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- There is a shortage of affordable housing in every state in the country, but it's especially bad in California - where there's only one affordable housing unit for every five extremely low income households.
The gap is not only pushing more and more people out onto the streets-it's also creating a new, fast-growing, and hidden class of homelessness: People who in the past would have been able to afford a room or apartment but now live in their cars by necessity.
Danielle Williams is one of them. She’s a single working mother who has been living in her van with her daughter for five years. At first, it meant sleeping in dark, scarcely populated areas, and being hassled by the police. But thanks to a program called Safe Parking - a network of parking lots equipped with porta-potties and lot monitors - she can now stay in her car overnight without worrying about her safety.
VICE News traveled to California to see how the new program is helping people like Danielle live a little more comfortably, and met with a government official who’s frustrated there aren’t longer term solutions to help the roughly 16,000 people in Los Angeles who now sleep in their cars.
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People who in the past would have been able to afford a room or apartment but now live in their cars by necessity.
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Why live there ?? If you can't afford it
Vice! I think you should Come tog sweden. Make a documentary about The swedish homelessness , addicts and The asylum People that our country takes in. There are getting worst here.
Sweden- Stockholm
Why live there? Usually lots of service type jobs attract people that in turn cant live anywhere near the job...
it's kinda of economics balancing game... remember, in silicon valley theres high paid workers, and they can't afford the bay area either.
In Miami people can rent efficencies for 550 a month, and even day laborers are able to rent them and at least have a place to stay. These efficiencies include power and water so all they have to do is pay the 550 a month to the home owner. (Miami is full of efficiencies, these are rooms converted to illegal rental apartments) The county turns a blind eye to it because they dont want to have the same shit that happens in California.
Hmmm. Two phones, dogs , $900 in eat out. Looks like someone making poor financial choices. How about one phone, zero dogs, camping stove and/or hot plate. Also could go to an older vehicle for a smaller monthly payment . Look at that mlb pitcher that was living in an old vw van
$225 for 2 phones.... boost has plans for $40 a month.. come on 🤦🏼♀️
you are so right..
I agree with you. I pay $114 for 4 phones. I don’t understand how some people don’t want to find better solutions in some cases if you need to save money.
And $900 a month for food? Nonsense. She doesn't have to eat at restaurants and she can get wifi at the library or get a hotspot. She can afford rent somewhere.
@Da Royal General cricket sucks shit lol..i have metro pcs..i pay 86dls for family plan for me n my son we get unlimited everything love it.
You can get a family plan 5 lines for 225....t mobile .
California is insanely expensive. I was homeless for 2 years when I got out of the Army. I worked at Google for a while and some of the Google employees would sleep in vans and mobile homes in order to save money up for a house or to pay off debts. Paying rent is basically like flushing money down a toilet. It doesn’t make sense. If you’re homeless or ever have been, my heart goes out to you. I know how you feel.
You still in cali?
The Product Reviewer , yes I am. My family has mostly moved down South to Georgia. Southern states are a bit cheaper. The jobs pay well out on the west coast. But I plan on moving to Texas when my time to retire comes. Where are you located?
Elyse George There’s no work in Nevada unless you want to work in the Casino industry. Hell I hear prostitution is legal in some Nevada counties. Maybe I could become a pimp.
Anyways, home is home and sometimes it gets expensive and you try to hold out and make things work for you. It wasn’t always expensive. Back in 2010 I had an apartment for 900 a month. Now it’s more than twice that for an apartment.
It depends where you move in cali. I have family in littlerock california right next to palmdale and they pay $700 for rent for a 2 bed house.
Don’t need to spend 370 on a car lease. You can save money and get a car for 1,000 dollars. Do you really need to have a bill of 225? All you need it’s a basic phone not a smart phone. 117 for storage? 900 on food? You can buy groceries and cook yourself rice and chicken it’s not expensive. All she needs it’s to manage her family better and dogs, if your struggle as a homeless do you really need to have dogs....wow
I've lived in my car for 9months and it was hard...didn't let friends, family or coworkers know..but I had to do it so that my kids and their mom could have a place to live and money to get by..hardest part was finding places for shower and balancing each night between staying in a quiet dark place to be unseen...but at risk of crime or staying in a well lit busy area but then probably being harassed by cops..finally made it out..but my heart goes out to anyone who has to do this and then pretend to live a normal life
Went through the same thing as a child with my mother and siblings in our Ford Expedition...waking up tired and aching from trying to sleep sitting up early early in the morning before the park goers or joggers got up still dark and cold out to take a shower in the park bathroom with ice cold water then get dressed brush teeth before me and my sister were dropped off at our elementary school...we'd always go to the park or parked in a dark spot by the park when it was time to sleep...mom falling asleep to her little antenna radio...cover all the windows up so noone could look in...that was years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday💭...had to make do with the hand I was dealt..it wasn't easy..but I thank god for helping me see that light at the end of that long dark tunnel and ending up in a better place than where I started...❤️🩹🙏🏻🎭✝️
Go to the gym to bath
How I live a $1500 in California: A room in a shared house 800$, a cheap crap car with insurance $100, prepaid ATT 8G $30, food from grocery $500, I ate steaks and organic vege everyday.
Does switching to prepaid cellphone means you can't keep your old phone number?
@@dorissungirl you can keep your old number, I switch phone plans every year or two to take advantages from different companies each time porting my own phone number, I currently pay $15 a month on mint for 3g data, unlimited talk and text. When I switched to mint I got 3 month free, saved me $45, it was their Black Friday deal last November r
How much were you making monthly though?
@@jackieliu1232 its 4gb now for mint mobile honestly mint mobile is the best cellular company PERIOD !
Even $800 in rent is too much for me with what I was making when I was getting regular hours at my job.
How you gonna spend 225 on a phone bill but still need wifi? I pay 50 bucks a month and get unlimited everything
@@stephe4721 bruh.........................................
why dont that woman just camp in a KFC parking lot or a all u can eat restaurant side note dont let anybody manage your money that has less than u do
NANI?! I pay 100$ a month for my phone bill....
I pay only 30 Ringgit equal to 7.16 for unlimited internet... Btw im from malaysia
Wtf what carriers do y’all have
900 dollars a month on food god damn surely there's cheaper alternatives
I think that not being able to cook means they have to constantly eat out.... that does get expensive....
a diet wouldn't hurt her either
They eat out at restraunts which is costly cheap means more fast food means more fat and obesity and medical bill
JewTube typical
$15 a day. try it.
$900 on Food a Month!
Madness!
they have to be the richest homeless people i've ever seen!
The size is self explanatory. She has not woken up from the flaws in her "Accounting". Crazy spending.
She definitely looks well fed.
On fast food that must be nasty asf to eat the same thing almost everyday
My brother spends in food $840 a month he don’t cook at all he only eats out I told him he is out of his ass smh 🤦♂️ that’s crazy I spend $200 a month in groceries way less than $840
we need big money/companies to not be able to buy single-family homes. Honestly, there should be regulation over this, its just disgusting. Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest.
I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.
@@bjoe631 That won't bother you if you trade with a professional like *Mr Gary Mason Brooks* my coach, you may have come across him on interviews relating to bitcoin and stocks. He trades, manage trading account and offer mentorship program for clients who wish to become professional investors.
@@BeverlyTalley You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?
@thirtyonesolid Well this not my first time of seeing this name on social platform. A CNBC news host spoke highly of this man and his trading strategies. Do you know him ? if yes , did you invest with him?
@@bjoe631 It's 100% safe and legal, He’s an expert trader on stocks and bitcoin. I basically do nothing but collect profits, he was able to get me in early on most of these stocks and I exited just at the right time, his analysis was really on point..
When I was homeless and lived in my car I switched to prepaid T-Mobile and I budgeted heavily on food and had planet fitness membership as well as went to a center for homeless to use for free foods showers laundry restroom and i went to food closets as well as turned to emergency shelters in winter and used public restrooms in hospitals (open 24hrs) and got Job with temp agency making $14/hr full time and $19/hr overtime and factory work has lots overtime so I always took it and eventually shifted to hotels as well as saved money and eventually found place to stay
Congrats! Glad you were able to work hard and find a place of your own
wow you are so awesome
Well it was all thanks to support from a local NPO as well as a winter sanctuary and other people who genuinely care that I was able to find work and hold down a steady job and even got a place to stay and I almost gave up a few times while homeless and was starting to lose hope but at that moment when I was about to succumb to my feelings of depression is when everything started to turn around it was like in that moment the universe said hey I got you and then here I am From April to now I been living with roommates as a house leader or rather a manager for the NPO and able to survive. The journey is hard and the struggle is very real my best advice to others don’t lose hope don’t give in to the negativity and no matter how long it takes good things come to those who wait as patience is a virtue. Being homeless in my hometown of Sacramento was rough and I overcame it but more than ever I kept going and kept my mind on one goal
@@ss4Vegeta95691 Your next goal should be to buy a house in Fair Oaks. If you can do that, you can do anything, baby Huffman!
