r/almosthomeless 1h ago

Seeking Resources Only Looking for help with rent after having a contractor ditch me on pay!

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r/almosthomeless 8h ago

My Story Disabled widower

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I'm a 55 year old widower looking for low income housing for my dog and i live in Clarkston Michigan


r/almosthomeless 9h ago

Stripper who let me car break down

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Now about to be homeless

Idk I can make money but my savings is gone and I have no vehicle and it all spiraled so quick.

I don’t want to loose my cat.

I spent my savings on a vehicle that died in a day.

I can’t find a roommate with a car to drive me to work.

Scared af.

I got a rental for a bit and traveled 3 states trying to make enough but it just got depleted by hotels and car rentals so quickly and I can’t anymore

I’m scared. I’ve tried to find people with cars to pay for help at this point and idk what to do. I don’t have the support system for this


r/almosthomeless 11h ago

I failed at life and it is finally about hit me.

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I have been scraping by with gig work and now my car has error codes that hint at imminent failure. I have nothing left. I will end up losing the car, housing, and have thousands of debt. I don't want to tell anyone about it irl because it is so embarrassing. Lamo the humiliation is even worse than this horror. I am a failure in life lol. I will dead one day and this will all be over.


r/almosthomeless 19h ago

Damn this is insane

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I'm about to be homeless and I walk out to eleven hundred dollars (my portion after insurance) worth of damage to my truck. I have no clue who did it. This world is absolutely insane!


r/almosthomeless 23h ago

Struggling to find a job and it leads to me struggling to pay rent

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I received rental assistance last month, while I try to find employment. I spend most of my time applying to a lot of jobs, since last month and they’re all not being viewed or has been rejected.

I keep questioning myself if I’m doing something wrong or it’s like that for a lot of people as well.

My landlord is probably already in the process of sending me an eviction notice within the next couple days. Has me thinking if I should just call it quit and live in my car or keep living like this, where no one wants to hire me. The downside of that would be I’d behind on the car insurance.

This is all depressing and making not feel motivated to do anything, anymore.


r/almosthomeless 1d ago

Choosing homelessness to escape filth

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I’m 25, a college student, with one child, and living with my filthy parents.

(Sorry for any grammar/punctuation errors) My parents are “traditional”. My dad does the working while my mom cooks and cleans … except she doesn’t clean. She makes big messes while cooking, leaves scraps of food on the floor, doesn’t put away refrigerated items, and leaves open containers on the table. There’s rarely any space to do anything in the kitchen because there’s trash and dishes everywhere. We now are infested with roaches and I hate that my daughter has to see and ask why there are so many bugs in the kitchen. They’re now all over the bathroom and I don’t think I’ll be able to live here any longer if they find their way to our room. We share one small room together which I always keep clean as a safe space from the rest of the house. On top of that, our ac broke down and it gets up to 95 degrees inside. It’s worse when someone is cooking so I’ve gotten in debt to buy hot food for us instead. It’s not a lot but I haven’t been able to pay my credit card in full for a couple of months now. Yes I clean. Ive taken it upon myself to clean after them for years but it’s taking a toll on me and it’s frustrating when it just gets filthy again an hour later. I struggle with depression and anxiety since I was a teen and it has gotten worse the past few months which slowed down my cleaning. I see a therapist weekly now and waiting to hear back from a psychiatrist. Yes Im almost done with college. I’m burnt out but I’m trying to push through my last two semesters to get an associates degree. Before I get judged, I graduated high school 4 years late but never at any point dropped out. Then I started college soon after. I’ve switch majors once and have been pacing myself as a part time student due to my mental health and having to juggle everything at home. Yes my daughter has her father in her life. He has visitations with her every other weekend. We are friendly but not friends if that makes sense. My way of supporting us is with government assistance payments and whatever I get from college financial aid. I just got approved as a doordash delivery driver so I will be starting that next week and all the money will be going to the debt. Maybe some to save. I did have cash savings but I had to use all of it to buy another car after my old one broke down. Now I have nothing saved. As far as my relationship with my parents go, I help out by driving my mom around and buy house items and groceries. My mom goes to me to gossip and vent but I dont involve myself with those conversations. She’s criticizing of everything I do so I stopped talking to her about my life and distanced myself. Same with my dad. He is more closed minded and doesn’t believe in depression. I barely talk to them voluntarily unless necessary. I’ve talked to my mom many times about her lack of cleaning and went as far as showing her ways to clean after herself but it all goes over her head. I just gave up after that. I have no friends or close relatives. My siblings live on their own but have also created the same environment in their homes if not worse. I have no one to turn to. If our room gets infested I think my option would be to ask my daughter’s father if he can take her while I go to homeless shelters and apply to housing programs.

