Why are so many seniors in San Diego aging without a home? | NBC 7 San Diego

In San Diego, people 55 and older living on the streets make up at least 29% of the unsheltered population, with 80% of them becoming homeless in their hometowns.
✔ SUBSCRIBE TO NBC 7 SAN DIEGO: / @nbcsandiego
Visit the NBC 7 channel for the latest news, weather, investigations, consumer news (NBC 7 Responds) and exclusive reports: on.nbc7.com/yGmZDaa
📺 STREAM NBC 7 SAN DIEGO:
Content includes live newscasts at: 11 a.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., as well as exclusive projects, award-winning investigative reports, consumer news (NBC 7 Responds) weather and more.
Roku: therokuchannel.roku.com/searc...
Xumo Play: play.xumo.com/live-guide/nbc-...
Amazon Fire TV: on.nbc7.com/vj3pOD0
📲 FOLLOW US:
Instagram: / nbcsandiego
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@nbcsandiego?l...
Facebook: / nbcsandiego
X (formerly Twitter): / nbcsandiego
LinkedIn: on.nbc7.com/3NeV5qv
💻 VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
www.NBC7.com
📱 DOWNLOAD OUR FREE APPS:
Apple iOS: on.nbc7.com/jmXMcUM
Android: on.nbc7.com/KzDaXuN
📣 For news in Spanish, subscribe to our sister station @telemundo20sandiego
/ @telemundo20s. .
🔎 ABOUT NBC 7 SAN DIEGO:
NBC 7 San Diego is San Diego’s only Network Owned and Operated television station. Producing more than 30 hours weekly of local news and information on-air, NBC 7 San Diego’s multi-media platforms extend to San Diego’s most consistently visited broadcast station website, NBC7.com.
NBC 7 San Diego celebrates almost 50 years of dedicated service in San Diego, California. Its news & creative teams have been awarded numerous Emmys & Golden Mics as well as the highly coveted Edward R. Murrow Award. NBC 7 San Diego also proudly partners with many local organizations and campaigns to give back to the community that we proudly live in and serve.
#news #sandiegonews #sandiegoweather #nbcsandiego #nbc7 #knsd #sandiego #California #Californianews

[@jeffs4483]

Currently there is a bill in Congress to provide 60 Billion to Ukraine and 14 Billion to Israel, while our own people get neglected. What happened to my country?

[@bethparker1500]

It didn't really exist for all of us, ever.

[@Zambineaux305]

The US has been in 2 World Wars 😂 People probably just noticed what their priorities were during the 80s/90s and it’s rolling into the modern day. This is nothing new.

[@MrDiscreet100]

If it doesn’t help the wealthy then don’t throw money at it

[@MS-ty8eq]

Corporations, corruption and greed took it over.

[@sengthavyvirachack4564]

They are taking care of the illegals,sad

[@gertrudewest4535]

I am a college educated veteran and make okay money but am forced to camp out because the rents are too damn high and still climbing. What pisses me off is how everyone says the homeless are the addicts and mentally I’ll when the truth is millions of homeless work full time jobs and camp or live out of their cars. People just don’t see us because we’re not drugged out or begging on the streets.

[@karlar8648]

Yes, they doubled the rent all over. Contact VA if you haven't already. There is a program to help homeless veterans. Keep the faith.

[@karlar8648]

There is a Marine Vet in SD, Kate Monroe, who is working to help the homeless. Ask around for her. Just came across her on another video regarding the same thing in SD.

[@MeowNow494]

I live in New Hampshire and WRUR recently did a story on the homeless folks living in Manchester. Whatever agency tracks the data said they have data that proves that the main reason we have homeless people in this state is because of the lack of housing. She said maybe in years past it was drug addiction or alcohol, but that’s not what’s happening today they’re just is not enough housing for everyone. And the US wants to play big daddy to the rest of the world and take care of everyone When we can’t even take care of our own.

[@MeowNow494]

@@karlar8648 and I am Gen X and maybe I just had great income compared to the rents in the past, but prior to 2010 I never had a problem qualifying to rent. So I don’t know if the 3 1/2 times the rent being an income qualification is new since then or if it’s just that I always had really good income and the rents were really low, but in the 90s I rented a little one bedroom house in a really expensive city on a server/bartender income. And at the time we only earned $2.17 an hour as a server. Folks this is why it’s really important to claim all your tips even if you have to pay a little bit of taxes on those tips. You need to show your real income so you can qualify to rent or get car loans or anything. And please keep in mind, your income probably isn’t that high even when claiming all the tips, your tax burden may not exist at all. I rarely got tax returns more than a couple hundred dollars when I was a server, but I never had to pay in. I rarely actually saw paychecks most of the time they were negative because of the taxes, but trying to cheat the IRS by pretending you’re not earning money through tips is not going to help you in life. You need those Social Security credits for if you become disabled or get old

[@Network126]

I lost my mother to cancer, and then lost my housing twice during the pandemic, while also simultaneously dealing with a broken transmission in my car, and spiraled into homelessness. I ended up buying an old Toyota Sienna van to live in, after finally giving up on homeless services. All they want to do is stick me into homeless shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any personal space or privacy. I can't live like that. I'm trying to get a job again, and fix my life, after being forced back into Uber/Lyft, and getting into car crashes. I'm so tired of this shit.

[@NeoAutodroid]

I'm a contractor and I work for very wealthy clients. I make good money but I'm sickened to my stomach seeing the lavish lifestyles some people live in 6,000+ sqft houses many of which are second homes and vacation homes that sit empty most of the year. The crisis we face with homelessness is entirely fixable. The crisis we face with income inequality is entirely fixable. The problem is the wealthy elite block any attempt to fix these problems. They have incestuous relationships with our mayors, with our governors, with our senators, representatives and president himself. The poor have no representation, the poor have no lobbyists, the poor can't afford bribes and kickbacks.

[@dcg590]

Fixable how? By others handing over what they’ve earned? Nope.

[@rickmoss6421]

​@@dcg590Stop being so overly simplistic. No one suggested that handouts are the answer. It's a matter that will require a very nuanced and comprehensive approach. At this rate, the side effects of unbridled capitalism will eventually cause the demise of this once powerful nation.

[@Missy-Missy1111]

@@rickmoss6421 🎯💯❗️

[@Bekssss]

​@@dcg590like China build like crazy it's batter have millions of empty apartments vs millionaires sleep in cars

[@user-yb5bg8im5g]

you are doing well because you work for people that can pay you. i was a lanscaping house keeper for 35 years.house paid for, not in the market selling my colo house to buy land in tn. i started saving for my retirement when i got my first paycheck.

[@downtoearth1950]

I learnt in the 1960's that you have to own your own home. Ownership is far better than renting, same with cars, own not lease. The most reliable person to rely on is yourself.

[@BrittMFH]

Exactly. Plan for the future.

[@irishouston4103]

I agree with owning but I can also say that if you suffer any tragedies in your life especially health related issues you will see what’s really happening on the other side.

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

Even if you own your home, the government can still kick you out of it for not paying property taxes. Plus, owning a home comes with monthly expenses: homeowners insurance, HOA, maintenance costs. At times, those expenses can be as much as a rent.

[@lindalewis8503]

Absolutely.

[@randymillhouse791]

Agreed. At age 38 I saw an old guy sitting outside of a roadside OLD motel drinking out of a brown paper bag. A CHILL went through me. I went back to college at night and earned my degree in 2007. Been working my arse off ever since. Even so, I will retire in South America a very rich man for the country I am going to. I would have to work until age 70 plus to retire in the USA.

[@patriciaanndemello4652]

The government needs to build low income senior and disabled housing. We need to stop sending money to other countries and take care of our own people.

[@auniversalwoman]

And stop giving illegals, non citizens, all the benefits of our tax dollars. These homeless citizens likely paid their taxes.

[@michelleevans9474]

Trump won't give other countries our resources.. Trump 2024.

[@earnestcharles9513]

The illegals are taking the place of Americans rights to housing.

[@DigitalMediaWorldUSA]

​@@michelleevans9474Trump will side and give to Russia because he is a commie. Trumpers are delusional that they think he sides with them.

[@karlmiller4061]

Those places are already built and there full of illegals

[@MinaSaintLaRaun]

But let millions of ppl from other countries come in and spend billions on them

[@seanmcclain6886]

Yep that's cause their making millions off of the illegals coming here just one person to come here from China is 30,000?! That's just one person the Mexicans are like 10,000 a person and the government is banking off this shit they don't give a shit about us here in America they just want voters....we are turning into a 3rd world country

[@seanmcclain6886]

Mexico is on it to their getting money from people and the drugs .......guess I'm in the wrong profession 🤔

[@vikker8274]

And give them a $3k gift card.