I'm happy for you!👍
So many people who think they know what’s best for these women. Mind ya business, this could be any of us in a heartbeat.
Most of the people judging don't have anything going for them either.
John Hey, he made a public post. no replies Mind your business.
@@noeytindol5529 what made you assume that?
John why are you so full of hate?
Noey Tindol Did you just judge the people judging??
I worked for Delta as a supervisor, and was homeless in my car--- secretly slept in my car for a while in their parking lot... it happens... it can happen to any of us! praying for a great outcome for everyone out there
So scary :( sorry you went through that
@@kitteekittee4010 xoxoox it ws Def an eye opener for sure xo
Did you sleep in your car to save money or bcuz you couldnt afford a place?
Yes this comment 💯...people think a person on drugs or an acholic if they are homeless not true! I worked my ass off on 2 jobs to catch up my rent to keep from being homeless!!
@@86faST13 hi! I couldn't afford a place to be honest...when I did standby for a seat to travel... Sometimes I was in first class.. Broke... And would take a flight just to eat the meal lol. Since Delta does standby for their employees. Anywjo.. It was a great experience and I'm happy I went through it. Opens up my eyes about a lot of things
I feel sorry for her daughter, she gets to sleep in the front seat when the mother is lying in a "bed". I also feel sorry for the dogs / dog, it just shook when she would take it out, I wonder if it really gets the exercise and care that a dog needs, it should not have to live in a cage.
the truth is, both her daughter and the dogs should've been taken away from her
@@jheric0ol true 👍
America takes care of illegals. Very sad! I would never give my dogs away!
She reminds me exactly of my mom. It’s honestly depressing knowing how badly she ruined my life
@@ratherbfishing455 you are a joke
She is an accountant and she can't see the glaring flaws in her spending.
LOL. My ex-husband married a gold digger accountant and he became husband #5. She spends money on mansions and cabins by the lake...amazing how accountants can manage other people's money!
only proves just how fake her cert are. their staff will do their job for them, while they take credit. until they get busted and get fired
$225 for phones? Two lines with a lot of data and unlimited talk/text should be about $100. Also, the food budget could be reduced.
I spent 30 a month for service. She could too. Dial it down.
@@mikeparker6322 We don't know how expensive it is eating out in southern California.
The right decision is to put school off, work two jobs, and move outta California. Then pursue school.
I mean if they spent two years trying to work they just delay their education. Either go to school for two years while struggling and then finding a good job or finding work for 2 years then go to school (+2 yrs)....so I think it’s best to continue school
Yeah I’m with mr c she needs to work and get out of LA and find a state that has cheap housing, that’s her only hope.
Why would you even stay in California?
I have two degrees and ended up disabled anyway. The solution is not that simple.
I came to say the same thing. They just aren’t making decisions very well. If she is making $2k net, that puts her well above a lot of people in the country. How are they washing? I could live in a car, if it had a shower and shitter. The real problem is that wages haven’t kept up with inflation, or even come close. The disparity between haves and have nots is growing exponentially. It’s not sustainable without some serious upheaval.
They should change their lifestyle. They're homeless and still spends beyond their means.
i'm not sure it's their fault.
Seriously. We spend 600 a month on groceries for 2 adults and 4 children. We dont live in a fancy house but our trailer is 400 a month. You can get a cheap phone and you dont need TV.
@@ljubastajic4372 You are going to be in the booth right next to them eventually. smh.
Eddie Sloan , even then the mom her self said they mostly only eat out they have a lack of discipline for spending 🤦🏻♂️ & thats from someone whos only 18
Ashley Overcash four kids and no tv, maybe u should try living in a parking lot for awhile , just see what it is like u big. Mounts bithch
Back when I was a kid I remember people looking down on those who lived in hotel rooms. Cant believe its now this bad.
People still look down on people who live in motels (rarely a hotel). I dont look down on them.... i have empathy, but ya... people still look down on it and judge.
Poor dog. It’s locked up in that tiny cage the entire day everyday.
2 dogs
How do you know it's all damn day....
Maxine McFarlane The dog doesn’t enjoy its life there in that cage and in a very hot van. It’s common sense don’t be dumb. Probably the only time it gets to go out is when the owner walks them out to go potty. But for many hours it’s just there sitting in that cage. Instead of playing and running around. Don’t try to argue here you can see the truth in the vid. The owner is busy doing other things. Period........
Soy Sauce But really how do you know it’s kept in a cage all day she wouldn’t let a dog shit in her car and still gust keep it there also in the video we saw her take the dog out of the cage with a leash so please think before you act
Sage They don’t allow dogs inside colleges or public schools unless it’s a service animal. Dog day care would just waste more money. She doesn’t have a house nor fence, so the dog would spend the entire working day in the cage(she’s not going to let the dog run around and pee/poop where they sleep). I highly doubt she leaves her car running 24/7, that means no AC in a state that gets very hot during the summer. It’s animal abuse because she doesn’t have the funds to take care of a dog yet she loves the dog so much she can’t find a proper owner.
Leave California. There are plenty of places in the US where you can make it with $2000 a month.
Never name them. If you do hordes of desperate people will come knocking.
ive been all the states. best states are california, washington, NY, colorado, oregon idaho and florida.
I live in Florida. I have rentals. One is an efficiency at $520 a month, including everything but cable. There also is a one bedroom studio at $560 including everything but cable. A two bedroom house at $650, but they pay all utilities and for the back studio too. I am in St. Petersburg, Florida, where mobile homes are all over the place, apartments can be found cheaply, and there are no food taxes.
@@yellowbird5411 What do jobs pay? What's the unemployment rate? How big are these places. Square footage. Asking for a friend. I live in an area where housing costs are high even for small spaces. So my pay, isn't really good for this area. However I don't think I would make the same pay if I moved south, which is what happened to my sister. She made about $30k less in the south.
Do they have any working homeless in Fl?
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Colorado, @- -
Poor money management and decisions get one phone, use camping gas heaters to cook food. Move out of Santa Barbara, there are cheaper places to live.
Imagine ur mom taking away ur phone
You can get cheap smartphones,that work fine, I know my supermarket sells cheap smartphones (LG) for like $50, then just get a prepaid yearly plan, I’m only have to pay $160 aud ($97 usd) once every year, when I was studying I used free wifi from the library or free shopping Center wifi, can’t imagine having to
I got an iPhone for £450 with money I saved up from my wages like 2 years ago and now I pay £15 a month on data, calls and texts and use my WiFi at home where I can. Paying for a comparable phone contract over the same time scale, I’d have spent like £45-£50 a month for the same phone and allowances so I’ve saved anywhere between about £250-£400 overall by buying the phone outright and putting £15 of credit on a month.
And the biggest one keep you’re legs closed
@@trinity6401 There are companies with family plans that are as low as $50 a line with unlimited calls, messages and internet.
Bless her for trying to make a stable place for her daughter and two dogs. Who are we to say what she pays for with her limited funds.
She’s working, her daughter is going to school. Take care.
They are gluttons with poor money management
$900 in food is crazy. Think she could cut that way down. Eating in restaurants is way too expensive.
Buy a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter: $5.00 total. No cooking or refrigeration required. For variety, get some apples, a box of granola, a tin of sardines.
But if money's that tight, don't go to restaurants. And who pays $225 for two phones? That's crazy. I still have a flip, people laugh at it, I don't care (it's cheap).
If you've got to have a smart phone, you can find them MUCH cheaper than what they're paying, if you shop around. Pick up daily necessities at your local $1 store.
This is mainly just poor budgeting.
They fat yes scale back food but in California she couldn't afford a place still you can't rent for 1100$ there
@@youresostupid1 Not usually but I pay $170 a week for a single room in San Fran and no it's not nice.
@@ESLinsider ghetto part or a friend giving you a deal.
Need to increase income, then. Either a better job, or a second job. I know how that goes.
For someone who is an accountant, their budget is really out of whack.
That's what I was just thinking too.
I agree who spend $900 a month on food and why stay in California one of the most expensive states in America move down south Alabama Mississippi or Atlanta and just start over apply on line set up interviews also apply for apartments online you can even sign a lease and fax it back ask your daughter to get a part time job to help
Cali is a shit show. They could sit pretty in Texas, Louisiana or Mississippi.
I know bc I have. Cheap af.
right on.
For someone who isn’t an account, their budget is really out of whack.
Step one. the dogs got to go, find a good home for the dogs, that's an unnecessary mouth to feed and expenses also much more challenging to rent a space with animals
step two. get better phone plans even if that means going old school and buying flip phones.
step three. curb the restaurant spending, buying simple groceries can curb this drastically invest in a small coleman stove and a foreman grill, eat vegetables and fruits, make salads it would be at least 2/3rds cheaper to buy groceries than to eat out. Wifi can be found just about anywhere; most libraries have it, also good places to study.
step four. sock the savings away put it towards a down payment on an apartment, look for roommates or others in a similar situations to further reduce cost of living; lots of students go this route.