I’ve been telling myself I need to push through until I finish college and get a job. I think I’ve convinced my mind to believe it’s not that bad but I feel like I’m losing my mind of this stress. It’s not a place I want my daughter to live in. It hasn’t been healthy for both of us. Any advice?


r/almosthomeless 1d ago

How could I get out of this misery

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Hi I'm an 19y.o guy currently I ended up living in extremely difficult conditions. I don’t have an official place to stay — I’m sleeping in a small storage area. It’s not a real room but it’s the only shelter I have right now. I'm working nights for 12 hours as security guard, getting 230$/month or less sometimes. wich it's not enough to rent a small room so I can stop sleeping here on this dirty pillow dirty mattress with the cockroaches I don't know what should I do I'm thinking abt killing myself instead of living like this


r/almosthomeless 2d ago

Stuck and don't really know what to do

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Hello everyone I'm a (41m)So as the title says I'm kind of at a loss on what to do. I was in a car accident on 8/17/25. I was hit head on. My insurance tried to pull coverage on the day of the accident stating that I signed up for a policy with a state id, it was actually my intermediate permit. Now they're stating they won't honor coverage for any of the accident. I have contacted a lawyer about the "bad faith" insurance company. Anyways I'm left w/o a vehicle and I have a broken leg as a result of accident so I can't go back to work. Unfortunately I work for a small business so they don't offer any kind of medical leave. They are holding my job for me though.My bills were payed up until 9-1-25 but now I'm scrambling to find resources or any kind of help as I don't have any family to ask. I burnt through what I had saved on food and paying my electric bill for the month. I did apply for food stamps and I'm trying to get the last of the proof they need now. I have been homeless before and am trying to avoid this at any and all costs I guess I'm just asking for any direction or advice if anyone has been through this situation or one similar. Any help is much appreciated


r/almosthomeless 2d ago

Seeking Resources Only Struggling to stay housed

46 Upvotes

I'm presently working full time or close to for a convenience store and staying at a motel temporarily. I'm just barely managing to pay for the room each day. It's relatively decent but I miss having an apartment, really...I've been in this situation since I was evicted from my last one at the end of March.. Is there any help available in Texas? really? And don't say shelters,I've been homeless before and that's not an option,not for working people anyway! Anyway,any advice....


r/almosthomeless 3d ago

Which city or town in America has the best housing first program?

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Or are there none?


r/almosthomeless 4d ago

Looking for a safe place to stay in Utah

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Location: Salt Lake City/Ogden area. The shelters have people smoking meth and crack outside them. There is NO WAY to get to the shelters without walking past their drug smoking. I am SO not about that shit. Also... the shelter had me waiting 6 hours for a bed. The 2 nights before that I wasn't even able to get in after waiting hours.. Some lesbian tried to start a fight with me too.. Currently working at Amazon saving up for a room to rent


r/almosthomeless 5d ago

I'm about to miss rent

49 Upvotes

Hello! I've been unemployed for the last two months and have only been living off of very little handouts from my mom, loans from some friends, some side jobs that only pay enough for a week's worth of groceries, and the grace and mercy of some of my other friends who are kind enough to treat me. I have been job hunting for weeks to no avail and I'm about to miss out on paying rent this month. Does anybody know any more short term side jobs I can do just to keep the lights on until I find a regular job.

Much appreciated


r/almosthomeless 5d ago

Homeless / tent setup

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r/almosthomeless 5d ago

Last try

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This is my last try reaching out for help I’m in a situation where I have to be out of my place by this tomorrow or Monday morning is there any shelters in lake county for a family of 6 or just me and my kids I spent last couple of weeks calling places and nothing If anyone has anymore resources please pass them down or even a shelter can’t be without a place with my kids thank you i appreciate it


r/almosthomeless 5d ago

My toxic psychotic family is planning on trafficking me to a foreign country to keep me there hostage. How can I escape?

