eatin a gracious plenty

[@cherielloyd2640]

Such a well spoken man. I worry so much that this could be me anytime. 61 and disabled. Lease almost up in Denver. They will raise the rent again guaranteed

[@michelemcguire8995]

I've been there before it's not scary when you have friends but wgen you don't that's when it gets scary because you don't know what to do 😢

[@LightSkinBadiee]

​Literally me right now after being laid off constant walking in the sun until I find work lol, also finding a place to sleep sucks. I went back to smoking pot to cope ​@@michelemcguire8995

[@edie4321]

I'm facing the same at 65, and disabled.

[@elizabethferrari1346]

​@edie4321 I'm 54 year college educated woman. I fell and I'm frightened and disabled. I'm headed homeless as well.

[@edie4321]

@@elizabethferrari1346, I'm so sorry. Where are you now?

[@slimdifference08]

I love this dude. This man should be in his own apartment if not his own house. And what he says when he talks about the devaluing of people who are seen as less than I think a spot on.

[@IgorMironov-rq4ye]

Shoulda, woulda, coulda

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Seriously? Such mindset literally has created housing crises in the USA

[@virgilhilts3924]

Then why didnt he work hard and save for his own home.

[@minoozolala]

@@virgilhilts3924 What are you talking about, troll. He was a truck driver whose body was wrecked when he was read-ended. Read the description.

[@virgilhilts3924]

​@@minoozolala Ahh name calling... Last bastion of the pseudo-intellectual 🤣 At age 18 my niece was hit by a repeat drunk driver and became a tetraplegic in an instant. No movement from the chest down, no hand movement, limited arm movement, pain each and every day. She worked her butt off to overcome the obstacles put in front of her, worked hard, put herself through law school, graduated with honors, and went on to earn herself a great job. She recently bought her first home, hasn't even turned 30 yet, and did it all without taking a dime of taxpayer money. So give me a break with this goofballs nonstop excuses.

[@ps_nyisgone]

this man is well spoken and needs help.

[@cybersteria1049]

He speaks as a person who could have successfully done any high paying job.

[@TomokoAbe_]

Why don't you take him into your home?

[@candacewithana4929]

Help him then.

[@maegardnermills4292]

You don't know his disability!

[@minoozolala]

@@cybersteria1049 Read the description.

[@sallymartin6184]

Most articulated Gentleman🙏🙏 all love & safe community

[@ronniemead805]

Very articulate and intelligent sounding. If he knew how to use that voice he could make lots of money as a customer service rep or a KZbinr.

[@notadvertiserfriendly6084]

⁠@@ronniemead805 - Disagree about the KZbinr part. This site is extremely oversaturated with wannabe KZbinrs. You don’t see the 99.9% of people with “failed” KZbin channels because those videos don’t get recommended to you. It’s not impossible to be a KZbinr, but it’s not something I would count on

[@jerry3579]

All the politicians that make these horrible laws to criminalize homelessness should be required to spend two weeks in Grants Pass without anything but the clothes on their back, a tent, and $50. Let's see how they'd feel about their ruthless law proposals then.

[@jazziez6467]

why should they get $50, just give them some water, some fruit, canned good, no money

[@jerry3579]

@jazziez6467 They would learn how little $50 really is if they try to buy something. Not necessary though.

[@somethinggood-sy1ed]

A year, not two weeks

[@jerry3579]

@somethinggood-sy1ed They'll be screaming for their old life back before two weeks is over.

[@virgilhilts3924]

How many vagrants are you letting live in your yard?

[@ceciliablanford7599]

True homelessness is not a choice its an absence of choice!! Can't lump all together as “the homeless” very few are “nomadic” and even they are forcibly moved

[@twillymantheoneandonly5587]

That guy hasn't missed many meals. I don't understand how that works?