I get it being broke sucks lived poor myself, the only way that you can really get out of it is realize you can not maintain the same lifestyle you had when wealthier, sacrifice luxuries, and be thrifty.
When I lost my job I had to settle for one that had a significantly lower pay, to compensate I did the following
- Public transit, save on gas, save on insurance, save on maintenance cost. Actually started cycling too, I often still do it made me very fit and also was a good form of free recreation.
-make my own lunches brew my own coffee ( actually still do the savings are fucking crazy) 2 dollars going to coffee shop minimum over 30 days 60 dollars minimum that's if I did not buy a pastry, brew at home less than 50 cents a cup. same with lunch, what I would spend for a store bought sandwich could buy me the ingredients to make 3-4 of those meals myself.
- bought everything budget rather than premium it is actually not that bad a lot of people pay unnecessarily for branding, the no name coffee as good as folgers, store brand bread is just as good as wonder.
- Found local free sources of entertainment.
- bought second hand.
- learned to fix and maintain my own stuff.
I am not saying it was easy, but it did make up the difference in wage loss I had a roof over my head, a full belly, and ability to save money for bigger and better things, life is not easy sometimes we have to adapt our expectations to the situation we find ourselves, bigger and better things can come your way if you simply learn to adapt and being pragmatic about the situation your in. School is a good start I hope this person has taken a useful course you need more than school to be employable. Take the time to focus on self improvement, improve your health getting sick while poor is the worst eat better and exercise, improve your education maybe you cant go to the movies but you can read a book, develop yourself. It actually reflects in the overall demeanor people pick up on it and are by far more willing to lend a hand recommend you to their boss help you network your way to a job.
She should read this.. although i may not agree with the dogs in case she does really do this list
Yeah dogs are fam through thick and thin
@@smithy5270 I would not subject my dogs to living in a crate inside of a van for an extended period of time. It would be far more loving for the animals to be given to a family with a yard and kids to play with them.
@@johnnybegoode2374 And she lost her job 5 years ago! Dogs are definitely family but damn. There's no way they can sit inside all day, especially in the summer? They both work and what not. Just crazy.
You should be in a homeless counseling awareness program!
All those suggestions were point" on you could even "Draft Documentation" to show where to save this kind of money and help other people like her!!!! Great read!!
I wish the interviewer would have asked her why she doesn’t move to another city other places 2k a month would be more than enough
$900 for food, well there's her problem.
Exactly! She needs to go on a diet..
Merica
She has to eat out. Eating out can cost 300% more than it costs to eat at home. Meaning that if she could eat at home(if she had a home,) she would be spending 300 dollars or 150 dollars per person. The average food budget for food per month per person is about 250 dollars, meaning that she is forced to spend three times more to eat out while losing 100 dollars worth of food.
That's $5 a meal. Remember that she doesn't have a kitchen, fridge or freezer. Sure, you could argue that she should only eat pb&j and canned beans every day, but maybe having decent meals is one of the things she does to try to feel like a real human.
She can’t cook!! She had no home so she and her daughter are more than likely eating out a lot.
Her food budget alone is the cost of my rent
My rent costs less than that in London for one room. She does not know how to budget , cut costs and make the most of her money.
@@HENCHMARV and shes an accountant lol
HanchoPOW your rent is is $900 ? Where? Coachella or the salton sea? 😂😂😂😂
Mine too. Lol 😂
her food budget is what i spend for 4 months of food for me and my 2 cats.
They live in California thats the problem right there.
exactly, just drive to a cheaper state
Ya I used to live the bay area. 20 coach surfing.... when I wanted my own place, it wasn't realistic even working full time.... 2010
Moved to TX worked just 40 hours as a temp forklift driver and was able to afford house/rent not an apt.... car payment. All the Bill's we all have, pay for Jiujitsu and still have money left over to visit CA a couple times a year.
If I was struggling in TX ...dont know how but some people are, move to ATL. It's the cheapest place to live in the country
I moved to Montana and make way less than $2G’s a month and im not homeless, Montana has apartments for around $500/month. California is just shitty
platapussdragon but Montana doesn’t have a lot of jobs plus if you’re like me and want a city life with culture moving there or the Midwest is undesirable. I would not live in California but there are better places to live
@@platapussdragon hahahahahahah calling California shitty from Montana hahahahah
Damn. That's so sad. I feel their pain cuz I'm in the same boat with my cats. I work for a bank and even the wages on a single income is next to abysmal even making it to the next check. You slowly get used to living "within your means" but man. There's no love or assistance out there. Any you might be able to get can be lackluster too.
I did it for 8 months. The first couple of months are a living hell but once you figure it out its simple. Liberating actually
NO ONE will help you especially now as the social programs are overwhelmed with illegals
Stay strong - universe will return gratitude with your cats
Why do people keep asking women if they have ever thought about staying in a shelter? A shelter is dangerous and noisy. A car is so much better.
I would rather sleep in my truck than in a shelter
No kidding, I worked in a *nice* homeless shelter, and I would pick my car over living there. It would only be temporary to spread my legs for a night or two. Plus they always had bugs infestations which aren't as much of a problem in a car.
Yeah I've talked to women who live in shelters and they talk about the malice of people around them, stealing, people jumping them and beating them up. It's just terrible. I'd rather sleep in a car too
Because those who ask have never been to a shelter.
I worked at a women’s homeless shelter and it was kind of crazy. Cramped, no privacy, and a few causing trouble or disturbance.
Hidden? This was the very first thing I noticed when I got out to Cali, " THERE'S PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS UNDER THE BRIDGES?!?!"
Never have I seen so many homeless people in my life!
Yup, everyday I see this. When I used to live in Sacramento we had a huge tent city underneath an overpass. One time my friend and I were heading downtown so I could drop him off at his mom's restaurant and we saw these two homeless dudes fucking each other in the ass just on the side of the road. Hundreds of cars driving by, and these two are putting on quite the show. We thought it was hilarious, but the homeless problem here in California is horrible.
Whats funny is I know someone (who is very liberal) who lives in downtown San Jose who lives in a very expensive condo that they own, its really nice, and its right by the SAP Center. Anyway, they always talk about how we need to help the homeless, do this for them, start this program, this and that, yadda yadda. Yet at the same time they get angry and disgusted by the homeless people that hang out across the street at a 7/11 and talk about how they wish they would go somewhere else and stop bothering them. Typical behavior lol. As long as its not within eye sight or their back yard they don't care. Bunch of NIMBYs. Gotta love hypocritical California!
I live in Dallas, and I've seen similar things.
But this is in so called "good neighborhoods" in my old neighborhood homeless crackheads were a normal everyday thing. But in areas like where she lives, lol not close
Wtf !!!!! That’s nasty !!!!!!
It’s bad like this in Atlanta too. Shoo, it’s bad all over Georgia. I’m seeing suburban homelessness increasing as well.
This woman needs to learn how to budget she is throwing away over 1000 per month.
Yes how smart are you. If only she wasn't stupid, but smart like you.
225 for two phones is ridiculous
900 for food can be cut in half and so can the phone bill....time to get rid of the storage and its not impossible to keep clean without spending 50 a month....planet fitness is less than half that amount...this lady is either exaggerating her monthly or is a gross overspender....i live on a budget of 800 per month here in California doing van life
You got it!!!!, she could cut $300 of just from overeating!!!!
That’s the problem. A lot of people aren’t fit to take care of themselves. Let alone kids. And then they have kids. Which makes life harder and most women don’t know most men just want sex. Not love or family. Then they become single parents. It’s crazy how similar she is to my mom. Over weight. CAN NOT BUDGET. Won’t improve her life even if it’s easy and will help her kids. Can not eat right. Or healthy.
I’m not missing the point but I feel the need to point she absolutely does NOT need to spend $900 on food every month 🤦🏼♀️
Not only is the price of food in California at grocery stores and restaurants really hight right now but when you dont have a fridge or a kitchen you can not prepare your meals at "home". This makes one more reliant on eating out. Also shes feeding her and her daughter.
Agreed. Ridiculous. Canned goods keep. Peanut butter sandwiches are cheap and full of calories. You could buy a small butane stove to warm food. I am not saying they should never eat out, but come on.
Maybe her daughter could get a part-time job to help out. But 900.00 is an awful lot of money for food a month.
@@southerngirl2672
Sometimes it can be rather hard to get even a part-time job if the employer knows the person doesn’t have a living residence. It depends on area/region & employer which is why a lot of homeless people tend to rely on odd-jobs & freelance gigs rather than a stable employer.
Regardless, the average monthly food cost per month for *two* Californians is around $466-$532. Which is ≈$15.5 to ≈$17.75 a day
I understand that not having a kitchen makes only spending as much as the average person an implausibility. I don’t expect the two of them to be surviving on only $16 worth of food per day. But simply committing to limit themselves to spending ‘only’ $25 per day on food for the both of them would still spare them $150 every month because $25 ✖︎ 30 days = $750.