[@CondorSkyGhost]

....and wars and protecting others borders.... irony.

[@calisingh7978]

Yes going 2 decades open borders for Canada and eu wonder what they have in common. Agenda 2030 look at what power and what countries voted for it

[@jaysoncarter5093]

One of my dear friends died in a tent downtown. She was way too delicate for those circumstances.. It broke my heart. She was so ashamed she disappeared on her children, and, gave up. Having them text me asking about their mother, and, finding out how she passed was heartbreaking.

[@user-yb5bg8im5g]

the should y have been engaging, not txting.

[@randymillhouse791]

@@user-yb5bg8im5g Yeah, I would take a leave of absence from work to find my mom.

[@user-yb5bg8im5g]

would. not. stop. ''you gave me life.'' @@randymillhouse791

[@jaysoncarter5093]

@@user-yb5bg8im5g I agree that was my first thought... the whole thing so sad. She disappeared... off the radar. Had I known I took her in. She was too ashamed like so many others. That's what hurt the most. People don't know that some people are so ashamed they don't want anyone to see them as a failure. Like my friend. I still cry.

[@shaunigothictv1003]

Her kids should have took her in but I guess we don't know the full story. Sorry to hear what happened. I guess she is with Jesus now or whoever the f*** she worshipped prior to passing.

[@edwinlipton]

67 here. Inflation caused me to sell my 22 year old paid for home and move into the mountains on land I purchased with my deceased sell of there mortgaged home,, in 2006. I built a small shed with labor and young labor paid with that in 2019. In 2022 it all burnt in an umaintained USF taxpayer service 418'000 acre Bootleg fire in S.E. Oregon. Now I am a few mis steps away from a street eurchin myself. I am 67, owned and operated Construction Contractor Master Lic, Plumbing Buisness 17 years of the 27 years total plumbing apprentice, to Lic Journeyman Plumber to the Buisness of Master Contractor. Paid every tax dollar I owed this Gov according to coercsed legal compliance. Every dime! My S.S.,, is good but not enough for food and rent. This has led me too believe this is nothing more than; a legalized PONZI SCHEM. BY OUR LEADERSHIP!

[@lisajohnson6351]

Well, it seems congress is paid off by rich people to bankrupt the poor in this country

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Yes indeed California wants to regain homes and property. I live where they built another not needed school and running out of parking so I get all roadblocks for roof 400 sq ft, so wish condemnation when collapse so can enlarge their park lot. Disgusting I’m a senior woman

[@dianadicarlo1672]

Just heart breaking 💔

[@marcogarcia5441]

Have you checked any charities nearby for help!!! I hope you are safe .

[@african_forum]

Have you considered SEA?

[@kharris0465]

I moved 3 homeless people into my house between 2014 and 2022. They caused me more problems than none and offered me nothing but thanklessness and more problems. I have done my part and will not do it again.

[@captseamus]

You're lucky opening your house to them only caused problems... In most States allowing the homeless into your home or apartment gives them legal claims to your house!!! You end up paying legal fees and attorney's to get them legally kicked out!! DO NOT ALLOW HOMELESS PERSONS INTO YOUR LIVING QUARTERS or RENTAL EVEN FOR ONE NIGHT! Check State and County Laws Concerning Inhabitants.

[@kharris0465]

@@captseamus Philanthropy, fundraising and charity work in Washington, D.C. has a particular and peculiar playbook. When you are working in the field in DC the only thing that matters at the time is doing. I did. I am done. Now it is someone else's turn.

[@alicevanderbruggen1339]

I’m sorry you had a terrible experience. Housing the homeless needs a very disciplined playbook with a signed contract .

[@Angel-nu7fm]

Exactly. Homeless often does not mean helpless. Many game the system to get what they want, not work and get high. So where are they getting the $$ to buy the meth and alcohol the reporter says they use to "cope"? It's the welfare mentality come full circle. I don't want to get off drugs but I want a nice place to live and have someone else pay for it.

[@janettesmith369]

It shouldn't been placed one One persons shoulders. It is a job for our government in which we hired!

[@rhondamcknight2596]

I was lucky to get my mom in a HUD very low income Senior Apt in 2010. Her rent is under $300. Shes 90yrs old. She doesn't know how lucky she is living in a safe, clean, home.

[@willothewispl]

I lived in a HUD senior building. Was a nightmare. Moved out to live in my car for my own safety. HUD did not care, harbors criminals in these places and just looks away.

[@slawekkarczewski5754]

Why she doesn't live with you?

[@OhHenry2024]

My mom as well. It’s a safe and clean apt building in Brea CA, that is sponsored by some organization/club funded by private citizens. But the one condition is you have to have been a resident of Brea for 3 years and there is a waiting list. Her rent is $300 a month all utilities paid.

[@Coco-fi4mv]

@@slawekkarczewski5754 why is that any of your business????? Not everyone is able to take care of their parents. Everyone’s situation doesn’t fit for all.

[@slawekkarczewski5754]

@@Coco-fi4mv maybe rather not everyone want to take care of their parents, it's easier to be comfortable without the problem

[@CarolineBoyce1]

Bless the people who help the homeless! This is horrible!

[@juliannenoll8225]

This makes me sick in this country!!! Not one veteran should be homeless! Not one American should be homeless in this country!

[@Network126]

I lost my mother to cancer, and then lost my housing twice during the pandemic, while also simultaneously dealing with a broken transmission in my car, and spiraled into homelessness. I ended up buying an old Toyota Sienna van to live in, after finally giving up on homeless services. All they want to do is stick me into homeless shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any personal space or privacy. I can't live like that. I'm trying to get a job again, and fix my life, after being forced back into Uber/Lyft, and getting into car crashes. I'm so tired of this shit.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

True and that's why it makes me so mad that Biden and the democrats are forcing us tax payers to support 9 million illegal immigrants like 12 billion dollars every 3 months when we could take that money and solve our homeless veterans living on the streets and our homeless senior citizens.

[@JustGoAndFly]

Pure corruption

[@littosalgado6788]

Illegals are more important to democrats than Americans!! But somehow people keep voting for them so go figure.

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

WHAT YOU GOING TO DO

[@carolashton8543]

Don't raise rent at senior apartments

[@lexa_power]

Need to build more and make it easier to apply and move in

[@smalltownhomesteadAC]

So when costs go up, landlords should provide housing at a loss?

[@soniasias6226]

​@@smalltownhomesteadACget rid of prop 33 for commercial properties that raise rents on seniors over 60 years old.

[@MeowNow494]

@@smalltownhomesteadAC oh honey show me one single landlord that is losing money ever. Cut it out

[@MeowNow494]

The problem is these seniors have consistently voted for policies that are cruel to people in their situations, now that they are in that situation they expect the government to suddenly stop doing what they voted for so they can help them?

[@kenofken9458]

In San Diego and other major California cities, you can probably make $100,000 and still have to sleep in your car or in a tent....

[@TheSGBrown]

A decade ago, plenty of Silicon Valley employees, making 6 figures, could not afford to live near their workplace. /smh

[@cobainzlady]

hard to move outa there, since there's nothing east of there and have to travel 1000 miles east to get to cheap housing.

[@jtg1465]

SHAME on San Diego and CA in general! SO much wealth, and rich residents there literally care more about their pets and going to brunch than about making it possible for everyone to have a roof over their heads. Truly pitiful!

[@wolves1fan830]

Why is it their responsibility to help people who want everything for free and don't want to work at all I'm just wondering that thinking is part of the problem how bout without their taxes they there would be nothing for the homeless bums at all

[@thekid1597]

​@@wolves1fan830if you listen, it's usually medical which is to expensive that's forcing these people in the streets. Older and not being able to work can financially ruin a person.

[@dcg590]

@@thekid1597still not entitled to someone else’s money

[@robertschenck1616]

Wow, and we are putting migrants in Ramada inns. This is so sad. They know why most seniors are on the streets.

[@Linda-kk5lr]

Illegal immigrants who have little to no respect for our laws. They have to cross 1200 miles of other nations they can assimilate into. Nations like Costa Rica and Mexico. We do not owe the world entitlements and white picket fences.

[@auniversalwoman]

Yup

[@okiegranny4844]

And don't forget the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan

[@pinkman7317]

Giving migrants $9000 in New York to get started with American dream, I been dreaming 69 years, finally got a food voucher

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

Not true.