[@sasquatchpatrol9317]

​@@twillymantheoneandonly5587 its because all the healthy food is expensive and junk food is cheap. Once you get to a certain weight the pounds stack too

[@user-ds8fq8cp2f]

Except in my husband's case. He does not wanna get a place,cause he would have to give up his money

[@InvisiblePeople]

@@twillymantheoneandonly5587 that is ignorant. You do know people gain weight because of medical conditions, yes?

[@seanh4841]

​@twillymantheoneandonly5587 You obviously have no idea that medical conditions and medications cause people to become obese, educate yourself

[@ura9390]

A very intelligent, measured and mature man. I'd hire him in a heartbeat

[@IgorMironov-rq4ye]

Then hire him

[@ura9390]

@@IgorMironov-rq4ye I dont live in America, I'm using "I'd" in the modal verb form

[@IgorMironov-rq4ye]

@@ura9390 I gotcha

[@lindavezina6224]

This man is very sick and I can't understand why this man is living in a tent.The government should be ashamed 😢😢😢. I wish I had money. I would certainly help him.❤❤❤ Omg.he is being harass by the law.😢❤❤❤

[@ceciliablanford7599]

“Make less than It takes to survive” Facts

[@inthesky7836]

We must also change the EBT from cold ONLY foods to hot foods aswell. Its atrocious the bureaucrats added this stipulation on food for the poorest. They often are unable to cook

[@selenedm999]

The cruelty is the point. Don't forget, some Repugs think the doors shouldn't have ovens and fridges!

[@jimechols4347]

Yeah I don't understand the concept behind that. I guess they think hot meals are undeserved servatude.

[@tammyr3255]

They need stop giving all free to all illegals coming across the border

[@annsaunders5768]

Tiny votive candle under a can of chilli will heat it up. Precooked/heated food wastes my meager resources. I'll likely be homeless soon because of my tax burden. Quit taking my money for those who will no longer do for themselves.

[@selenedm999]

@@annsaunders5768 Tax cuts to billionaires and corporate bailouts cost far more of your tax dollars than food stamps.

[@erinjordon829]

Honestly, this is why i bust my behind. My husband has HS and was fired because of it. Whenever i see someone homeless it makes me think about him because if he didnt have family and me to support his healthcare he wouldn't be able to afford to care for himself. Because the medication he needs to treat it is thousands of dollars. And being in constant pain makes maintaining a healthy weight harder when you already struggle with it. And when you dont have access to home cooked food, theres no way to control your intake. Its so easy for people to just say oh diet and exercise. Oh get a job. Its all so much more complicated than that for someone who has no support

[@Kerry-ft2zf]

I agree, I care for my partner who has many of the health problems that this man has

[@erinjordon829]

@pollyannalight6313 HS is basically a condition where your immune system overreacts to the natural bacteria found on your skin. And sweating or having any kind of cut can lead to collections of inflammation and infection under the skin call cysts. Also, the area around swells. Then, eventually, your body pushes it to the surface, causing alot of bleeding and pain. The medicine used to treat it is an injection that you have to take every week to try to get your immune system to calm down

[@Flow-Fi-]

Fully agree, I can’t even begin to explain how pissed off I am reading some of the comments here because I’ve known for a long time how out of touch/sociopathic some people can be but it never ceases to ASTOUND me how ppl will take the time to write a comment that amounts to “lmao fuck you” and then think “mmMmMMM this is a great comment!!!!1”

[@nomadicbydesign0]

What a beautiful soul he is. I hope the Universe brings him all he needs. Thanks for sharing Mark.

[@selenedm999]

I'm employed full time and my rent was always paid. As rents started going up my LL started pressuring me. I fought it for FOUR years, but lost. I've been homeless since March. And now I'm in the hospital with heart failure. I also have lymphedema.

[@Kerry-ft2zf]

I'm so sorry 😞 best wishes to you ❤

[@selenedm999]

@@Kerry-ft2zf Thank you.