38 Upvotes

My toxic parents are trying to force me to come with them to my parents home country in Africa(my family's background is Nigerian) and to travel with them when I tell them very clearly that I don't want to do that. Everytime I go back home, I feel infinitely a lot more worse than before. That's hard to explain but it's very difficult for me. My mental and spiritual state gets far more worse and something weird is happening to me a lot. I have made it very clear to them that I am not interested in traveling with them anywhere, especially back home. I am unfortunately dependent on my parents and I want to move away from them IMMEDIATELY. My family is very controlling and pushy in my life. My parents are extremely pushy as hell to the point of aggressively violating certain boundaries. I live in New York City. Unfortunately, I have two closed credit cards totaling about $550 and some student loan debt of $15,000 from college. I am looking to boost my income up to $50k-$60k to at least survive on my own. I am willing to live with a different roommate or somebody else for once. I feel completely broken. I don't want to stay with my parents any longer because this is getting very bad. I have a small security job but I am not making that much from it as well. It's very hard to deal with this. They are planning on keeping me there in Nigeria and burning my American passport. I don't want to live like that.


r/almosthomeless 5d ago

Please Help Me Find A Safe Space

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Please Help me find a new space to live, My mother has been threatening to kick me out recently. She has NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder).

I am on SSDI (Social Security Disability Income) for PTSD, so I have a stable income. I am looking for a room to rent in Texas, either Dallas/Fort worth area or Austin Texas. If anyone has a room to rent for $600 or less, Please let me know and please share this with others who may know someone. I do have enough right now for a deposit.

Info about myself: I love to read, paint, draw, write poetry, and do yoga. I am very mild mannered and I'm an introvert as well. My Myers Briggs type is INFP, so I'm really focused on kindness and empathy. I value respecting people's personal space and privacy. I am a neat/tidy person. I'm 34 and I don't smoke, drink, or party at all. My worst habit is my sweet tooth. I get along with most everyone. I love reading about different philosophies and world views. I am very open minded and accepting.

I am open to suggestions and advice.

Thanks and Blessings,

Rebecca


r/almosthomeless 5d ago

This tech worker was frustrated with ghost job ads. Now he’s working to pass a national law banning them.

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r/almosthomeless 7d ago

My Story Feeling lost

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So I worked security and was almost living paycheck to paycheck I had a bit of savings but I found an opportunity to do some live in security job at a resort in Michigan. I thought it would be a cool chance to travel a bit and save money. I interviewed and they wanted me to go right away but I asked for two weeks to l leave my job on good terms break my lease and pack my stuff. So the two weeks goes by im moved out I left my job and im figuring out travel details and all of the sudden they wanna push things back a week nbd. Ive signed all the employment docs passed a background check I still think everything is cool. That was 6 weeks ago every week they push it back and push it back barely communicating with me when I reach out and ive pretty much eaten through all my savings staying in a hotel a couple weeks then on friends couches. So I went from having a home a job and being ok to being homeless and jobless because I accepted a position with this company and at this point idk what I can even do. Its hard to get housing in oregon and I had to break my lease all for the promise of this job. That now if they were to say ok were ready I cannot even afford the travel costs to. Im out thousands of dollars now it feels like and I have no way to recover.


r/almosthomeless 8d ago

26M update

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Hello,

I've saved up $4,300 from working double shifts and doing doordash, but I'm starting to feel burnt out. Next week, I'm planning to take a break and relax in Calif before coming back to Arizona to keep this mayhem going. Right now, I'm still sleeping in rental cars and showering at the gym, but luckily I found someone who lets me do laundry at their place, which has been a huge help. I let my boss know ahead of time about my break, and he approved it, which | really appreciate.

Hope y’all r doing great and thank you again for the positive feedback


r/almosthomeless 8d ago

Are there any worker cooperatives in America that have good steady jobs and provide housing to employees?

19 Upvotes

I'm not talking about coolworks


r/almosthomeless 8d ago

A lot of people in this sub ask for affordable cities that don't require a car.

24 Upvotes

Came across this guy doing an analysis of affordable zip codes that don't require a car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrl0PagJe18


r/almosthomeless 8d ago

My Story not a single soul cares about me

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r/almosthomeless 8d ago

I won’t have anywhere to go

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