[@Eric-pz9hv]

What do you expect when 60% of our population live paycheck to paycheck. This was bound to happen.

[@lexa_power]

I don’t understand why they don’t just raise social security rather than giving money to war and other countries. Seniors need bare minimum $3000 a month to survive in San Diego.

[@johnteets2921]

@@lexa_power Where is the money going to come from ? Not the billionaires who fund the candidates of compassion ( and cartels ).

[@MeowNow494]

@@lexa_power I mean they give us a little extra every year, this past year I think my Social Security went up $150, but then I lost $70 in food stamps. And my rent would have gone up to except that I have so many medical expenses that I can deduct from my income, that didn’t happen. Yet anyway.

[@jayonnaj18]

I am a widow in my mid-70s now and have been physically unable to work since 2004! However, the LORD guided me to buy a used mobile home and the land it sits on back in the mid 1990s before my ailment struck! I PRAISE my LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, for ONLY HE KNEW what was to come in my life and prepared the way for me! He keeps a roof over my old gray head! No matter what comes, I KNOW I CAN TRUST IN HIM, for I am His child!

[@katadam2186]

@@lexa_powerit goes to the military industrial complex also, the fed ( bankers) big tech and big government are working together. The millions of “ asylum “ seekers are being paid to come through money given to the UN then they give it to NGO’s and then to the illegal immigrate… they want them voting democrat.. Listen to Victor Davis Hanson… he explains quite a bit

[@yayaelvis3270]

64 yo disabled, native San Diegan here. Being displaced, I’m looking into living in my car. I’ve been on the housing list for 11 years. 😮

[@powerWithinUs4055]

Lists are just that….waiting lists. There is no shortage of Unhoused people or Close to Being Unhoused. We have a bumper crop. There are people who get moved into expensive assisted housing because they can’t live alone as such. The County should have a match service. Tiny homes are less than 40K, delivered by crane to Nana's backyard. Medi-pods, keep relatives nearby, value added because the structures are attractive. Ohhhh, the zoning….changed with a wave of the pen. Zoning was old 60 years ago. Failure to keep current is top of the list of Why. Find housing. The list approach is 100%…..a list.

[@cobainzlady]

do you call them every so often? you should.

[@eszelledonaldson6515]

I hope that him and his wife find a place to live. This is so sad that our senior are treated like this.

[@sollunaystars]

What’s frustrating is the same homeless advocates acknowledging this growing crisis and the impact it has on the health and well-being of senior citizens, are the same people who will support illegal immigration and abuse of asylum laws which contribute to this very problem. I don’t believe they genuinely care. You can’t take care of the world when you won’t take care of your own citizens.

[@rebeccamosseri158]

Well, sure, job security.

[@vegskater1741]

Yes, they are secretly putting illegals into Ramada Inn/s in San Diego. Watch the video from JLR Investigates.

[@debbiemeyer7666]

I agree!

[@dawnoceanside7300]

Bill has been in the house approved by the Senate for months. WTF are you?. Pluto??? 🤭

[@MeowNow494]

Both parties refuse to prosecute mega corporations who use immigrants for cheap labor. If undocumented people couldn’t get under the table jobs they would stop coming here because they wouldn’t be able to get work. But then the corporations would have to pay American citizens at least minimum wage and they are too greedy to do that

[@joselitoespiritu1577]

I wish we take care of our own people first rather than cater to the people who are here illegally. Really can't get over the fact that California is giving health insurance to undocumented when our fellow citizens are languishing on the streets. Where is the compassion for our old folks who mostly contributed to our society?

[@MeowNow494]

California is also giving health insurance to those old people. You are talking about two different things, but I totally agree. I vote left AF, but I have a huge problem with America acting like big daddy to the rest of the world. I follow a homeless woman on social media, she is pregnant living in a tent in Chicago and she can’t get help but if she had come up on a bus from Texas she could be in a hotel room right now. Maybe she should go to Texas and pretend she snuck across the border?

[@jayonnaj18]

@@MeowNow494Where is the father of her expectant baby?! Is she married?!

[@IAmWithinEverything]

Newsom gets billions$$ for the homeless and does/did nothing. Now he’s allowing crime to go unchecked right before his eyes, literally. The homeless money is a huge money laundering scheme and has been for years. I’m a former San Diegan

[@prior8t2000]

Before you even decide to receive medical care in Mexico.. Your bank account info is checked & frisked first.. I live in Mexico Tijuana & know that first hand.. Then, you are charged ridiculous amounts for unnecessary tests & medications. America needs to continue providing protection for undocumented migrants & give our money to them. They earned it. I'm a Registered Democrat Voter & this is what you voted for. Although, I voted for Trump and will do it again. Let's continue with keeping the USA in the dumps.

[@losttravelingbackpacker3757]

Vote trump

[@JohnSmith-ps7hf]

I am only 45. I am saving every penny now. Hopefully, I can afford to retire in mexico when I turn 62. I don't want to die with those old folks on the street.

[@lisajohnson6351]

Last I heard was that you must have a $2000 a month income to be a citizen in Mexico.

[@JohnSmith-ps7hf]

@@lisajohnson6351 You need to have $71,000 saving to get approved for a temp resident visa or $261,000 saving to get a PR visa. I already have $78k in 401k, and I don't want to be a mexico citizen anyway.

[@lisajohnson6351]

@@JohnSmith-ps7hf I believe it’s a lot more than that now…you have any reliable source I could see?

[@BrittMFH]

Good job. Save money, live within your means and you'll make it. I lived frugally and retired my full-time job at 58, part-time at 62, and enjoy a comfortable retirement. It can be done.

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

Yup! That’s where I am! Buy something now. Clean out Baja California Sur it’s safe here. I am in a house I built with palm thatch, and adobe. Codes are nil for anything considered temporary

[@justiceforall007]

I really feel for the elderly homeless because they are so vulnerable. San Diego and California in general is so expensive that more affordable senior housing is needed. Some people argue that people should move to more affordable communities, which was a good argument 10 years ago, but today, everywhere is expensive!

[@rustybumperclassics6342]

There are millions right now on the verge, on the brink, holding on to not become homeless. Millions just one pay check away or one rate increase away from becoming homeless.

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

When I managed a Transitional Home for Homeless in Las Vegas, Alot of them were Seniors, medical cost issues was one of the reasons they ended up homeless.

[@MeowNow494]

These days it’s not even that it’s that nobody’s Social Security is 3 1/2 times any of the rents anywhere. When I became disabled I couldn’t even qualify to live in low income housing because the minimum income amount was not less than my Social Security. I was homeless for five years waiting for a section 8 voucher because that was the only way I could qualify to rent anything. I could have paid the $825 rent because I had no other bills, but the government would not allow me to live here on my SSDI income. Now the rent on this apartment is more like $1200, but that’s still better than what’s out there

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

This is what is called a mind-f---. I relate.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

My friend was three years from paying off her home when she got cancer. She ended up in a tent on chemo. Dying. She worked all her life as an Emergency room nurse. This is The American dream. Work all your life, die wet and cold and alone ina tent.

[@MaryC-ug4pf]

@@user-ii3vn8tn3q I'm okay, but cancer took all of my resources too. I'm 74. There are no guarantees in life, that is for sure. The rich keep getting richer and they do very little to give back to the country that gave them opportunity to do business here, and even less to the workers who made their businesses successful Instead they cut benefits and pensions, retired or down-sized employees shown the door without even a thank you... Now billionaires building bunkers to try and save themselves from what they created in the first place... cowards.

[@lornabarkan4194]

​@@user-ii3vn8tn3q How did you help your friend?

[@TheDAT573]

Billions for foreign countries, nothing for Americans.

[@rainaflores779]

SHUT UP IRRELEVANT COMMENT

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Let us get rid of Biden.

[@RB-gt8bf]

@@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq not before Trump

[@johnteets2921]

@@RB-gt8bf You got rid of Trump, and you see what happened.

[@SolzeyeJewels]

My rent in Oregon was raised higher than my income! I live in my Jeep now for 2 1/2 years. There's no help for me out there. It's terrifying! 66 and being homeless would never ever had crossed my mind! I've looked for an apt in OR, WA, Idaho, Utah and AZ. I've never been a drinker, or a druggie. I worked hard my entire life. I've got heart problems, I'm diabetic and new medical issues are cropping up from living in my car, and my depression and anxiety, and insomnia.. and I can't even get on a list! This is a nightmare, and it doesn't look like it's ever going to change. I'm starting to understand why suicide rates are rising. There's no relief on the horizon.

[@dianadicarlo1672]

I'm so sorry 💔

[@vanessamccollum9169]

I’ve seen studio apartments in AZ for 900.00 a month!