This would definitely be doable in California if they focus on buying inexpensive RTE foods & generic ingredients for simple meals that can easily be prepared in their car with cheap equipment.
If they’re close enough to dollar/discount stores, Walmart or other grocery stores that are good for low-income individuals then they could even afford 3 restaurant meals for *each* of them every single week on a budget of $25 per day/$750 per month.
If they ditched fast-casual and other sit-down restaurants entirely for the value menus of cheap fast food restaurants then they could have restaurant meals much more frequently in the week since those kinds meals are notably cheaper.
I think they’re overestimating how much food/nutrition or satiation they actually require to maintain healthfullness.
Also; taking advantage of where they can get free water _(places where you can fill up water bottles for free)_ and free food _(food pantries for unprepared food & soup kitchens + local organizations for cooked meals)_ would also ease things and make it so they have a fair amount of that $750 budget left over at the end of the month.
@@maenad1231 yes I do understand what you are speaking of. I guess I was not thinking it being California where the cost of living is so expensive. I live in Louisiana and things are just a tiny bit better. So yes I get it. Thanks for the info.
$900 a month on food means $30 a day. Y'all telling me you can't get a loaf of bread and eat pb&j or something?
Do they look like they can skip a meal lmao?
Think they have a nerve problem.
She should get a portable camping stove and cook some cheaper food instead of eating out. Not that her income will get her a comfortable life either though. You get out of these holes by saving pennies, not dollars.
bruh they be eating at dennys like they have money lol
She lives in a car, where would she put her meals? Sure she could just get bread and something but there’s a crap ton of stuff in that car
I doubt she is an "accountant". She doesn't have a college degree. She probably does accounts payable and goes around saying she is an accountant. I'm a CPA and I can tell you accountants are in heavy demand everywhere
Yeah, I had a little bit of trouble understanding the part of her not being able to find a job as an accountant. It doesn't matter if your in your 40's. I have an accountant I go to every year when I do my taxes that is around 70. I tell you what, I would rather have an accountant up in the 70's then a 25 year old that just got out of school. I don't want to risk any bad taxes with a wet behind the ear accountant so to me the older they are, the better they are. And that goes for most jobs also. So not finding an accountant job in her 40's is bull.
ya she could change some things shes doing wrong but the idiots that take the time to post
comments talking shit about a homeless women are the real dirt bags that should be on the street
@Gary McMichael Still smoking meth greggy !
Brandon
I also wouldn't trust her, since she even can't budget properly.
Um, leave California?
I said the same thing. She's already living in a car, drive to another state.
She’s there for school. The reason she’s going to school there is because she has a scholarship.
Yeah I wanna leave nyc. We’re no different at all in nyc with this problem same comparison as the video
Yup! Moved to Houston, TX from So. California with only $800 to my name. Found a job and an apartment in 2 weeks of arriving.
Dems control the state with an iron fist because people believed they could fix things. It is even worse now after dacades of liberal programs but people still elect them. The def of crazy.
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She worked as an accountant and doesn't know how to manage her monthly expenses?
I know bank manager whom didn't understand interest but I can't get a teller job. I don't get it
Well,, she was fired!! Lol
I know right? $225 a month for 2 phones? Not going to argue the "need" for a cell phone, but maybe you should I dunno jump on MetroPCS for one of their $30/line plan? They are in a good sized city so service should work fine, and that's $165/month more they save.
@E. D. and, having a dog as well! Now, dont get me wrong, I love dogs! I have one, but if you are struggling to feed yourself and daughter, you have to get rid of something that doesnt need you. The doggie probably be adopted to another family.
most people show up and do what they're told, can't think for themselves
Hidden in plain site. Its not hidden it's totally ignored by most.
ITS BEEN ALL OVER TH-cam SINCE FOREVER!!!
$900 in food people?
Gtfo 😂
900 on food? cmon, Buy a cooler and a Coleman grill
Greg Slingerland i pay about $25 US for food in Australia and eat well and healthily!
yeah the food thing is ridiculous. lmfao
That’s a lot for a month budget for food! That’s good for 5
Months already!
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I love dogs too but if I’m homeless you have to give them up until your situation stabilizes I’m sorry.
I disagree. But if they're in their cages all day?? Absolutely
You don’t know what you would do if you were in her situation but maybe one day life will give you a chance to find out.
why would y’all keep your dogs in your car :/ they’re just suffering with you might as well just give them away to a better home
If you and your kid homeless you dont need no dog
Exactly
They're part of the family, and surrendering them most likely leads to them being euthanized. There's too many unwanted dogs out there.
@@jessicah3450 keeping your dog in your car all day is no life for a dog. a shelter would be better by far
Maxwell Jeter shelters kill the dogs unless they’re adopted
Move out of California. Start working two jobs in other state. Change your eating habits. Get to know yourself when you have free time. In two years her life would be much better. That's what I would do.
Eating always in restaurant is so expensive. Thats the reason she dont save money...
working two jobs.. oh yea that sounds like a great life! Life is much more than work and paying bills...
@@Anthony-he3yn for a while. Just to get back on your feet
@@full6330name it’s a systemic problem in Denmark they provide housing and enough benefits for the homeless and do rent control.. this is achieved by taxing the rich... but America hates doing that
@@rogertorillo7148 she could also get a hot plate and plug it in at the park
Those poor dogs. Most of their days spent inside cages. Horrible...abusive, actually.
Stop eating out lady--you'll save money and lose some weight!!!
OH, and if Cali is too expensive for ya--move! There are many less expensive states!
I still can’t believe you idiots care about dogs so much, if I was there I would throw it outside
kmeccat If I saw those dogs locked in a crate, in her hot, stuffy car... Id be calling animal control. She's abusing and neglecting those dogs, it's disgusting.
@@jewelairmid9829 try finding time when you are working a full day, when your daughter is in school for half a day, and you trying to calculate your budget every single day, to play with your dog.
My friend owns her home and her dogs are crated everyday when they leave.
Also it’s easy to say just move. But moving costs money. How do you make that work when living paycheck to paycheck? Also how would she even get a job in another state to move? Now she’s in another state with her daughter and dogs living in a car with no job!! That doesn’t make any sense.
jordan williams the person can make the choice, the animal can’t.
This story is really sad. I feel bad for the daughter who has to suffer because her mom doesn’t know how to manage her money properly 😕
Her daughter is 18 years old, she could be working too
you are so rude
Why not encourage the lady instead of judging her.
@@nameofaname8755 lol face the fact. She deffo doesn't know how to spend the money wisely lol
@Ryan Alex lol 😆
I lived in my Honda Civic for 6 months in Sacramento California. I was working on my masters, I had and have always had two jobs as a massage therapist, and was working as a part time artist. Its no joke out here people can be functioning members of society but stuck living in their car because of housing cost and cost of living your almost driven to live in your car no pun intended.
Homelessness is out of control here because there’s no regulation on the real estate markets. Chinese are buying up homes and leaving them vacant, flippers (flipping houses) forcing the real estate market to go sky high!! Also Californians recently voted down proposition 10 due to propaganda from the realtors and apartment associations in order to control these sky high rents! No regulation is causing all these problems!
Its really expensive here in Cali :(
Was renting a small room in someone's home ever an option at the time? I imagine paying for your own place would be a challenge for anyone but I've always had luck just finding a room for rent when money is tight.
Its called stop voting democrats, they will tax you to death.
If sleeping in a car for extended periods of time is the only option, I would strongly consider relocating to another state. Somewhere where rent is affordable. Their shelters and social services are grossly under funded.
Lady you can not afford to live in California move the hell out to greener pastures.
Yeah bro just like wildebeest in the serenguetti.
A lot of people there don’t know any better
j rudy morgan clark she looks like one tbh 😂
Anthony Kence Dallas Texas is cheaper
MONEY FRESH live in Dallas and it’s amazing, cheap, and safe (except southdallas and many great jobs
CA laws and taxes are ridiculous no doubt, resulting in insane cost of living, but this particular case is just a serious lack of creativity. I was in a similar situation, and here's what I did.
1. Gave away our pets to good homes, and sold pretty much everything - *NO STORAGE.* You will end up paying more to save your shit then the shit is worth. Leave any keepsakes with a family member or friend. Sensitive documents can be stored in a bank vault.
2. Bought a small RV for $1,000 with working stove and refrigerator that ran on propane. Other then that, it was a piece of crap.
3. MOVED to a cheaper location. In our case - AZ. Most of AZ is pretty RV friendly, I wouldn't recommend Phoenix though, I didn't feel safe there.