[@Tunecat-fx4jl]

Prayers for healing 🙏

[@joyful_tanya]

I'm so sorry. The rich get richer and the poor get shafted.

[@ChadPatty]

@@selenedm999 I'm soo sorry to hear this. What a terrible world we live in. I pray you get better.

[@inthesky7836]

May God bless this young man, obviously he has been through so much, and is disabled unable to walk... and now being harassed in Grants pass by the Gvmnt! This must end and end now. It is done

[@ceciliablanford7599]

For every $100 in median rent, homelessness goes up 9% 💔

[@InvisiblePeople]

If we don’t fix the affordable housing price homelessness is going to get so much worse

[@Inf7cted]

@@InvisiblePeople Go look up the RCMP report 'Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are' as to your response yes its going to get worse.

[@Maria-kr8mh]

​@@InvisiblePeoplewhat happened to the millions that each state received. few months ago by HUD? It was in the news and in newspaper.

[@vvsreupload5130]

​@@InvisiblePeopleit's being done on purpose, just as planned

[@joyful_tanya]

​​@@Maria-kr8mhit's not for US citizens. It's for all of the immigrants they paid to come here. In my state, they threw seniors off of HUD. Our rent doubled in 2 years. My 70 year old husband and I barely make it. There's no money for food because SNAP was cut to $20/mo. After we paid in for over 50 years. Not very fair, now is it?

[@Selahbrooke3]

God help this man.

[@Selahbrooke3]

@@pollyannalight6313 It's a simple prayer. He will probably never see it.

[@ameenahameed8874]

@@pollyannalight6313the organization is forcing their religious beliefs on homeless people for housing. If they really want to help people they should do it from their hearts and not force their religion on them.

[@annsaunders5768]

​@@ameenahameed8874not very many do that. Honestly, most Christian charities hand out help no matter of the person's cooperating with them on saving souls as the idea is to show them the example of Christ's love. Catholic Community Services helps people without anything in return. Even coming to get the items isn't required if they have a volunteer who will drive the help like food etc to the person. SSI is a thing also, and food stamps or EBT cards which also give you cash are a thing. Help is out there but the expense of homing someone on an everyday basis is incredibly high and WILL cause the marginalized to become homeless too. It's unfair to take taxes from an old widow to pay for an addicts irresponsibility.

[@donnaberthold6074]

I'm 60 female disabled lost my husband four years ago I'm homeless and alone yes I spend about 100 dollars a month just in ice . I'm not sure I'm going to make it much longer I've tried everything I can to get housing and it's just not happening. I'm basically just waiting to die it's just to painful trying to live like this.

[@naturetrails8217]

Hang in there. Take it hour by hour. Tomorrow can be a different day. ❤️

[@adamantium4797]

Ok

[@powderandpaint14]

Which state are you in?

[@agodlyhome]

Lord Jesus, please open a door for this woman to get off the street. Give her pain free rest in the meantime. Amen

[@avisswope6495]

I am homeless in ocala Florida 4 4 2024 high rent increases eviction no where to live low income apts 4 yr waiting list. Motels are expensive food is expensive in ocala Florida the heat here is unbearable. You about pass out from the heat just walking around. Shelters are over crowded in ocala Florida. The police harass The homeless here teardown their tents in The woods.

[@adamantium4797]

I got my drivers license in good old ocala florida. Am in puerto rico chillin at the beach

[@marigolds49]

💕

[@patland1762]

He's right about lyphadema and obesity. Mine has led to veinus insufficiency and disability. The people don't get treatment on the street. We are the richest country in the world and the least caring people of the world.

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

If you can afford to be fat, you shouldn't need anyone's help. Put down the fork. You'll feel better and save some money.

[@DNRchist]

I've never understood why people say that the US is the richest country in the world. Do you know how much debt your country is in?

[@johnmusser8925]

31 trillion in debt and we are rich?