[@cindyweir9645]

You need to move out of that state and find a state that has a lot of Senior subsidized housing. Some states have more than others.

[@user-dw4ew2pk7j]

😢

[@cobainzlady]

you need to apply some place else with a short wait list.

[@BrittMFH]

I lived frugally and banked my money, own my own small townhome, and have no financial worries. It's NEVER too early to plan for the future. Live beneath your means and teach your kids to.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Good advice: There is a consumerist society out there tempting people to spend and spend instead of saving, saving.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Live below means how when food takes every cent, and gas. It all adds up. And greed politicians keep wanting to raise sales tax property tax, so it even gets worse!

[@orangeniggalo4767]

If you are old or elderly you need to get your passport and move to Tijuana Mexico I live in Mexico and my rent is only $450 per month it's better than being homeless inside of the states

[@beautifulrose8619]

Which area do you live in? Tijuana is huge.

[@beekeepermariadelgado6806]

Smart person, still close enough but at least you have a home.

[@MeowNow494]

I looked into this and my Social Security is not enough to qualify to move to Mexico as a permanent resident. I think I could live there if I came back to the US every few months from a minute, but right now I have section 8 and it’s terrifying to give that up knowing I can’t get back on the waitlist if I have to and even if I could get back on the waitlist it’s more than 10 years long now

[@MeowNow494]

But also if you have enough savings to buy a small piece of property I don’t think you need to meet the income requirement

[@orangeniggalo4767]

@@beautifulrose8619 I live in centro close to avenue revolution

[@kellykelly7747]

The affordability of housing is NOT just here in San Diego, California! I searched across the country! My monthly income is below $2k per month. I don't qualify for anything. We treat our seniors terribly in this country. There used to be affordable house for seniors. Now, there is nothing.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

It's worse in the UK and Australia. The Australian government officially posted that retirees should buy a tent and live in a park. This is global.

[@seattledreamer9901]

$2k/month? while Boeing hire new employees in thousands. There ‘s a serious shortage if skilled workers in Seattle; electrician, plumbing, avionics, HVAC, computer tech…

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

stole their money under threat of prison promise be there later 50 years later being told money gone now soon tough shit hit the bricks fu get out make room for communist gang members ....i got nothing left to lose fu back time is now

[@LGAussie]

They actually kicked out the seniors in a senior center in Queens, NY recently to house lazy Hispanic “vacation seekers”!!!!!!!! Then these same illegals beat up the police in NYC. Thugs are getting rewarded!! Something is truly incompetent and wrong with this current administration. I fear a deep depression that the world has never seen if money is continually directed towards 19 year old illegals who are taking advantage, and have homes and food in their own countries!!!!

[@greensorrel6860]

​@@UncleDavesKitchenomg

[@mariaphilomena1422]

Housing has become unaffordable all over the country. If you’re out of fixed income, a tent is the only option for many.

[@fit2travel192]

A society that doesn't take care of their elders as a doomed society😢

[@JCcreates927]

There are people all over the country all ages living in cars, trucks, rv's. It's the new alternative housing. I live in an rv and have seen it all over. My husband and I were on a waiting list for senior housing, it was 5 yrs out.

[@CondorSkyGhost]

God be with you two. I hope you are near some good camping parks, to travel a little and have some side hustles going on...bake and cooking sales....or anything.

[@catherineromero1862]

When my father retired in 1986, he made the conscious decision that he would be a full-time RVer. It was a very cost-effective and respectable way to go and has been for about the last 40 years. Until recently, when it has become the only alternative for people that are not even retired yet and now even retired people that used to be able to Boondock wherever they wanted to Pull up to a beach and hang out for the day, and their RV are being pushed out by new laws in municipalities denying the right to sleep in your own vehicle at any time a day or park on a city street. This is discrimination against homeless people that is adversely affecting the Ability of anyone to find an alternative to sleeping on a sidewalk in a filthy sleeping bag. Then, of course, you’re going to be bulldozed out of even that scenario because being homeless is being made illegal in cities is if that’s going to make the problem go away. Edited to add: repeal Citizens United and watch things start to change. As George Carlin said “they own you”

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

They stopped taking names for senior housing here, the list was years and years long and there simply is no housing. But, they DO supply free tents.

[@OldskolFan]

I heard a lady on the bus one time saying she waited 10 years for affordable housing; they housed her in a bad area of San Diego. She went to the store, came back and all of her stuff was stolen! It’s sad people can’t get a break. San Diego, the most expensive city in America…lacks affordable (decent) housing.

[@catherineromero1862]

@@OldskolFan if you research apartments in that area you see that the buildings and complexes are mostly big boxes of boxes to house compliant, wage slaves. Then there are the “luxury” apartments, I guess for the elite workers? Idk but $1500 for a 250sqft place?

[@CJScrol]

Property developers tore down older, inner city living quarters-including old hotels, older apartments-for profit to build high end condos. Now there are absolutely no affordable modest living quarters for older people on fixed &/or limited incomes. Cities created homelessness & now they don’t know what to do. 🙁

[@MeowNow494]

I live in New England where a lot of places are old, a lot of the affordable housing here was built in the 80s and now it is not passing inspection anymore. A public housing complex near me, the biggest one in the capital city, is so old and falling apart they don’t pass inspections so the government is forcing them to renovate, but they have to get people out to renovate, and those people have nowhere to go. I don’t know what’s going to happen to them

[@teejae2065]

America is built on greed.

[@rene-rv6pp]

All the neighborhoods are going to be luxurious

[@CJScrol]

@@MeowNow494 Basic-income housing needs to become a “thing” & a certain percentage of all building needs to be for that market.

[@eh3477]

This, exactly. Not to mention the dozens of nicer mobile home parks, a haven for many seniors in their later years especially in CA where weather is mild. They first tripled the rents, then closed for the property to be developed for luxury apartments. Municipalities could have done something to slow or stop this. Plenty of seniors did have affordable, decent housing until rampant greed took over.

[@josebro352]

I remember having a studio apartment in Massachusetts during the Obama administration which I paid 750 a month for. This was from 2010 to 2015. I beleive that same apartment is going for like 1700 now. This is just outrageous. What the hell happened!?!?! This country has become a hell hole. If I had the money I'd move far away to New Zealand and never come back.

[@HealthyNewsforU]

That's a crazy increase. I had an apartment in 2001 for $795 but it's only $1200 now.

[@cobainzlady]

Zillow is what happened. now anyone on earth can lookup real estate in the usa and snap it up as soon as it goes onthe market. As investment. then raise rents sky high. Sick and one day we will punish the ones doing all this and put it to a stop.

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

I lived in a rent stabilized downtown NY apt for over forty years. When hubby and I became seniors....we relocated. The deprting rent as we dropped the keys on the landlord's desk and said goodbye? $950 a month for my 600 sq ft studio and a half, at 15th and Third..I stay in touch with friends in the old nabe. One of them is a real estate broker. Betty cringed as she told me what my old apartment is going for now?..Wait for it...$2800 freaking dollars a month. She also said (we live here in the South since 2019) that since the time we left, that apt has been rented, and both tenants were middle of the night move outs, and stiffed the landlord..While I thought their actions were creepy and irresponsible, I can kind of understand the panic, behind a monthly coughing up $2800 rent for a cracker box space? Absurd..Landlord greed - along w/ tenant desperation!

[@katiehealybarcelon9070]

Part of THIS problem is also that the cost of living in CA is absurd.

[@sammyjammy6647]

Then move !!! there’s 49 other states

[@jg1469]

I work in the healthcare field here in SD and I personally know nurses who are living out of their vehicles because of how high home prices are and the lack of options to rent or own. I make decent income, my husband and I live in a rented studio motor home in a backyard of a home owner with 3 other RV homes and We all pay over $900 (considered low cost rent) , it’s safe and quiet., We stay because we don’t trust the economy and don’t want to become homeless.

[@tfuthought]

I remember when 900 was a lot. This is crazy

[@jg1469]

@@tfuthoughtOur lowest starting price point for rentals in the ghetto is $1400 for a studio, $1600 studio in moderate location and $2200+ studios in popular areas. Mind you these are studio’s not 1 Br apartments and not including costs of utilities. Also there is a lack of availability. Buying starts at 100K for a run down trailer home in a over crowded park with space rents $1200 and above, also, limited availability.

[@xlyal8908]

Nurse makes $60 per hour plus. Why do you need to live out of your car.

[@emmas1082]

Be careful who you tell about that because there are local laws and ordinances that might prohibit it. If a neighbor finds out and they’re mad they could report you.