4. Worked. And saved like hell.
5. Bought a better RV.
6. Got a position as a park host with lot and full hook up included in the deal.
7. Researching what kind of work will be in high demand in the near future, and am now looking over my options.
8. I own a used truck, so no payments. I take good care of it so I shouldn't loose very much when I resell it.
9. We own our phones. I pay $15 a month for phone service with TING. My wife pays $3.75 a month for unlimited calling text and data with a crazy deal that she got through a Sprint promotion last year.
10. We buy all Organic and Non GMO foods, so our food bill is pretty high, but we notice a huge difference in our health which is invaluable. Our food runs $500 - $600 a month and we very very rarely eat out. - Almost never.
11. We have no debt whatsoever in any way shape or form, so though we may appear poor on the outside we are actually much richer then the majority of Americans.
We are actually much happier now, enjoying more time together, and a healthier life style then when we were trying to make it in modern society.
@Twiggula T The whole state isn't like that lol sure AZ has its few trashy towns like Coolidge but a lot of places are real nice like Gilbert, Queen Creek, Flagstaff, Glendale, etc
Twiggula T yes stay away from az move to Colorado or something. No vacancy here
That's liberalism for you
@@az_roadtech Colorado? For a time I've thought that I would move there for some time. But thinking about it, it has already put protection laws on genderfluid/pseudo-gender bullshit. So, it is following California's footsteps on that matter. I don't know much about how they compare, but if I were to live in California back when a law about misgendering someone can take you to jail, I would have moved out ASAP.
Curiosi Tea, for your smaller family keepsakes get a small waterproof/fireproof safe for your RV.
I would also keep my pets and find a way.
I do however agree on the organic non GMO foods though.
step 1) get rid of the dog
Steo 2) change cheaper phone plans
step 3) planet fitness membership $10 free showers... you can afford to exercise
Thats right. Their priorites are nuts.
Yes , yes and yes
Wait so are the two dogs in the car all day crated while they’re working, so cruel just give them to a good home
@Say What? that's exactly what I'm saying if you come here illegally you get very well taken care of all the while the American people are all forgotten about it's truly disgusting all these Democrats are
@Say What? Two wings one bird. Voting is rigged. The two party system is rigged. If you still think politicians are working for you then sadly your hopelessly deluded.
Politicians are working for the elite, the top 2% that have most of the money.
If you haven't worked that out then you have so much to learn.
Unless your a bot or you represent the elite.
dont spend all your money in a restaurant and the phone bill is too high as well
she could definitely get a prepaid phone
Seriously they could buy a cooler and a couple portable stoves and save 400 a month easy. I did it and might do it again because I hate having shitty roommates and can't afford a place on my own yet.
Nice meme California is so expensive even the food at the grocery store it isn’t easy living there and the rent is high as hell.
Sure she'll just cook in her fancy kitchen on her fancy stove. Oh wait she lives in a van
Nice meme I know my mom spends 185 on 5 lines
$900 for food?
That's where the problem is.
Thats about right hypothetically if you only eat fast food at about 6 dollars a meal 3x a day and multiply that by 30 days it roughly comes out to around that
Not even that. $117 on a storage unit? Sell whatever the hell is in there and get that money back. $225 on phones? Find a cheaper plan. My wife and I spend $89 a month with T-Mobile. That right there is $253 a month they could claw back.
@@titorocha8992 No one needs three $6 meals a day. You can live healthier eating one meal a day.
Well. . theyre both terribly overweight.
Lol
Libraries have free wifi! She should have also been able to use the wifi at her school too since she's a student.
so true
Indeed and they should eat cheap things
sure thing.
If you have a car your not homeless your well on your way broke is not a joke
Okay, I live in CA and in a 350k house but to waste $900 on food for two people? That’s just ridiculous.
Have u seen them? Excuses
You have privilege and take it for granted.
Its only 125 dollars each ler week. Easily done
Wow. It’s incredibly disappointing to see so many hateful and ignorant comments about homelessness. It happened to my husband and I a while back. I worked for over 25 years as a paralegal making a very good living but unexpectedly became disabled after an accident. It took years to get approved for SSDI and our savings became depleted due to medical bills in addition to my no longer having an income. Despite my husband working full time, he did not make enough money to pay rent (even for a studio) in San Diego, which is where I was born and raised and our son attends school, for the record. We were forced to live in various campgrounds in the area for 6 months while our son stayed with family. We also had to pay our car payments, insurance and, yes even cell phones *gasp* in addition to our son’s living expenses. During this time we met other homeless individuals, couples and families that had faced similar circumstances. I now am receiving a fairly small amount for disability and take odd jobs when I can. My husband still has the same job and our son is now in college. We can now afford to live in a very modest studio apartment. It can happen to anyone no matter how hard you work or plan. It’s easy to speak ill of another until you walk a mile in their shoes.
Thank you, I don't even have words for the comments I've been scrolling past. I am glad I came across yours though.
Well said. The ignorants think they are made of steel. They'll see when the illness comes.
So sorry your family went through this. I'm glad now you have a studio to call home. May you and your family always be blessed
The woman in the video is homeless by CHOICE! She spends THOUSANDS on food, phone, car lease, but REFUSES TO GET A PLACE FOR HER DAUGHTER TO LIVE! She is shameful!
@That's Not Me don't give up you can do it don't focus on the past focus on moving forward plan and you'll be OK I'll pray for you.
To anyone planning on living here in California please make sure before you arrive that you have a career or job already set up, I see countless people coming here with just a dream which is not good enough. A one bedroom in a crappy neighborhood will run you $1800 per month a two bedroom will cost you $2400 per month, it’s overpriced and depressing. Landlords are getting away with overcharging for rent and no one is doing anything about it, I am thinking about leaving in 1 to 2 years to avoid increasing rent and becoming homeless myself.
Two types of people live in commifornia
Liberal rich & homeless.
well this person just smashed my dreams....
Don't worry, California will eat itself within a few years.
chocolate mounds yeah. The rent has gone up A LOT. About 7 years ago, there would be apartments with 1 room for over $700-$900 and now thats alnost impossible to find here in California
You do understand why it is expensive? its called supply and demand. a lot of ppl want to live there, so housing becomes scarcer. also what they say in the video about it not being profitable to build cheap housing is false. if they were allowed to build big multifamily buildings, it would be worth it, but the building codes in CA are crazy. the time it takes just to get the aproval to do so can take years and thats before they start to build anything.
Just the idea of thinking how my boss knew my situation sleeping in my car like this lady and he played with my salary and missed hours it’s crazy.. he’s a millionaire. A Jewish orthodox millionaire who owns tons of properties in Los Angeles.. idk what people’s hearts made out of?
I hope things will work out for her and I know how hard is to be homeless and still go to work every day. I’m proud of her 👍
Kanye was right
Well your boss is certainly a bastard, but him being a jewish orthodox doesn't have much to do with it: assholes are everywhere, and him being orthodox doesn't mean he's necessarily going to be a kinder human being than your usual guy, let's be honest.
She’s eating her rent check
Eating outside adds up
Thats true. She needs mental Check up.
I agree.
@@danielobara4692 roger that!
damn right. eating herself out of house and home.
Eating at dennys everyday aint helping.
What abouy eating at your mom's house?
There’s always some jerk like you to criticize how a poor person spends their $10.
900$ on food? lmao the most we spend on food is 300$ at the grocery store and that last us 4 weeks
@@treytrill1066 I agree that 900 is a lot and buying some food grocery store can save her a lot of money
@@Taran532 if you don't want criticism then don't broadcast your story. There is a lot of constructive criticism, maybe she'll learn something about spending $900.00 a month on food, expensive phone plans, dogs kept in a car and wonder why you're homeless.
Spending $900 on FOOD! That's RENT money! And get rid of those phones & get a cheap TracFone!
I agree about the phones - but thats $900 between two people so $450 each a month eating out. So about $110 a week on food eating out. They definitely can't cut back there.
I have a trac fone 20 dollars a month.
Yes, she has 2k per month. She has enough to rent a room in a roommate situation. Cook at home. Buy a cheaper vehicle...leasing is expensive. There are plenty of jobs here. She is choosing this lifestyle.
You can not rent an apartment in the bay area for 900. It more like 2000 to 4000.
VoLTaGe ViTaL9
I pay $20 every 3 months on my Tracfone.
This isn’t really homelessness this is living in your car by choice, she could very change to a less expensive lifestyle and get into a cheap apartment (probably not in California though)
WHY IS SLEEPING IN YOUR CAR ILLEGAL! MAKES NO SENSE!
I just feel bad for the dog tbh. Stuck in that cage all day... They should first of all have someone else take care of the dog until they get back on their feet. Second of all the daughter should try and get a part time job to help out. Third is that they can eat waaaay cheaper than 900$ a month but they either don't want to or don't know... Fourth... do you really need 225$ for 2 phones? I don't think so. That seems excessive to me. Fifth is that they can have roommates and split the rent.
They also don't need to go to a restaurant for wifi... they go to school... use the wifi there and go to a cheaper place to eat.