[@patland1762]

@@johnmusser8925 Look at our standard of living. Our poor are middle class in most countries of the world. I am middle class and considered wealthy to most of the world's population.Where I am going to move a day's labor wage is $8 if you are lucky enough to have a job. That is less than $200 a month, less than what you get on welfare here.

[@johnmusser8925]

@@patland1762 31 trillion in debt,.poor countries aren't that high

[@tryrightbrain]

This guy would do very well in a tiny home community. Just a simple place with perhaps a shared "cook house" washup facilities and he'd be set. If people do NOT have drug or mental problems they are the "low hanging fruit" where it would not take a huge amount of money to get them in simple digs. They could be pretty independent. Perhaps some rides for shopping, medical appts, etc. I can NOT believe we can put a man on the moon but not make a dent in this problem. I fear too many people are making money (stealing money) out of the "homeless problem".

[@avisswope6495]

Live on a fixed income social security but I am homeless in ocala Florida. I am 75 yrs old.

[@lost_ducks]

🙏❤️

[@edie4321]

I'm so sorry. I'm paying most of my income to live in an apartment that I no longer want to be in, but there's no way or means to go. I have one of the best deals left, and it sucks. I've got less than a year until they raise it another 100.00. There's no money left for anything else, really. I'm so sorry you are homeless. Apartment owners, aka corporations, are taking away rights and privileges all the time, while taking away all our surrounding nature. I moved here for the nature and way it was set up. They've killed it off, and our now, basically, cementing everything. They are actually using what looks like fake rocks to landscape. I'm done with this AI world. It's obvious the ones causing this are soulless. I pray for a solution to quickly come your way.

[@Tunecat-fx4jl]

Prayers 🙏🙏

[@ronaldharris53]

Sending my love and prayers to this gentleman and others in his situation 🙏

[@wanderingspiritwood7162]

Stay humble n be kind to others

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

be careful how you treat people on your way up because someday you may need them on your way down .

[@ThatsaTechnicalFoul]

I’m facing homelessness right now & have a physical disability. I’ve never felt the kind of fear I now live with. I require assistance but have gone without. At least I was in a safe place for a few years. Now, that’s going away. Putting a disabled person on the streets is akin to a death sentence. I don’t know that I’ll be here much longer. I have a sun allergy, mobility issues, strict dietary needs & have seizures. Shelters are terrifying, especially if you’re a woman. Rape is part of the risk. I always told myself if I reached this point, I’d “remove myself from the equation” so that I could at least go with dignity. Social services, Social Security & Medicaid sound good on the surface but without a healthy person advocating for you, neglect is inevitable. Even social workers are limited in ways they’re allowed to help. Mine wasn’t legally allowed to help me find housing.

[@myday2704]

Can you get a car to live in? It's safer than the streets and shelters.

[@runil5038]

Take your last money and buy a plane ticket so you can at least choose where to be homeless. Or look up things like Woofing, where you can work somewhere in exchange for shelter and food. Woofing is all over the world. Or look for hippy communities. Also the big danger is in cities, better to live in nature. I was homeless too but bought a cheap plane ticket to a island with lots of rich tourists who throw away lots of food and i was sitting in the sun all day and had a blast

[@FreeBLKWoman]

There are communes that take in disabled ppl. Reach out not all of them are shady.

[@elihutch7193]

This guy is really well spoken and humble id love to chat and pick his brain on things

[@dwightmcqueen5771]

Those who think they are comfortable now just waite it wont be much longer til you become a part of this unfortunate situation. Im a union driver and i can barely make it

[@Oldeagle66]

Truth, no one leaves this earth unscathed.

[@amandasurratt4439]

Great interview. Both the interviewer and the person being interviewed are extremely appreciated for lending their voices to this travesty and the knowledge of why its happening despite all of the misinformation or ignorance on the real issues causing it.

[@sambarnes3887]

I hope this man is ok and finds a beautiful home very very soon ❤️ What a wonderful man ❤️ He deserves only the best ❤️

[@virgilhilts3924]

Then why haven't you invited him to live in your home?

