I spent 5 years homeless in Toronto. The hatred and misunderstanding is obscene. Equivalent only to the lack of services to get out of homelessness.
People want to blame homeless folks for all their problems as if they’ve never needed help in their lives. When homeless folks ask for help they’re routinely denied because people think they know better.
The results of this study are not even remotely surprising. What is equally as typical is going to be all the responses of people arguing. Saying that it isn’t true or focusing on the exclusion of people with severe issues sayin that’s the majority of homeless people.
I got out through no help from anyone else and it almost killed me. Still haven’t recovered because I haven’t had the time because I have to constantly keep goin to extremes to provide the bare minimum. I have to walk with a cane. I also had to go dumpster diving this morning for breakfast.
Now imagine doing that every day for your entire life, pretty sure you’re never gonna escape, simply because everyone thinks you are a demon who designed your own personal hell.