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What he should do: is to tell us the name of the place where he might be going.

Then I, or somebody, could research it. Find out how it's rated. Read complaints about it.

In a surreal sense, you're fortunate Ezra----because you have a documented disability.

It's a little more difficult for ASS-P in that sense.

I feel like ASS-P has been "legally homeless" for a long time. Possibly 30 years or more.

There are times when he is "actually" homeless; and there are times when has shelter.

From what I could gather: When he was in Washington State about 4-5 years ago, he was "actually" homeless most of the time, sleeping in the streets. When he left Washington State for California, he was "actually" homeless for a little while, then found a place in one shelter or another.

I feel like, over the last 2 years or so, that he had some sort of shelter most of the time----whether he be in a shelter, SRO apartment, hotel, or hospital. Still not a good situation for a person who has various chronic illnesses. He was briefly in a "care home" sort of place about a year ago.

If he goes to the hospital, he loses his place in the shelter, and has to "go through the process" again. If he comes to the shelter after curfew, he's out of luck at that shelter and must find another shelter--or else he'll have to sleep in the street.

This is not a situation I would want to find myself in. He doesn't have a "home" in the real sense.

Correct me if I'm wrong, ASS-P.

An Asperger's diagnosis probably wouldn't even get you SSI, no less a priority placement on an apartment waiting list.

He does get SSDI. I don't think that, in itself, would give him priority "disabled" status when it comes to housing.

...As.of now I've lost my bed after a 90 day period. Though I knew that was a possibility it was not brought up till this morning. As of now, I'll walk out the door, taking very little with me - including a change of clothes - and. once again, lace all so can't carry to perhaps never see again .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Thanks Ezra and Kraftie Korti. I thought he was homeless a long time, but that recent post made me wonder. I guess I have been considering living in a shelter as homeless, in the same way as being on the street.

...Yes, I've been all but 100% shelter-homeless for years now. As of now, it's approaching 3 Pam, I have just two shopping bags of stuff, including the 1 change-plus of clothes I mentioned. My clothes are clean. anyway.
I left behind other clothes. my one other pair of shoes, reading, my pills, extra bedding bought by me, not the shelter (some just yesterday) ...........

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

There are some shelters, frankly, that are actually worse than being on the street.