[@beekeepermariadelgado6806]

My husband used to abuse me and say I would be a bag woman and worthless. So I joined the union as an apprentice plumber/steamfitter. I was a registered dental assistant and 35 years ago I was making $5 and hour. I wanted to divorce my husband so I joined the union. I was able to retire after 25 years, I have two pensions, some guys even put money into a 401K but I chose to buy my own house which is paid for. If it wasn’t for working in the union I too would more likely than not end up homeless.yea I divorced and also collect Soc Sec and doing excellent. We need to emphasize to young people and woman that it is not guaranteed you will not be homeless but you must find a union even if it isn’t something you went to college for. Many companies only offer 401K but you must get a pension. My new husband was a graduate of Cal Poly Pomonabut they did not pay decent wages nor any pensions. He became a welder/ plumber and steamfitter and rarely out of work. One of my friends graduated from Northwest University in a degree in business but became a lineman climbing electrical poles as an apprentice. Many people know the value of a union plus pension which are annuities and do so much better than these people who make real good money only to be kicked to the curb because they are 50 years old with no pension from a non union company. I knew I had to get into a trade or I too would have ended up homeless.

[@jwilson2500]

In Germany, unions buy up houses that their members may live in at cost. We need more ways to take houses out of market to be available to normal people for affordable prices.

[@cobainzlady]

great idea.

[@danielwymer1580]

I was in the Navy in San Diego 44 years ago and I couldn’t believe how expensive houses were in all of San Diego County! I wanted to stay in San Diego after I got out of the Navy, but it just cost too much to buy a house, went to Florida instead!!!!!!

[@lindaearl4428]

No Senior and Children should never have to live on the streets of any city Let us all pray for a change in this world 🙏🌎💚🙏🌎

[@stevelichtwark4259]

Yes many people waste their time praying

[@MaryC-ug4pf]

It's a "reckoning" I think, and probably way overdue. The rain falls on the just as well as the unjust. No doubt things are happening as they should.

[@cocosims9979]

@lindaear you're exactly right . Shame on cities like that

[@sunshineandwarmth]

Post open housing wherever you live. That would be a useful solution. Seniors are trying to avoid housing in Heaven.😂

[@phillip1330]

Thats why they are in the current situation. Get off your knees and make the changes needed.

[@tanyaarmendariz4047]

We are allowing many to walk in our country and taking care of them but, Americans are in the streets😢

[@f0xixtaiail2000]

That is why we need a president who will deport them.

[@josephjilek2229]

This a juggernaut of a nationwide problem. Out of control.

[@mikedavis2969]

Union's and high wages are not helping !

[@johnteets2921]

@@mikedavis2969 Or, you could get low wages, be one of the working poor - and live in your car.

[@mikedavis2969]

@@johnteets2921 I'm self employed , I'm not rich or poor . Union's and highwages are driving companies out of our Country .

[@leejaved4183]

PLEASE know that San Diego is not the only city in America that has a huge amount of houseless seniors. It is ALL over the country. I will say that after age 50 people easily are let go from their jobs because employers don’t want to pay for their health insurance. Therefore, being hired for another job that paid a living wage is not available to them. Also, rent all across America have become unattainable. Shame on a government that sends billions to Ukraine and Israel while there are so many American people who have once paid their taxes and are now on the streets.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Social security is so outdated low in sums granted and that is the reason seniors become displaced! Everything goes up in price but their check is unable to cover even basics! Rent, property taxes, utilities, all sky high not SsA checks nor SSI! All dollars given to other nations, could have improved social security increases. When Obama was in WH, 3 years there was no social security raises, that should never be. Politicians get raises so should retirees! Seniors over 70, shouldn’t incur any further property tax on their live in home. That would save many from becoming homeless or suicide as many do!

[@J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955]

It once was the idea that when I become 55, I'll retire. Now the thing is, when I turn 55, I'll become homeless.

[@MichaelBrown-sh8yh]

Me too , I'm ready! I'm just going to smoke weed & drink coffee & read a book. That's freedom for me..

[@Cerez78]

You're not alone. God is with you to help guide you.

[@user-bj2gq3ug2p]

That's what happened to me. I'm no druggie just got sick at 30 & couldn't pull it together 😢

[@user-bj2gq3ug2p]

​@@Cerez78 yes Jehovah God has my back

[@sct4040]

Start planning your life.

[@StevenBiko1]

Property taxes with interest is a major factor contributing to homelessness. American 🇺🇸 citizens are heavily overtaxed, this issue needs to be addressed asap.

[@redhead8777]

Property Tax And Landlord insurance rates are the biggest drivers for rental pricing and rate increases. Our cities need to manage budgets much better than they do. I agree that affordable housing should be increased for 50 -70 year olds; and virtually free and/or non-profit managed co-op housing for 70+. Social Security should NOT be taxed and shoul be cost of living adjusted. Take care of Americans FIRST.

[@sct4040]

The rich don’t pay their share in taxes. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezo don’t pay much at all. This is a real problem.

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

too late

[@greensorrel6860]

Yes, even if you own your home, the taxes are rapidly increasing and many will be taxed out of their homes

[@virginiaalt1245]

When income taxes were first approved they only were on the very rich and elites. But the very rich financed the politicians that Americans could vote for which in turn rewrote the tax laws so the tax burden fell onto the working classes and the poor. There should not be any taxes on a persons residence because too many seniors have to sell their homes because the real estate taxes became too high. Then the apartment rents kept rising and they can no longer afford apartments either. A person doesn't really own a home if they can lose it because they fall upon hard times. The taxes should be redirected back to the ultra rich elites and corporations which have become so rich and powerful that they are even controlling our governments and us. Taxes should become higher as the corporations become bigger to block them from becoming too powerful over us and from becoming Too-Big-To-Fail requiring the working classes to have to bail them out again as under President Bush. Then the CEO's gave themselves raises and they bought out the smaller banks with the people's tax money!

[@laurymakesaway6695]

1Billion dollars to Egypt and 1.2 Billion to JORDAN. Why is this happening 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@carolclover1238]

44 billion?? For UKRAINE??please!!! Do you know how much..Affordable housing you could build ??

[@Noctural-Notions]

It's not just San Diego, It's all over the country & all over the world.

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

new world order clintons started this shit biden trying to finish us off

[@jerfacekilla]

Idk about that one. Where I live, we don't have parking lots full of homeless people. Maybe stop justifying it by, in effect, saying 'it's everywhere', and actually try doing something about it. Unfortunately, Americans are too selfish to ever address their homelessness crisis.

[@crand20033]

San diego is exceptional because housing has become very expensive there.

[@0004612]

California has the majority of the homeless population in America

[@crand20033]

@@0004612 It has always been hard to buy a house there. Most prices are near a million dollars.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

I admire that couple who lost their home, are sleeping in their vehicle, but haven't surrendered their dogs. The couple sleeps in the front seats of the vehicle, with the dogs in the back. Uncomfortable, cramped, not optimal, but I bet there's nowhere else those dogs would rather be than with Mom & Pop. I hope for a better future for all these folks.

[@laurenchatman714]

I could never abandon my pets either.

[@moonlight01011]

Owning pets when you are homeless or are barely getting by is one of the habits of poor people.

[@rcas350pilot8]

@@moonlight01011 and having lots of kids.

[@donnamcmillan6950]

I only hope that if they get shelter they will be allowed to keep and move their dogs in too. Also hope the dogs keep healthy as they would never be able to afford vet care. God bless them!

[@cobrakai3732]

I only wish they’d stop wasting their $ on smoking/vaping like “Irene” was doing in that car. It’s bad for her, the dogs, and their wallet.

[@rudihaufe271]

the problem is so easy to answer. human cooporate greed and predatory capitalism..

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

Aging seniors winding up homeless.... with no place to go, and no families to help them...should not be lumped with addicts and drunks playing the system for whatever they can get. We had a guy like this, a well known, well liked 'bench person' out on our Square. At one point Jackie (not a senior BTW) had a seizure and wound up in the hospital. A social worker jumped through every hoop imaginable, went the distance and beyond.... to get him connected to counseling, housing, food coupons, job/veteran services, etc. A few months later I bumped into him...he showed me a key to his room, and we even took some brag-pics together. Six months later I spotted him - there he was - back on the bench! I asked him, "So Jackie, hey...what happened, you had it all going on so cool?" " He smiled, "Gee, I guess I blew it." The freaking understatement of the year. Yes, it does indeed make you wonder...