Exactly, They are doing it to themselves.
AntiViGames seriously!!! I don’t understand why they don’t take the suggestions that you’ve stated! I’m sure other people have told them some of these things!
Not only can she reduce the cell phone bill, but the daughter needs to start paying for her own cell phone. There are a lot of low rate cell phone companies. I pay $60/monthly for unlimited everything with Boost mobile and I'm not homeless.
T Maria yeah their bills are not right at all. I pay $75 a month with boost for 2 phones, unlimited everything.
True, i pay 60 per month for unlimited. If i were in their shoes, I would buy the cheapest flip phone at metro and pay like 15 bucks or something for just call and text
Having dogs in a car all thier life is cruelty
You're worried about the DOG ?
Yup if you cant afford a place for the animal to live get rid of it i dont care who you are
The dogs probably act as a defence against crime.
@@simonyip5978 having the dog is the crime
joe blow I agree with you that it's not good for a dog to live in a vehicle, but I doubt that the owners are being deliberately cruel and I don't think the dog will suffer having to sleep in a car or SUV.. the only problem is what he if the owners have to go somewhere and have to leave the dog in the car..
I'm glad California started this safe parking for the homeless so they don't get harassed by police. The cost living is very high in California that's why i left and moved back to the mid west.
Safe parking= drug dens on wheels. Most of the time
They get harassed anyway.
It doesn't even make sense living there tbh. I make decent money but I like living good not spending $3000/month rent that's just fcking insane.
You have to be willing to move to a place where you can afford to live. yes it may not be california, but at least you will have a place to live. living in a car for 5 years. sounds completely absurd.
Holy shit you actually left. How smart.
This is why I left California for Virginia. The best move I ever made. I left California after high school for college in Virginia. I came back to CA after completing college. I stayed in CA for 2 years and moved back to VA for good. I miss home but I’m staying in VA. I have immediately family in VA but I left my parents and good friends behind.
The weather in VA is terrible though.
@@wthomas7955 it’s not that bad. I been here since 2001 and the worst storm I’ve ever seen here was Hurricane Isabel in 2003 and there was no power for a week. Other than that, you get your normal thunderstorms in the summer and the winter is pretty mild and it rarely snows.
@@kalielwebb3774 The humidity is intolerable.
@@wthomas7955 I’ll take the humidity for three months than the forever high cost of living back home. Plus Florida humidity is much worse than Virginia.
@@kalielwebb3774 Oh, no question florida is far worse in the summer. However, the humidity in VA makes it uncomfortable in both the summer and winter. Too damn hot and too damn cold. The cost of living here is considered a "weather tax". Plenty of folks are willing to pay it.
If she's gone all day....She needs to allow a pet rescue to rehome the pets. It's not safe/fair that the dogs are locked in tiny crates all day.
that's like giving up your kids
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. If I was homeless and living in my car. I’d rehome my dog, that way they’re being taken care of.
well, I would wait tables at night so my dogs would be ok. I would be a weed delivery person too. They make good tips and the dogs can be with her all day. She could park at the restaurant, while her daughter did homework at the counter and had free wifi. You get meal discounts ...sometimes. I worked at Mimi's Cafe and we had to give away chicken pot pies every night. Staff get's first dibs. If she cannot wait tables, she could clean at night at office buildings etc. My point is I would do anything to keep my dogs with me. I would work at a dog shelter for boarding. I worked at a food kitchen and they made delicious lasagna, garlic bread, salad and soup. All fresh ingredients donated by local Trader Joe's and Grocery stores. We threw away anything we would not eat ourselves. I know my area has a lot of money so, too many people came and now they are being run out of town. I thnk things will get worse before they get better. It's crazy. I'm afraid I could end up like her with my daughter. I have to ignore dental issues. It's still the Wild West.
And if the animals don't get adopted they get put down. They love their animals.
I chose a roof over my child and my head over a pet. Yes, I still regret it every day but my son is #1 priority. I have a home. I feel like some people just aren't willing to put in the effort. I used to work 90 hours a week to get by until I became a single parent. I now work 1 job, and have minimal necessities but my child is happy and healthy, has a roof and is in school. Yes. I live in CA and what's dumb is I "Make too much $$$ for assistance" so I get taxed more, do not qualify for any low income assistance and don't get child support.
It's a broken system. Work harder for less.
She got her priorities all the way fup. I was once homeless and survived on less than $50 month.
Glad you OVERCAME it.
how!! Hygiene? Phone? food? how did you do it! Thats so cool!
I'm a single man in Ohio and make good money and it takes me more 50 $ that's just for gas. You are amazing. Rub 2 quarters and make dollar.
It's she and her daughter tho.
same here, slept in my car, ate from the dollar menu, slept at friends 1-2 a week and showered where i could, except was working part time, eventually i was homeless but with a full time job, it was way easier found a cheap nice apt, found a roomate, and now im doing okay
225 for 2 phones??
DjGhost718 sounds like they have Verizon.
I got unlimited for 45 a month
I’m betting Sprint with 2 phone leases such as an iPhone or Galaxy plus insurance.
@Fintan lol those obama phones?
@Fintan lol its the street name for welfare phones. Its a joke
All these people judging this poor woman, shame on you as if any of you know what shes been through. Its an 8 min video, you don't know her life. Whether you've been homeless or not, everyone's situation is unique so get off your high horse and have some compassion.
I think she's smart for going to school and trying to get a good stable career. She's thinking about a permanent solution for her and her daughter not a quick a fix that could land them there again. Sure she could go get a job that earns just enough to get by and get off the street but then with that route she could be struggling forever. And she might not be able to help her daughter when she hits rough patches in life. Or if one major setback happens it could land them in a desparate situation again. She's trying to find a solution that will fix this forever for them and I respect that. Good for her for having the courage to do that and for trying to make the best of the situation they're in. And props to her for having the bravery to share her story when she knows there's so many trash people on the internet that are going to have bad things to say.
This is sad and the truth is a lot of people are two paychecks away from ending up like this. I give her credit for going to school because there is a light at the end of the tunnel and she's working toward it. What I'm going to say maybe controversial but it's even more important that it showed a white family homeless because if it was any other minority a lot of viewers would not care or take much notice. I have a feeling they will be okay in time and and during hard times like this will make them appreciate better when they are able to get a place and make them tougher. But yeah I would have to get rid of the Dogs too
Dog are kept in cages like hamsters. Poor dogs.
@@sailer501 What do they do with the dogs in hot weather when locked in the car. In all 50 states, animal abuse is a felony!
If a lot of people are two paychecks away from ending up homeless, then they need to clear their debt
@@brianmorey1223 I don't have any debt my car is paid off and don't own a credit card but 4 yrs ago my rent rose and our van died and between that and daycare bills we were touch and go for many months. It's real for some folks
@@brianmorey1223 There are lots of kinds of debt...some folks lost hundreds of thousands of dollars when the housing market crashed. My cousin was under-insured (couldn't afford it with 3 kids) and his car was a total loss after an accident. Some of us were told that we had to take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans when we were teenagers and didn't have a good understanding of finances. Some folks got sick, lost their job, had medical bills...
Debt is designed to keep you in it for as long as possible in America.
She has dogs locked up in a cage in the back that's cruel. Re-home them give them a life... Ratting out is expensive. Cell phone bill get a cheaper plan. What there spending they could rent a rm.
Ratting out can cost you your life
Do you feel better about yourself now that you’ve given her instructions on how to get out of the situation she’s in? I mean, why stop here? Why not give your unsolicited advice to other homeless people?
@@gerrithoevers it’s Republican ignorance .
I don’t know why anybody does contract phones anyway I only pay $56 a month for my pay you go phone and my phone does the same as everybody else’s contract phone I don’t get it why drop $400 on a damn phone bill when you can just spend 56 bucks a month and get the same unlimited talk text plan unlimited Internet for $56.
@@needmorecowbell6460 You could do even better. I pay $15/month. Check out Mint Mobile. There are other companies as well. For those who haven’t talked to homeless people before, it is extremely difficult to get out from that situation, and unfortunately people don’t know better that they could be paying less for their phone plans and other things. Best of luck.
225 for two phones? I pay 120 for 4 phones.
Locality?
I pay 180 for 5 phones unlimited everything and hotspot for all phones. T-Mobile baby! But people like flexing so they get Verizon smh
She has a lease its best for her to keep it so it keeps her credit good
Mike Bartley you livin on disability
Damn lady I pay 150for five lines
I feel bad for those babies being stuck in those cages all day and night.. animal control needs to take them away ASAP and give them to a loving home where they can run free
The dogs deserve a better living situation !! Turn them over to someone that I can properly care for them... NOT IN CAGES !!
You go get them if affect you so much
Did I miss the part where they said they have their dogs all day while they’re busy? Because no dog deserves to be locked in a car all day especially in the Californian heat.
