On the news, the reporter said that he moved to the area for a job. The job fell through. With no money to pay the rent, he ended up on the street. One day led to another and another and another.
Seems he was just a victim of circumstances. Could happen to anyone of us especially if one is solo.
A couple of years ago I lost my job. I had some savings and cashed out my 401k that I used to live on, pay my rent, my car payment, car insurance, cell phone and utility bills, etc. as I was searching for a new job and I went on many interviews but nothing…I think being over 55 hurt my job prospects, and the savings, well that only lasted so long, about a year. Then my unemployment ran out. I wasn’t on drugs but I did become very depressed and despondent.
I’ve been divorced since 2005 and my husband and I were not able to have children.
If it wasn’t for my nephew and his wife taking me in and helping me out, I might have ended up on the streets.
I soon after I moved in with him and his amazing wife and their two kids, I finally got a job and paid off my debts including a final rent payment and an early lease termination fee and my debt to my nephew who made about 2 car and car insurance payments and cell phone bills for me and paid for the U-Haul and a storage unit so I would be able to keep my stuff until I got back on my feet and in September moved into a townhouse that I am renting.
Again, I was about two weeks from being evicted and about a month away from having my car repossessed. If not for my family, I might have ended up in a homeless shelter or worse.