[@gretahelphrey7842]

So scarey! I’m a 73 y.o. senior living safely in my own home, but I know I’m just a heartbeat away from homelessness. Our country needs to solve this economic/homeless crisis. Now!

[@LilyGazou]

It’s a good idea to share a place with a good friend. Allows you both to set aside money for the future.

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

Property tax is a hardship also and this election year want to throw out Prop 13 another attack by ones you voted in!

[@tericlrk2935]

No solution unless the one percent leave the country to Belize

[@gemini730lory8]

💙🙏

[@cobainzlady]

Rent a room to an impoverished old lady. for cheap enough. Helps both of you.

[@Polemic-2525]

The federal government needs to stop putting limits on how much a senior can earn when they are receiving subsidies. Most people are not receiving a pension so they have to work. What baffles me is the same government giving money away to foreign countries and illegal immigrates.

[@joeblow1688]

It bothers me too.

[@dcg590]

If they didn’t prepare for retirement for the decades they worked, why is it everyone else job to pay for them? This is a lifetime of spending and not planning. Why are tax payers supposed to save someone who didn’t bother to prepare? The ‘government’ you speak of comes out of the responsible peoples paychecks.

[@Gina-dn6xm]

The problem lies with Uncontrolled rent prices. Also if you own your own home, property taxes go up every year. Meanwhile seniors live on fixed incomes.

[@garycallihan4206]

Yes, fees and bonds, none of which I voted for.

[@dcg590]

Why should anyone be told how they can or can’t run their business?

[@lisapeake9637]

The old people made America great.

[@madelinemanor3367]

I survived being homeless during the pandemic at age 70. Living in Las Vegas for 25 yrs, and ready for retirement I thought. Being a widow and going through life without shelter was a stress no one should have to go through. I'm surprised I survived. God protecting me at the hardest time of my life. Survivor of homeless senior in a city of high crime was miracle for me.

[@overworked1084]

Where are you now? How are you? God is good- he gets us through terrible times❤🙏🏽

[@amg9163]

@madelinemanor3367 That sounds incredibly hard and I cannot imagine myself getting through that. You have a special inner strength and hopefully that is carrying you through to better times.

[@Morongobill]

I am 69 years old. Luckily I am not homeless. I think a lot of folks would love to hear how you survived the mean Vegas streets. Perhaps you could make a video on KZbin of your story. I would love to watch such a video. Who knows, I might end up on the streets one day.

[@SuperDobieGirl]

Curious, we're you a renter throughout your career, or did you own a home?

[@ID_iKONIC_VIP]

Do you not have any family??

[@BoldlyDream]

No one mentions that many seniors no one wants to hire anymore

[@McRemmyBaby]

Scary

[@powerWithinUs4055]

Be a job. Network with others. Biden Plan has help for startups. There’s always work that nobody else wants, but do what you love, create. Be open to starting your own business. If you have a computer, you have a job.

[@sjones3191]

Yes. They even call 40 older workers.

[@5Antvin]

yes go the gov they get printed money at will and just give it away .if your ancestors where conscripted into wars then most definitely go sign up for all they have to offer camp out there if you have to

[@nightowl6811]

Im 51 in excellent health condition and working 7 days 3 to 4 hrs a day only. The key 🔑 is Eliminating debt asap.

[@MaxItUpwithMarta]

Seniors are the silent category of homelessness. It is so sad, they are overlooked.

[@katherinemeacham7809]

im 55 and i own my own home here i get ssi but its enough to pay the space rent and a bill or two ! but not enough for food !that is my struggle here

[@texasred2702]

I went to Hawaii a couple of years ago and it's worse there. Longtime residents slowly priced out of rental housing or taxed out of their homes, while shiny high-rise condos and luxury homes sit empty, owned by rich foreigners. It's happening all up and down the West Coast. We seriously need to limit foreign investment like other nations do and put our own first.

[@DrSchor]

do you want to pay someone else's rent?

[@chasingsunsets87]

Agree!

[@maryannsinopoli1751]

I know you are correct! Housing and business properties also , must limit foreign ownership! It’s a disgrace to allow out of our country ownership!

[@cobainzlady]

@@DrSchor what the hell are you talking about! GET RID OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP , IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM ! that doesn't make anyone pay others' rent !

[@danpiraino]

I know I won't be the first to say it but, some of the money (if not all) that is going to illegal immigration should be immediately diverted to homeless seniors - This is so sad.

[@dianabeurman364]

You're right! Thanks Biden!

[@rainaflores779]

SHUT UP IRRELEVANT COMMENT

[@gnosticnight]

Homeless seniors don't block vote democrat.

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

homeless seniors wont stuff ballot mail boxes like illegals do thats why they we dont count i gonna not go quietly gonna take a few out with me time is now

[@joycemansfield1108]

Homeless people can't vote ,no address.

[@harryholiday5356]

Glad to hear that we have no more homeless people, just unhoused/unsheltered. What a great country. I was beginning to think times were getting hard. Glad to know all is well.

[@wlachappelle]

They should have housing for people that don't make much money, medicine is high, grocery is high rent is high

[@robinferruggia]

Congress has cut funding for affordable housing every year. Waiting lists for Section 8 housing are years long. For as wealthy as America is, it is despicable that these conditions are allowed to exist.

[@MeowNow494]

Most areas won’t even take names on the waitlist anymore. Los Angeles stopped doing it before 2012. I live in New Hampshire and the housing Authority near me wasn’t taking applications anymore in 2020 because the waitlist was 10 years long already

[@OMMXxPeNnY]

Yes for the person above us that said that that's why they vote Republican and move to red states well tell me what was the first thing Trump did for them nothing except give tax cuts to wealthy corporationsWhat happened to the best health plan in the whole wide world according to him never happened Build the wall never happened All he did was try to find a way to steal Money from every place he could

[@graceyglzn9687]

that's why many retirees decided to live in Asian countries because their retirement benefits give them comfortable /decent life with the dollar they have.

[@lexa_power]

I’m looking into Mexico myself since America is no longer affordable

[@beekeepermariadelgado6806]

Most move because they are divorced and after dividing assets there is nothing left. Another thing many people are anti union but being in the union saved my arse from being homeless because of 2 pensions plus Soc Sec.

[@susanmoriarty9900]

me too, looking at Belize myself!

[@susanmoriarty9900]

yep! retired UAW Aerospace worker!

[@kelleyrancher]

Yes and I see where those guys go over to the Asian countries and they get involved with some young little chicky poo about 18 she has kids with them and their and then their they have to take care of those kids for the rest of their lives all their babies they got all babies over there running around in Thailand

[@taze317]

If you have a house or apartment that you can afford, count your blessings.

[@susanarsoniadou]

I have a hous3 and I can name 5 people who would like to steal it.

[@taze317]

@@susanarsoniadou Keep those people away!

[@donnasloane9031]

There is no shame in being penniless.....those of you are working on top of being homeless should be congradulated...prayers for all of you...Don't give up!

[@jgpainting8815]

There’s not enough senior housing ANYWHERE!!! Costs are ridiculous

[@SuperDobieGirl]

That's why you buy a modest home in your 30s so it's paid for by retirement....

[@KawakebAstra]

where is affordable senior housing ?. . why USA representatives take millions fm AIPAC lobby(aka bribe) money ‘n constantly sending tens of BILLIONS $$$$$ to Israel 4genocide in Gaza .. no concern for Humanity .. oust war profiteers help Americans stop funding wars

[@janesawyer3495]

@@SuperDobieGirl Many seniors lose their homes due to property taxes, insurance, or HOA going up. You aren't safe even if you "own" your own home.

[@SuperDobieGirl]

@janesawyer3495 hoa? Well, duh. If it's paid for all you have are taxes and insurance. If anyone is dumb enough to buy in an HOA, assume THEY own the house.. That's why you get it paid off ASAP,. and start putting away the money you used to pay the mortgage with. Savings...

[@janesawyer3495]

@@SuperDobieGirl Even if you pay your house off, they can still raise your property taxes and insurance. It's happening all over the country.

[@paisleysansone3143]

Dreams for change is legit the best organization to donate to. They started the safe parking program allowing people to continuing working while living in their cars. Offering bathrooms Dinner and toiletries at the lot as needed. They saved me when I needed it. Glad to see they now are allowed tents for those with out vehicles.

[@joegally9411]

they don't offer food ......... only when someone donates food to feed a 100 or more who are in the parking lot!! sometimes star bucks donates expired food but then it isn't much! bathroom? it's a porta toilet.