[@WemmieFemmie]

This man is so articulate, smart, and wise. The politicians could learn so much from him.

[@joegerhard615]

Its cute that you think politicians are capable of learning

[@billharden7127]

I drove truck otr for 25 years. The job is tough enough without all this happening to this young man. God bless you sir.

[@FranklinNomad]

Everything is expensive now

[@ull474]

I hope he is off the streets soon.Very well read and intelligent.

[@Tammy121111]

I HAD AN ISSUE GETTING SSD AND I HAVES AMPUTATIONS AND UNFORT. SSD DOESN'T PAY ENOUGH TO BARELY SURVIVE !

[@DiPlanet883]

This man has a great voice, would be a good audiobook reader.

[@nursedee2996]

This should not be happening in usA. Why the heck are we even accepting any migrants if we have even one person homeless that needs assistance?! 😢 We the people must put extreme pressure on legislators to help stop this chaos these poor people are made to endure having to move and giving them tickets furthering their poverty.

[@maryfeist8080]

Legislators will never solve these problems. It's up to the average citizen to band together and make lives better.

[@ps_nyisgone]

NYC is helping the "migrant new comers " tremendously with housing, healthcare, job training, and starting own business. homeless get a cot in dangerous overcrowded shelters or the street. poor live in broken down housing projects.

[@notadvertiserfriendly6084]

I wonder if it has to do with _perceived_ contribution to the economy. Like maybe the government _perceives_ migrants as a source of cheap labor that take hard-to-fill jobs, and maybe the government _perceives_ homeless people as too mentally ill or addicted to work. Basically “If we (& the big corporations who bought our loyalty) can’t make money off you right now, you’re on your own.” (of course, nobody in power can be bothered to examine the root cause of _why_ some homeless people have problems that keep them from working.) NOTE: This is *not* how *I* perceive these 2 groups of people.

[@johnmusser8925]

You misspelled Invaders

[@Jesus_Saves_Believers]

Smart guy! God bless you!!

[@leannedavis5854]

This guy seems together and intelligent. I'm I Australia living in my car for 1 yr ....it's way better and easier over here , I'd love to help people like him

[@winkieblink7625]

VERY INTERESTING interview. Thank you.

[@karenlbellmont6560]

Ice and propane should be free for these poor souls.❤

[@joeguzman3558]

Back in the 1960s and 70s, there were very few homeless .What happened is that in the late 1970s, the government started bringing in refugees, and every year, more and more so too many people, not enough housing, then in the 1990s the big jobs boom in silicone Valley hundreds of new electric companies over knight so hundreds of thousands of more people come in and of course they have families but its in the last 3 years that millions of people have come across the open borders ( and they still coming) the difference is that those people coming are going to hotels and they're getting everything free ,and the American people are suffering unless the government changes America will continue going down

[@rbj5767]

Another WONDERFUL man and American treated unfairly‼️🇺🇸💔💢‼️🇺🇸💔💢🙏🙏🙏⚡️🎵👑✨️🐈‍⬛️🖤👄🎊🎊🎊

[@anonymousgirl799]

Very intelligent and well spoken young man. Chad should have a Go Fund Me. I'd kick him some funds.

[@ChadPatty]

I've tried so many go fund me's, they always failed and I gave up hope. Until now. Thank you. May this be the one.

[@GHOSTLYWHISPERS]

Come to Alabama, we have camper lots to rent here. No utilities included. lot rent only. kitchen, living room, bathroom toilet and shower and $1 laundry room

[@ChadPatty]

@@GHOSTLYWHISPERS would like to know where this is in Alabama?

[@user-ns1sv9ux6y]

Come to Honolulu From observation it looks like most the homeless are disabled. The one man who has no feet lives in a hospital gown in front of the ER. He told me he had his backpack on the wheelchair handles and fell asleep When he woke up his backpack with his IDs in it had been stolen. So his incurance expired, he couldn't get it renewed without an ID but the hospital ER is required to treat everyone who comes in so he lives in front of the ER so when he needs medical care he is right there.

