pseudo comments on 13 Years Homeless and Returning. AMA

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Hello, thank you for the AMA. What is the biggest misconception that people who where never homeless have about homeless people?

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[+] Jspelts@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's very interesting. Thank you.

The situation are certainly different in France and the USA but over here opening a bank account requires an adress. So it never came to my mind that homeless people could use one. They must somehow... I am just not aware of those things.

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[+] Jspelts@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

That's neat.

It is very difficult to do paperwork in France if you don't have a "right" adresse. People often borrow friends adresses when applying for job in a city their don't live in. Student dorms are not considered permanent housing so young people who don't have a family adress notoriously struggle with paperwork. And immigrants face the challenge of breaking the infamous loop "no bank account = no lease, no adress = no bank account".