[@powerWithinUs4055]

Ask how they voted. Right now, do the people know that Scott, Lee, Graham all Republicans have the stated purpose of cutting what they call entitlement programs, what we call Social Security benefits. Why look to build housing when there are so many abandoned. buildings of all types. Take existing zoning commissions, their staff and resources and turn them into rehab and modification experts. What are they zoning for when we have this crisis in every city? Turn zoning offices into productive work. The answers have been Wait Lists. Change to Action List. Section 8 is a poison pill. Landlords avoid as soon as they hear the name. Right now…county government pays security deposit, first and last month. Wave of the pen. Done. Next, move the people off of the streets and into homes, Then…guarantee work with the state, modeled after Civilian Conservation Corps. Guaranteed 18 month employment with real job placement programs ongoing. All of this and the miserable 1% who pay nothing and see the struggle and do nothing, And we do nothing to them, we allow it. Take the tents to state capitols. Lots of room, lots warmer.

[@arinam2741]

The best organization to donate to is republican party. Haven't you noticed there are very little homelessness in red states and no drugs?

[@ThatAlleyCatsBack]

@@arinam2741I took notice of that. That’s why Trump fully has my black vote!

[@ThatAlleyCatsBack]

I will donate

[@tericlrk2935]

It is not just that city it's all cities...

[@Missy-Missy1111]

God Bless the advocates who do all they can to help these deserving people.

[@paulapodaca7090]

Give me a break.. there NOT all deserving.. many are drug addicts/alcoholics who only want to get high or drunk and shoplift.. get your head out of the ground. Yes many of these people deserve our help but many don't.. I was homeless back in the 70's.. nobody helped me.. I helped myself by NOT making stupid decisions.. retired last year from San Diego's largest Utility Company, living in beautiful Alpine with my gorgeous Wife in our cozy home.. It wasn't easy to overcome homeless but I did it through sheer force of will and a belief in myself

[@Missy-Missy1111]

@paulapodaca7090 I'm so glad you were able to overcome homelessness, esp without charity assistance. As my sister often says, you can lead a horse to water, but you can not make it drink. However, sometimes you get lucky & help a few of those "undeserving." Unfortunately, the new homeless are families & people over 55. These groups deserve all the assistance that is available. Demonizing, vilifing & dehumanizing people is unjust. We are judged by how we treat people who have less than us.

[@paulapodaca7090]

@@Missy-Missy1111 You use "Woke" terms and words like "Demonize" and "unjust" but I STILL help homeless people after communicating with them.. looking into their eyes for sincerity and a belief in themselves to climb out of their homeless state.. if you ACTUALLY BELIEVE that everyone deserves our help even though they do absolutely nothing to contribute to Society but instead get drunk/high, shoplift, break into people's homes all the while trashing our communities and neighborhoods because they are too lazy to even clean up their campgrounds then I hope they find their way to your neighborhood.. we'll see if you remain so benevolent and forgiving Our Country is crumbling.. people like you thinking that ALL homeless people are VICTIMS is insane! Don't bother responding.. You will not change my mind or make me feel bad because of other people's actions.

[@gemini730lory8]

💙🙏

[@mytravls]

America has never been kind to the senior citizens.

[@TheSGBrown]

America has always valued youth over experience. Governments have long known that the young are easier to control.

[@missf4681]

I have every sympathy for these seniors who worked all their lives paid their bills and did everything they could to be decent contributing citizens and end up on the streets through no fault of their own This is sooooo wrong

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

your turn coming soon

[@KawakebAstra]

where is affordable senior housing ?. . why USA representatives take millions fm AIPAC lobby(aka bribe) money ‘n constantly sending tens of BILLIONS $$$$$ to Israel 4genocide in Gaza .. no concern for Humanity .. oust war profiteers help Americans stop funding wars

[@missf4681]

@@hirondelle8734 not much

[@missf4681]

@@user-ot6fk7vs3n so is yours

[@dcg590]

They did everything except save for retirement. This is the consequence

[@macberkseth8540]

Thanks Jobama.

[@dorthymcbride3384]

Maybe the elderly should protest by not paying taxes!!

[@cobainzlady]

always a stupid idea. unless you want them to live in a jail cell. But most of them don't pay tax because THEY ARE TOO POOR.

[@rebeccaknox4652]

It’s not just California, it’s everywhere. I’m 71 living in a travel trailer and have to find part time work just to pay for necessities.

[@cobainzlady]

you are so lucky and blessed to have that trailer !

[@loris6413]

It is torture. I am 64 with many medical problems. I live in my car with my autistic daughter. We can't afford the rents, the electric bill insurance and all the other costs. I have come to accept I will die in my car.

[@kardrek2461]

This is wrong

[@DeeDee-lz8zx]

I am sure you already have been to social services, but go again and ask for rental help. And threaten to sue them.

[@Lyftflexslave]

​@@DeeDee-lz8zx Ha . U make it sound so easy. . try it yourself. U will see the bs

[@soniasias6226]

Look into moving to small town America. Towns that have senior housing that have less than 25,000 people. They have openings in their senior housing programs. Quiet towns. Get away from the crowded cities, you're competing for housing. Getting housing in California is as hard as winning a lottery .

[@karlar8648]

Don't accept it. I know it's hard keep faith at the forefront. I'm 59 and want to retire at 62. Just me and my car. Got a job. Saving what I can. Getting out of this situation.

[@mistermylo8607]

They were doing studies years ago about this growing population of seniors and what have they done ? Nothing! How many apartments could you build for $44 billion?😢

[@KawakebAstra]

where is affordable senior housing ?. . why USA representatives take millions fm AIPAC lobby(aka bribe) money ‘n constantly sending tens of BILLIONS $$$$$ to Israel 4genocide in Gaza .. no concern for Humanity .. oust war profiteers help Americans stop funding wars

[@brianhornak5937]

Thank you for shedding light on this❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ritarichardson3881]

$1,000 a month is a shame!!!

[@Network126]

I lost my mother to cancer, and then lost my housing twice during the pandemic, while also simultaneously dealing with a broken transmission in my car, and spiraled into homelessness. I ended up buying an old Toyota Sienna van to live in, after finally giving up on homeless services. All they want to do is stick me into homeless shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any personal space or privacy. I can't live like that. I'm trying to get a job again, and fix my life, after being forced back into Uber/Lyft, and getting into car crashes. I'm so tired of this shit.

[@zeljkojovanovic-wf8us]

just be brave, don't give up! It will get better, and the best is yet to come.

[@McRemmyBaby]

Jesus

[@Network126]

@@zeljkojovanovic-wf8us That's what they all keep saying...

[@deborahmyers5205]

🙏🏼

[@willothewispl]

Exactly thats the only help they offer you, to live in dangerous places.

[@ayahslife8773]

So many people making ridiculous and callous comments obviously have zero idea how f*cked up it Is getting old and sick anywhere in Southern California right now. You get sick, own a home? Not anymore! Too old to work? Own a home? Not anymore! For those of you with no love or empathy in your hearts, life will be kind and teach you. Your day WILL come.

[@BusArch42]

Why not move? We left socal 25 years ago because it was too expensive. My dad just left last month. You don’t actually have to stay there you know

[@ayahslife8773]

@@BusArch42 That’s not easy to do for a myriad of reasons. Family, friends, medical needs to name a few. I’m unwilling to move farther away from my children and grandchildren. People have roots and community they are willing to sacrifice for. Also can you imagine how hard it is to be homeless in areas with harsh weather conditions? Sleeping on the street in the snow is intolerable

[@BusArch42]

@@ayahslife8773 it’s not easy but it’s possible. My sister has used many excuses for not moving. When she turned 50 she suddenly realized she wouldn’t be able to stay there when she retired. If one has such deep connections to the community with friends and family then one would not be homeless. It’s one or the other. The reality is people want to live there. It’s a beautiful place. I went to college in La Jolla. My rent was 3x what it was when I left and moved inland. A few years later I moved to another state. It was even less expensive. All the rest of my sisters family and friends have left due to the high cost of living there. She has no reason to stay except she wants to live there. Guess what? Most of us would like to live there. That’s why supply cannot keep up with demand. Where we live now has excellent medical care. We made close friends here. You can move if it’s important. It’s a matter of priorities. Is it more important to live in SD in your car or to live in Nebraska in a nice condo.

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

​@@ayahslife8773Speaking of "family" and "friends"..... Where are they to assist them?

[@dianabeurman364]

That's right!