[@lost_ducks]

Sad

[@myday2704]

😭

[@Saltydoggdetroit]

God bless and please help the homeless 🙏

[@joanhearty3460]

Mark, thank you for educating me about homelessness.

[@Ocean-qd2ns]

God bless this man

[@mpeppermint23]

He could file a personal injury case against the truck driver and trucking company that rear-ended him. However, if his accident was in 2006 and he never filed a lawsuit, that point is moot.

[@CynthiaWord-iq7in]

Oh he worked for a company. They had lawyers. He had a lawyer surely...they drag you through hell for years, take everything. I speak of something I know.

[@galacticom]

a relative of mine lives in G.P., and said the KKK are pulling the strings. G.P. is a geriatric community... there are more people living in convalescent homes in G.P. than most towns it's size. It is only going to get worse. Great interview... it is a very sad engineered crises happening in America...

[@fsh57]

One of the best interview ever!....everybody's digging it......!! l,d wish for true equality.......l,d wish for peace and prosperity amongst ourselves....!!👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 wish you all success, safe place to live and peace 🤞🤞🤞

[@linmurray436]

What are his disabilities exactly? My nephew is a paraplegic and has a full time job making great money. I have a feeling that if he can move 9 times in 6 weeks there is a job somewhere he could do.

[@dellaharris4570]

Sorry your feelings are an emotional response that has no truth! Bless him for sharing! Love one another.

[@Linda-in9ns]

Prayers for this man! 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@kevinmaden5572]

Heat & bugs ! That sucks

[@karenlbellmont6560]

I can't help them; in same boat. 😢

[@Yesterdie02]

These people need all our help ❤

[@user-zy3qj2hb2s]

Making people work for a place to stay ? Now, how is that bad ? Seems like a lot of these people just have excuses. This dude seems very intelligent. How much is disability every month ?

[@brentbonet4226]

I've gone from tech at six figures for ten years to minimum wage. I'm sill working on rent for May. People just don't understand that those that are unhoused are not all drug addicts! We need a $20+ minimum wage in the US!

[@333mikeray]

You need 75 hr to survive if u want a house with electric.

[@joebufford2972]

I hope my weight doesn't get that high to where I have to be homeless😢 The state of Oregon gives so much money to so many people. It's unbelievable that people can't even have a house to live in in

[@amysdreamvideos8174]

Hes intelligent and well spoken . Help him all you can.

[@Ray7234]

I know a disabled 60 year old woman and her 30 year old mentally challenged daughter (capacity of a 7 year old) that were evicted due to rising rent in Fl, and they now live out of their car because their ssdi is not enough to live on. They are told it’s a three year wait for housing even though they are disabled and vulnerable adults. Good old florida…

[@minigirl6839]

Every state is like this. No need to hate on Florida. Pick a state, any state, and their situation would be the same, if not worse.

[@catherineblair550]

@@minigirl6839Right. Here in California it's a 10 year wait if the list isn't closed which it usually is.

[@kathymorris4553]

We have abandoned our people

[@laura20chi82]

Terribile questa società americana 😢

[@RedEyeification]

Oooo ! La società italiana e un capolavoro ! E una cazzarola..

[@ChadPatty]

Gratitude

[@knot4frogging553]

Poverty is what is expanding the homelessness, or living 3 families in one 2 bedroom, because rent is completely unaffordable, food is very expensive. If you can't work, then you can't " live".

[@stevenlouis1024]

homelessness is a VERY lucrative business. The design of disability benefits are there with intent to control, create jobs not for but for the rich. Follow the money and your eyes will be set free

[@apocyldoomer]

Chad is a very intelligent person, he should not be homeless, but, I do not know his circumstances fully. Chad, you do not belong homeless, good luck unto you!