You couldn’t in the summer. it would kill them in the heat. they must be putting them somewhere
Their hot dogs are not as much a concern as all the hotdogs they must consume to retain the physical equivalents of two beached baby whales.
@@IvanGarcia-hl5vc 👎
@@ramfaki1256 Eat 💩
Parts of California can be cold. Like the bay area. But yeah, that's not good for the dogs
Seems like a budgeting problem. 370 for a car lease? 225 for two phone?? 900 for food?!
I pay 100 for 4 phones with unlimited internet
John E where?
@@turtleturbo1025 cricket wireless and i think sprint does it on a family 4 plan
900 for food is not a lot since they can't cook. That's $30 a day for 2 people, $15 per person for the whole day!
I sense they enjoy eating out every day. Not having to cook is super nice.
living on only hot dogs is not healthy nor satisfying (to me).
Eating/Working every day in a diner with free wi-fi is a fun way to live,
since they are mother/daughter it makes for a good time, and they dont have to clean the bathroom either.
$900.00 in food!!!! They could easily do it for $400.00.
Exactly get a propane stove use paper plates and buy food at a grocery store would save them 500$ .
Nah, $900 seems about right. You saw how big they are right?
@@AFR0MAMBA LOL...
@@altprospect2684 they dont have a place to store it probably
@@crimson_scum7129 She doesn't need to buy it all at once.
There is no way I would spend 900 on food, go to food banks, churches etc. Save your money for a travel trailer or some kind of roof.
She could Google "food banks near (her location)" when she uses wifi.
$900 on food is ridiculous. Get you some canned food. You absolutely do not have to eat out in order to use the WiFi. In fact, the school they go to should have free WiFi for students and usually schools have ways to help their homeless students. She has many options, she just isn't looking for them.
She is too old to not know how to manage her money🤦♂️🤦♂️
And she was an accountant
@@gypseenomad3956 no surprises that she lost her job
and the dauther looks older than 16 partime jobs hello
2k a month in LA is nothing
Find a cheaper mobile provider or switch to basic phones. Eat more fruits instead of eating out, as for WiFi. DO NOT go to restaurants, they will only pressure you to spend more money the longer you stay. Go to a library, or even a McDonald’s and order off the dollar menu (add tomatoes and lettuce) only with water cups or if you go to Starbucks buy their black coffee (cheap) and ask for a water cup. They have never bothered me staying over 2 hours at a time for home work.
Also get a Planet fitness membership. Ditch the YMCA $50 dollar nonsense. It’s 10 for membership per person usually open 24hrs.
I’m not homeless myself but I’ve done all of these things because I’m going to school full time I work full time and I DO NOT have to eat over $16 dollar in a day. Buy meals from a grocery store if you have to but avoid restaurants. On top of that my commute to school from my home is 30minutes to an hour depending on traffic here in California. One way.
Maybe sell what’s in your storage unit too. Make money off that and SAVE money.
Well I think they or anyone in a similar situation, whether they're homeless or not, can always cut expenses. Maybe the lease gives them piece of mind, but you're ultimately paying for a vehicle you're gonna have to pay a lot of money for when the lease ends. Most phone carriers have deals on more than one line, plus I have 2 separate lines and paid just $65 combined, with 2 free months. I think Planet Fitness is a great idea for anyone who lives relatively close to one. Yeah and there are ways to cut down on food expenses. Gas and insurance not much they can do about those. I just hope they realize they have more options than they think they do. In the end, it's their life though. 🤷♂️
Leasing or making car payments on a vehicle you live in is never a good idea your home could literally be repossessed
California is expensive as heck. It was ridiculous i moved back to texas really quick.
Not really. Its same as everywhere else. Rent is higher and so is pay.
I am thankful i am not homeless but 900 on food and 225 on phone bills a month?!?
They live in a car, no fridge. 900 divided by 30 days between two people is 5 dollars per meal. I dunno about the phone bill though, sounds like a lot. Maybe it's for extra internet service to do school work, who knows.
Chris P. I dunno man, but I've been in between jobs before... and getting the latest smartphone was the last thing on my mind.
I'm still using a secondhand S3 Galaxy... it works well for what I need it for..
@@jonathantan2469 If you are homeless you should be able to get a gov.phone.Only 300 minutes a month but hey why do you need to talk on the phone for long?
@@peachbun CHECK YOUR MATH!!!
They prolly got bad credit. Credit is everything guys. Thats why its prolly hard for her to find somewhere to live and her phone bills high
Why do people pick the most expensive cities to live in when they are homeless? Go to Nebraska, find a town, get a job.
good advice
They're going to show up in Nebraska living in a car and someone's going to hire them? Nobody's going to hire a new employee who is living out of a car.
@@LoreleiMission yea they will if you got a phone that is all you need. A address not needed
Man they barely have enough money to live in their car. How could they afford the gas money and payments of moving to another state?
Yeah because I'm sure living in the backwater woods of Nebraska . with nobody around within a thousand miles is the answer to the homeless problem .
Lease a car..
$200 Phone bill
EAT OUT??
OWNS A DOG!!
Cmon...
She does need to work on budgeting, that’s a major part of it
Poor, poor dogs, locked in a crate for God knows how long...
So you have more sympathy for dogs than humans?
Absolutely. They are helpless and do not have a voice. This lady is ridiculous, irresponsible and a terrible mother. I would get a room or apt before stuffing my face with $900 worth of food. I would not pay hundreds of dollars for phones or paying high monthly payments for a car. She is not your typical homeless person, who could never afford food, a car or phones. Her. poor dogs and her daughter deserve a better life... She should stop eating so much, buy a used car, give up her dogs, get cheap phone plan, to say the very least.
@@sonofhibbs4425
Yes I have more symphaty for dogs because they live in cages for years. That women is crazy and lazy. Why I should be sorry for her? She can change her situation if she wants to. Move to another state. Get a job and make your daughter work a few hr. My daughter started working part time since she was 16. Before that she watched neighbors dogs and cats. She worked every vacation as pool attendant first and life guard at amusement parks. While in college she worked there. I don't bielive that people can't find a job. If you situation require get any job. I move to USA from Poland 30 yrs ago and always had job. I started in clothing factory then took English classes got job at the bank , US Post Office and DRS.
How people who are born here, went to school can't find job and they live in the car??
I don't get that.
@@sonofhibbs4425 they didnt mention not having sympathy for the person.
@@sonofhibbs4425 yes
My husband and I lived in our car for months before we got our first apartment. We saved a lot of money by eating cereal, making sandwiches for lunch and cooking our dinner at community barbecues! $900 a month is a fortune to spend on food for 2 people!! If you use freeze dried vegetables and buy single pieces of meat or sausages at a butcher you can cook using 1 pot on the bbq . I know it is not for everyone but we ate quite well and affordably for our situation. We lived in share accommodation, which I think the mother and daughter could do if they shared a room, which would be affordable if their food bills were reduced! I have been homeless multiple times and have always found ways to utilise community services and think outside the box to make it easier on ourselves. We only earned $400 a week when we were living in the car, so we were not doing it easy but we’re still able to feed ourselves properly. Also - why pay for 2 phones, couldn’t the daughter get a part time job to help with the bills??
Pretty Pixy I get mad spending 200 bucks on food a month!!! Smmmhhh
Gotta love Americans. Instead of fixing your messed up, shitty third world country you yell at homeless people on how they eat. Lmao.
Rent for a Single room occupancy in Los Angeles is if you get in on a income controlled location at cheaperest $950 with a shared communal bathroom. For a non income controlled its up to $1900 in an area white people are rare to see unless they are drug addicts. So tell me what state do you live in and what city is near you and how long ago did you do this magical car adventure you look back on fondly? Also did you pay for a car to get to work which is basically needed to work any above min wage job in Los Angeles or what? And were you two people putting your money together or a single mother working 1 job and going to school at the same time?
money is worth less in socal
Bokononist no, the cost of living is higher in SoCal then Central California because there is more people and more services provided but then also because there are more jobs and more things of interest and more competition applying for housing with few updates or newer apartments for min wage earners to even afford many places have apartments with 3 to 6 roommates for young 20 something to 30 year old working stiffs and these are not all people trying to work on Hollywood either
The dollar is still a dollar in buying power it's just it takes more to live here because gas for your car and cost for housing is more expensive.
Why do they live in an expensive community?
MOVE!!!!!
whiteclifffl imagine having only 100$ left, where would you go? How long till u get accepted into a job?
Orenda grace My family would take care of me.
And I wouldn’t waste my money on drugs and alcohol.
Because you need money for a down payment. I make almost 85K, and believe me, after taxes, housing, car and very basic needs. It’s like you only make 40K really. Think about this 65% goes to housing. It’s hard here but we can’t leave when money is really tight.
Low housing may be
Dude I can live outside in a tent cook on propane n wud NEVA SPEND $900.00 IN FOOD RENT A ROOM. IVE BEEN HOMELESS N CARLESS AT SAME TIME
move out of California, clearly she is mobile and can live in a cheaper state.