[@mariekatherine5238]

Can’t afford to live their despite saving for retirement or a catastrophic expense has wiped out their savings and SSI just doesn’t cut it! Seniors, we have to get out of these ridiculously expensive cities. Those of us without kids or family, not able to work or work enough to support ourselves, must band together. Nice, but living in your car in a major city at age 62, female with arthritis, guess what? Nobody wants to hire you. During the pandemic, there’s no bathroom, no Planet Fitness to shower, in shelters your stuff is stolen, you get assaulted, raped, no food is better than tainted or moldy food. I stayed awake all night in the car, found places to relieve myself in containers and dispose of it in the trash, bathed in isolated industrial areas when it rained or I found a clean water source. I drove around by day and took cat naps, pretending I’d dozed off while reading or on my tablet. If woken up, I’d apologize, thank them, and move on because I was “going to be late.” After two months I escaped.

[@anthonyjones9868]

My dad in the same situation

[@gemini730lory8]

😔🙏

[@breezluize3282]

The list of this country's heartless cruelties is long. The United States' true nature is shown by how it treats it's most vulnerable. If you're not very high earning or a millionaire/billionaire, to hell with you.

[@user-ov4wr5yu4r]

You're right. It's very competitive and if you don't make it, you must be defective.

[@misterbanshee7992]

Even a million won’t go far in California

[@faraboverubieskerry]

EXACTLY! I left the country and pray 🙏 that I never have to return

[@misterbanshee7992]

@@faraboverubieskerry prob get better healthcare depending on what country you live in now

[@brendamcdonall5798]

So is the heartless and uncaring of all levels of government in Canada, especially in the 8 years we have been cursed having Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. 😢

[@DavidMartinez-jp6sn]

The elders experience and knowledge, is gold we should treat them ,as gold.

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

laugh at us say you must have done wrong soon you will know you wont stay young forever ... never been to jail never raised fist in anger law abiding hard working took take care of family all i hear is f u from corrupt govt... you next

[@MichaelBanfield-xz5sp]

Seniors should never be homeless in America.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

I live in California. I'm 55, and I share the rent with a relative ($1625 a month). I've been looking for a new job, but I can't get any luck. I have filled out job applications and went on interviews. It's frustrating. I think some employers don't like me because of my age. It makes me feel depressed to realize that I have never owned a house. I've spent decades of my life paying rent. Sometimes I think about a "Plan B" if I ever become totally down and out in the future: I'd buy a cargo van and a mattress. I'd sleep inside of the van and buy food and gas with my pension check. I'd also get a gym membership so I could take showers.

[@marshamckee2479]

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN..IF YOU DID THIS YOU COULD POSSIBLY SAVE FOR A HOME..AND FINALLY BE A HOME OWNER ...BUT KEEP IN MIND THE HOME OWNERS NOW ARE PAYING OUTRAGEOUS PROPERTY TAXS ... CAMPER VANS ARE REALLY NICE AND COULD WORK GOOD FOR ONE PERSON.. DONT BUY A NEW ONE ....THEY ARE WAY TO EXPENSIVE ...JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT ...

[@LilyGazou]

You can live very well out of a Toyota Sierra, cheaper on gas than a van. Follow the weather. Work on farms and orchards. Be a camp host. Pointless to pay rent.

[@OhHenry2024]

I’m a renter and I like the way you think! I am planning to go with a similar plan. Purchase something I can live in and heck with the high rents, or high interest rates & overpriced homes!

[@loisaustin6200]

Only problem is you'd have to have some land or a place to put the the cargo van. Land is not cheap either. There seems to be a "catch" to any plans we try to come up with to survive.

[@youtubefireworks]

I'm in the same boat,I live in a passenger van with my 65 yr old father who hasn't worked in a decade. He's completely given up,I've recently been laid off from amazon where I work. Now I'm desperately looking for a job ...just to try to keep things going I'll take whatever job calls first. Trying to stay positive....

[@el-hp1lj]

the will to live for these people is incredible. I think many people, including myself rather check out and move on to the afterlife than struggle in this modern netherworld

[@ThatAlleyCatsBack]

Right

[@burly636]

We will answer for this one day. I’m retired from government my late husband was retired from government and I’m 65. I couldn’t live out in the street I got polio from the vaccination as a baby. I couldn’t do it. Luckily, my husband looked out for me. I’m not rich but when my mortgage went up because of rising escrow last week, I was grateful I could pay it. I was not happy about it but I won’t complain. I see these homeless people on Pete’s promise in so many of them are elderly in El Cajon. I live in a state where cost-of-living is a lot lower but it still expensive. I got out of debt, except for my house and car and I save almost half of my monthly income, because I don’t want to end up like this. These poor people and I do give back through Pete’s promise.

[@leejaved4183]

This is America’s HUGE shame.

[@OhHenry2024]

Huge shortage of affordable housing, but lots of unaffordable new luxury apts and homes being built!

[@sengthavyvirachack4564]

Illegals get free housing. Take up a lot of the affordable house needed for struggling citizens and legal residents.

[@chiplangowski3298]

Affordable housing is just another way of saying subsidized housing. Builders only build "luxury" apartments and large homes because those are the only ones that are profitable at market rate. Building codes and zoning regulations make it so that it is impossible to build affordable homes. Plus, property taxes and insurance easily exceed $1000 per month per property. Hard to rent a place for $1000 per month when the owner is paying that much, plus their mortgage loan. The owners' monthly costs might be $2000-plus each month for a 1 bedroom place. Rent must therefore be higher than that.

[@greensorrel6860]

​@@chiplangowski3298true

[@FreezeDriedIceCreamPrepper]

​@@chiplangowski3298 Yup! "Affordable Housing" is a myth. Nothing is free and government can't fix everything. In fact, it often makes things exponentially worse

[@ThatAlleyCatsBack]

@@chiplangowski3298that’s where the blame goes on the politicians

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Rent everywhere is outrageous, especially on social security. Where could YOU live on $800.00 a month?

[@glassycreek1991]

We used to rent rooms for $750. Now it's too risky to rent. Only corporations can afford to rent to tenants and they charge thousands of dollars.

[@supercool1238]

You should consider yourself lucky to get the miserable 800.00 a month a lot of people don't get s***

[@dianeschuloff3836]

many os the southern states

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

@@dianeschuloff3836 rent for $250.00 a month? 1/3rd of my income. Where?

[@duancoviero9759]

​@@dianeschuloff3836no one wants to live there or is going to move there period. Thanks.

[@calexprenas]

Thank you for this thorough and in-depth reporting

[@Joce123]

My parents both died in the same week Dad on Monday and Mom on Thursday..I was very young

[@margyrowland]

FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY The most important component of a successful society is the intact family that supports it’s most vulnerable. Traditional families with children, Mum, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa.

[@OhHenry2024]

Yeah, not everybody has that! You are very fortunate.

[@Mitzi73]

I agree with this 100%

[@EricaChavira-on4oz]

@@OhHenry2024absolutely right, I know I don’t have family to depend on.

[@yummm8775]

Unfortunately, we have Democrats and they don't believe in traditional family values. They rather give a transboy rights to enter a girl's bathroom.

[@ziggyfide]

As a tourist it made me sick to see all the wealth on one side of the street and so many homeless on the other! Shame on humanity 🤬 wont ever go back..

[@OMMXxPeNnY]

I feel your pain I keep saying this is the failure of society This should not be not everyone it's homeless is a drug addict

[@yummm8775]

Shame on the Democrats! The blue party of misery for America!

[@dcg590]

Maybe these people should make better decisions. It seems this thread blames someone other than themselves for the situation they put themselves in

[@gemini730lory8]

💙🙏

[@omegaman1409]

The price of having a home is prohibited. Especially in California.

[@CynthiePompey9999]

After working 2jobs most my life in nursing to pay this high rent, age 62 social security grant me $1,100.00 a month but average rent is $1,800.00 a month can't get other gov benefits untill age 65. We are suffering here in Portland Oregon. 2:31

[@MeowNow494]

Yikes that’s really low, I worked two jobs for most of the 25 years that I worked, and that was the amount of Social Security I got when I became disabled 10 years ago. Are you sure that’s the right amount that just sounds wrong I’m sure you made more money than I did over the years, I became disabled when I was 39 so you had a lot more working years than I did

[@BusArch42]

@@MeowNow494agreed. A nurse working two jobs should be getting way more than that amount.my calculation showed this person only made 25k a year. That’s not two jobs. That’s not even one full time minimum wage job. Definitely some facts being left out. Had she actually made 80k a year (quite reasonable for a full time nurse ) and waited until 67 her benefits would be 2800. Also after being a professional why is she paying rent?

[@IAmWithinEverything]

The stresses of not having a home is beyond anyones imagination unless you’re one of them. If the government cared they would all have a place to stay.