[@alissagonzales735]

My husband is disabled and in a wheelchair. I am thankful that our home is paid. Maybe our life is good now. Because we basically were not wanted. He was his family black sheep and I was my mother's. While i was physically and mentally abused by her. He was just not wanted. His parents went to their graves not wanting him. Even though he help them financially. My mother disowned me and went to her grave not wanting me.

[@kimwarner1681]

That was on them and they have to answer for that once they passed on. You two have each other now, live your lives and forget them. People are messed up , just because it's family doesn't mean you get the Brady Bunch. Family can be worse than strangers, be glad you two found each other, you can make your own little family.

[@avisswope6495]

You cannot feed the homeless here in ocala Florida you go to jail for it. 30 days . They' give the homeless a jail cell as a shelter who wants a jail cell as shelter the price are not very nice to the homeless here.

[@jerry3579]

I'd rather freeze in Alaska than to be "warm" in a cold, heartless state like Florida. Their governor has got to step down.

[@Dustandfuzz]

I don’t get why they constantly have to move. It’s crazy. They just go somewhere else. It’s horrible to move all the time. Why doesn’t the government give them a designated place for tenting so they can stay put? Also crazy to fine homeless people who have very little money to start with.

[@blueowlca]

Well said! Subsistence living is living.

[@ILovePortugal-l9r]

If he was an illegal migrant he would be able to stay in a 5 star hotel, free medical, food, etc

[@salsapark_]

Sweet, smart guy, I wish him better times

[@michelemcguire8995]

If every single person took one person in abd helped them to get on their feet, that would be awesome ❤

[@stormyweather2807]

Have you ever worked with the homeless? I have, and it's way more complicated than just taking someone in.

[@chapmans84]

what if it was someone dangerous and the offed your family?

[@Troubles0125]

I have and it does not work people are better off helping in the programs designed to feed them, give clothing to stay warm in the winter cool in the summer helping to find jobs for them.

[@marigolds49]

@@Troubles0125 💯

[@joeguzman3558]

Imagine going camping and staying there indefinitely

[@user-nf5jc4tx9x]

It is absolutely insane that the homeless cannot have the benefit of cooking on bbq grills in the park that is provided by the park. As a little girl growing up in California bbq in the park went hand in hand in the park.. So the grills got removed according to what the homeless community says. I don't like Grants Pass & will never ever visit there.

[@adriennekidd9785]

I've heard it described as the unsheltered and homeless.The unsheltered I feel are the people who do not choose.So can any charities provide bathrooms and some sort of refrigeration?

[@ChadPatty]

I hope I'm not being rude?

[@kate8351]

This isn't fair. I'm disabled also. I need a spinal fusion, which is planned for October. I also have fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, hashimotos on top of depression and severe anxiety. I'm facing being homeless. I only get 700$ a month.

[@brianmarkl6671]

Me too, and I'm 67 years old. Don't know what's gonna happen or if I'll even make it the next 10 years. But either way, it's really not looking good.

[@wendyford2252]

Why do they not open up a field in every town or city for the homeless. Make designated places for them with services. In the end it would be cheaper. Although this guy can still afford to smoke so he could cut that out and save something.

[@InvisiblePeople]

Why don’t they fix the affordable housing crisis and prevent homelessness in the first place? That’s the question. Opening up a field for people to camp is not a solution. People need housing and support services.

[@situzen185]

Just curious, Sir, how much do those smokes take out of your approximately $1,000 month disability payment?

[@HIAHomelessInAmerica]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@GeorgeHutchins]

Try canned food, ramen noodles, and dried food, jurkey ETC. You are camping outside, do what campers do, or deployed soldiers on training maneuvers.

[@LetArtsLive]

This makes me angry we are the strongest country on the planet we give everything away to every country we can't help our own homeless people it makes me really really livid but I'm going to be out there with them

[@jerry3579]

Same reaction, but thankfully I'm still housed. These videos make me try even harder to hang on to what I have, because climbing out of homelessnesss is a lot harder.