Are you paying the gas money? Where does she stay when she gets there? They will tow her car in a second?
Ha u cant do shit in other states that you can in Cali.Ppl are here for a reason 😂😂😂
She only spends 150 bucks a month on gas. In California that means she's not going many places. Work and being caught in traffic. How is she going to get money to move? What if her car breaks down? Where is she to move? Where are they welcoming people that don't have a pot to piss in? People in the Middle of the country are the most opiod addicted and judgemental folks ever. She should stay where she is and find help in California. Perhaps she can get help.
@@noeytindol5529 bet she got some money from vice for being on the show...
That’s what I say Nevada, Arizona and Texas are cheap. I lived in Las Vegas for a few years but hot as hell even at night. No joke but it’s the cheap to live a nuclear test ground ☢️
they could get their phonebill down to 60 a month with metro pcs, for two people. they could go to a food pantry for bread and non-perishables and with an investment of a portable camp stove the could drastically reduce that food bill. i know cause ive done it
Yep, I feel sorry for that dog. I hope they're walking it. I been homeless too. But I didn't do this kinda shit.
Totally, there are definitely better options. I don't even spend 900 bucks a month for my family of 6 ( two 13 year old boys, 3 year old, 4 year old, me and my husband). Metro has more inexpensive phones. But either way I am sure their predicament is difficult.
They could stop eating so much too. They are both borderline obese..
jonathan hudgens agree or t mobile and also get on food stamps.
Same with my father. My father was a trucker years ago and he always ate cheap. Not the best but still better than this.
Someone find this lady and point her to the youtube channel called CheapRvLiving by Bob Wells. There are lots of people out there who live quite happily in their vehicles for much less, and this channel has a lot of suggestions on how to do it cheaper and better.
1. get a cheaper phone plan. Verizon has a prepaid phone with 3GB data for about $40/month... so she could save $145/month . There are even cheaper plans I'm pretty sure.
2. Find ways to not eat out. A lot can be done with a coleman propane stove... keep a few fresh veggies and eggs in a small cooler, and if there is a grocery nearby, buy small amounts of meat every other day. You could conceivably save half of your food bill doing that ($450).
3. There are cheaper ways to get a shower. Planet Fitness is $10/month. If she's going to school, there is likely a gym on campus with showers. A lot of truck stops have cheap showers. There may be a community pool that has cheap admission (where I live here in Texas, the community pool is about six bucks for me and my daughter to go swimming and shower). You don't need to shower every day... use baby wipes in between.
4. Take the savings from the above and hoard it like a niffler and in six months she'll have over $3800. Shop around and you can find a work van for $3-4000 dollars. A *lot* more room for her and her daughter, and at that point, she'll be saving another $370 a month that she's currently paying on the lease for the car.
Marion Reid, HI!!! I follow Bob’s channel along with many of the other nomads. I love them! They’ve got it figured out, don’t they. Also Adventure Van Man made a comment further up this thread. Glad to see another person on here who enjoys and has learned from Bob Wells. 😊
I love that channel!!!
i am going tiny soon as i get a few more bill taken care of i live in 932 sqft i am locked in a lease i will be moing into a 500sqft then having blue prints and building it for the price of food an have 4 payments on a small rv as far as food i been down on luck to me and my Husband lived on 150$ food a month but by planning menu i live on 200$ my husband is healthier in the fist year he lost 120 lbs there are ways around it when i make dinner i make it enough to last a few days. its also called pb&j
Yeah you make good points, but it seems to me that they would rather sacrifice home ownership/renting in order to live the "american" lifestyle.
Marion Reid she prolly gots bad credit
she has no place to stay just a van yet she keeps 2 dogs in her van . shows you her thinking process. no wonder she's homeless.
But my question is, is it really necessary to live in California?? 🤔
yes
No but when you’ve grown up here all your life it’s hard to imagine living any else.
susan kimari I personally prefer it to Utah which is where I grew up.
Nope it also says she has been doing this for 5 years.. so she never thought before at all to get a degree years ago or move a different state that was more affordable?.. nahh also not eating out every single meal would have saved them thousands over the years not even a joke.. apply for some sort of food stamps or a church pantry.. or if not possible just buy fruits vegetables or pre prepped meals from the store etc
Yes, everyone gets healthcare. And when you're homeless you're more likely to need healthcare due to exposure, lack of places to prepare and store fresh healthy foods (end up eating out or in soup kitchens), etc
$225 for two phones? I pay $40 each a month for my daughter and my brother's phones... so $80/month, with data plans. If you are that broke, you need to shop around. I know she is probably overwhelmed by her life, so it's hard to take care of details like that sometimes.
Marion Reid I pay$33dollars a month.I can relate lol.Groceries are getting over the roof.I am learning to cook cheaper.Any left over meat I make casseroles with the next day.meat these days is outrageous.
I pay $22 a month for basic service no data because I cant afford an expensive plan my income is very limited. People need to learn to live below their means; I am sorry no sympathy from me because if you cant afford something you shouldn’t have it ex: car , insurance, gym & expensive phone plan, sell what you have in storage , sometimes keeping things in storage is not worth it. Just saying
In india we pay 2 dollars for 42 gb of 4g data with unlimited calls for one month
I know I pay $40 a month for unlimited everything including internet. I also spend less than $200 a week on food where she spends 225 a week and you can tell
I can feed myself, 2 picky kids, one nephew who is impossible to please, my sister , her husband and my parents on probably 700.00 a month so two people on 900 a month is so absurd.
If she had a fridge microwave and stove . she would be able to spend . 5 dollars on pancakes for 3 days inatead of 8 dollar meals 3 times which equals 24 bucks. its harder than you think to eat cheap while in your car. especially when you're depressed.
Dusky Jewel actually f, we eat mostly organic and alkaline non dairy and vegetarian foods stupid
Dusky Jewel people have their ways, she could’ve bought in bulk (Costco maybe) , bought reduced items, found cheaper brands ect, you’d be amazed at how much you could stretch a dollar if you were on a budget
U A B she can probably get a portable stove, there are also portable fridges that are the size of coolers, I’ve seen many camping videos, idk if she want to invest in solar panels, that’d also be a free source of power for appliances
Yea good for you, I feed the elderly now days, I learnt to cook from veg and cheap stuff while homeless, we made ends meet, and now I take that skill and provide good food to the ones who need it, it's absolutely possible, you seem a pretty real, down to earth person to me, stay proud, people will put you down, people are scum, it's real people, people like you and I, that are really alive, who's eyes are properly open, it's those people who will Inherit this earth, the greedy are on their way out, theirs no place in the future for them, theirs places for people like you thou, just keep being real and true....👍👌👍
Phone can get cut by 75% using prepaid. Unlimited everything. Planet fitness also has $10 monthly. Can save a couple hundred on expenses easy
I been living out of my van in California for ten years now. As a guy, it’s easy. Idk how it is for women. You just have to get over the social stigma of it all. This mom and daughter are like newbs at it. You can buy a used van for like $1500. Ymca will give you a discounted rate of $20/month. Oh, and you can leave California.
As a lady living out of my car after losing my housing in the east bay, I agree with you. She has a newbie problem and a lack of experience in *how* to live out of a van. Gym memberships, a "mailing" address, finding free wifi, even having and storing non perishable food/or having a perishable food solution are all accomplishable. I honestly haven't found a van worth buying for 1500 though and I want to transition from car to van. Vanlife has gotten crazy popular, especially in California, making the starting cost to get something that has minimal post-purchase work to be done to it is at least 5,000. 1500 and you maybe get something you then have to put more money/work into after you buy it, which can easily bring overall price way up if you are not mechanically inclined or have no one to help you who is.
Dawn Kelley two words : Asian Mechanic’s. They’re affordable and competent
@@andypeterson2126 that's not an identifiable person I already know and have some confidence in that would make me feel comfy shelling out 1500 for a van I know for sure needs work before it's road ready. I would prefer to get as close as I can to something that has a low likelihood of needing a mechanic anytime soon. Especially since I need to be able to move out of my car, into it, and have it reliably drivable within moments of purchase. There's no place it or I can go while it's worked on.
Dawn Kelley oh ok 😪
a new car for a woman is ok...because she prob cant fix it and needs it to work 100% of the time
I live in California and been homeless my entire adult life im now 25 and in about 8 years i havent had 1 person woth a clipboard count me or give me census paperwork. Its always been an estimation
The homelessness issue may be “hidden” to people who live in other states/countries, but if ur a Californian u see it everyday, everywhere. It’s no secret. It’s a shame. We need to fix this
80% are drug addicts. Open your eyes.
I remember working for Covenant Transport and taking a walk around Pomona, CA. All of the RVs that were parked streetside almost always had occupants in them. One even had a whole family!
$1500 a month on leasing the car, food, and cell phones! Hmmmmmmmmmm