[@karenlbellmont6560]

And no one wants to work arse off and not get a living wage. My A/C broke down 2yrs ago; can't afford to fix it. COVID effed my life and I'll be 59 in July.

[@myday2704]

The lockdowns effed my life too. Everything went up in price so much after that.

[@ChadPatty]

Dems da brakes right? Probably a rich man's moto.

[@monsterzero760]

Prayers for our homeless. How sorry is it to give these immigrants everything they want while our homeless are treated like sub humans.

[@michelemcguire8995]

If i had the money id buy a small peice of labd abd create a free campground..to pay it forward by helping eachother while living in the camp grounds.thered be a community garden for many to share ❤

[@ChadPatty]

I love your ideas so much. Just wish there were more out there like yours.

[@jessbishop1081]

Very frustrating right now. Wish our country's "leaders" would step in and find goddamn solutions.

[@karongoodine3288]

Yes, living anywhere now a days is expensive. This poor man needs help with the management of his diet. I wish I could help.

[@rajrammbbs]

This could happen to anyone

[@user-hb1yo5ep9y]

Do, or do NOT. When "WE" fail to "DO", WE cry out that WE CANNOT😊 ALL "WE" NEED TO "DO" is to NOT LET OTHERS "FALL SHORT"❤ The ONLY "REASON" that stops US from supporting THEM, is that "WE" feel DIFFERENT from "THEM". (I HAVE SHOWN RACISM IN A LIGHT NO HUMAN EYE CAN SEE, BUT EVERY HUMAN HEART CAN FEEL)

[@ceciliablanford7599]

Musical parks 💯

[@barbaracampbell7747]

It starts with high taxes, it affects rent and morgages

[@MichaelSmith-hs5iu]

I truly wish I had the answer to these kinds of problems.

[@musthaveviews]

There are plenty of answers. People feel bad for the poor, but most do nothing to help. Especially if they don't know the persons story, there are so many poor that are just truly lazy and they make the others look bad

[@LtFives]

Hey Chad. Miss you man. It sucks what the mission did to you. Seriously messed up

[@Softtearsofwisdom...]

💔

[@karenlbellmont6560]

I can't help. Struggling too to survive. I wish I could.

[@xgamer7927]

I'm disabled law enforcement. Had my throat cut to less than a centimeter on the job. I get 1000 a month in disability. Anyone know where I can live and eat for that much? Because they say I make too much for food stamps. America doesn't care unless you are working able bodies so you continue to Work for them and you pay taxes in which makes the rich richer. After all all the tax breaks in the last 4 years with Trump with to the 1% rich. They don't even want disabled people living in America. If you don't work they don't want you here even if you became disabled while working.

[@chuck51561]

IT TO BAD THIS MAN COULD USE HIS intelligence AND GIVE HIM A NICE LAPTOP AND HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME GOOD MONEY. HE COULD DO SOME ONLINE COURSE'S AND GET HIS DEGREE IN SOMETHING. JUST SAYING I SEE ALOT OF potential IN THIS MAN.

[@ashelfey7677]

Where would he charge it ? Alot of business will refuse service to homeless people.

[@joannathatcares]

Im from poor country, we lived in 2-3 bedroom apartment with 1 bathroom, only washer no dryer, we lived 2 people per room and split equally all the bills. Maybe thats not exclusive life but better than street. Why Americans have expectations to live in own apartment by itself. All he needs to do get few guys like him without addiction an get 2bd, 3 people with minimum income should be able to pay.

[@erbxvdfb]

The church program sounds like a good deal to me in his situation. Even in college you attend classes you don't like.

[@jonathanjacques7250]

Amen

[@catherineblair550]

It's offensive in its implication. it assumes there is something wrong with your soul or character or you wouldnt be homeless