The issue is that either the renter or the owner must in some way pay insurance and property taxes if they want a "permanent roof" with utilities like electricity, gas and water. Because of this, many people-at least in Australia, where I currently reside-are living in tents. No taxes, rent, mortgages, or insurance. The number of people who tell me they live in their car that I meet amazes me. Its crazy out here!

@leojack9090

2 ай бұрын

It’s getting wild by the day. The prices of homes are quite ridiculous and Mortgage prices has been skyrocketing on a roll(currently over 7%). Sometimes i wonder if to just invest my spare cash into the stock market and wait for a housing crash or just go ahead to buy a home anyways.

@fadhshf

2 ай бұрын

I get such worries too. I'm 50 and retiring early. Already worried of the future and where its headed, especially in terms of financies and how to get by. I'm also considering making my first investment in the stock market, but how can I do so given that the market has been in a mess for the majority of the year?

@hasede-lg9hj

2 ай бұрын

For you to grow your portfolio in today's market, you really need to be coachable and willing to get off your high horses. I for example, have managed to grow mine from $150k to 300% of my initial deposit within the past 8 months just by copying trades from a broker that has better skillset and technical know-how than me.

@hasede-lg9hj

2 ай бұрын

The advisor that guides me is Sharon Ann Meny, most likely the internet is where to find her basic info, just search her name. She's established.

@KarlyNoorda

2 ай бұрын

@@hasede-lg9hj Thank you for this tip. It was easy to find your coach. Did my due diligence on her before scheduling a phone call with her. She seems proficient considering her résumé.

I know a couple who own a mobile home park and restaurant. They have a few renters in their park that have become unable to pay their rent due to increasing prices of everything. The couple let these people stay there and do odd jobs to help out around the property. Some are disabled, unable to help out at all. They stay for free. This is the kindness of some people out there, too bad there are not more of these.

@marybianca2722

2 жыл бұрын

♥️🙏

@440SPN

2 жыл бұрын

Rare 💕

@yellowbird5411

2 жыл бұрын

Some people don't need the money, and if they even got their rent, it would just sit in the bank, unused. For these landlords, they often cut their tenants a break, and just let them pay what they can. I am a landlord, and have shouldered thousands of dollars in non-payment of rent, damage to the property, leftover utility bills, and you name it. I have a man living in an efficiency apartment within walking distance to the beach, all utilities for $575. I just increased his rent from $520 where it's been for years. He is "disabled" and has issues. But I don't "need" the money. It would sit in the bank. I write this because not all landlords are bad people, even though people want to make out like they are. They are just people, with debts of their own, responsibilities for the property, and obligations, just like their renters. We have mortgages on the property we must pay. We are not wealthy, as a rule, but tenants think we are, regardless of what you tell them. Again, landlords are just people. We are not perfect, but we often go up and beyond to help our tenants survive.

@love.JESUS.2day

2 жыл бұрын

God bless them!!

@billyriddle4799

2 жыл бұрын

Horay for all land lords who have mercy on people when you can MayGod blessyou ❗ you know He will 👍🌻🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🪔🕊

As a fellow senior over 65 I was almost homeless four years ago. And my adult son had a brain tumor. I knew they would for clothes on my home but I didn’t know when. So I work two part-time jobs and I saved up 20 grand and bought a piece of land. It has a 1960 mobile home on it and about 400 ft.² of living space and none of the utilities work. But I can lock the front gate and nobody can hurt me

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

Blessings.

@lisamarx9835

2 жыл бұрын

Hi look at community action or human services see if they have free handyman services. They may help you God bless

@tinapatterson3029

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisamarx9835 I’m glad you are doing well

@alicecoppers8980

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisamarx9835 Forget any help. This sm town doesn’t have resources and cannot be repaired due to non compliance with zoning and code. It was built before building codes…but I will be fine. Someone left me inheritance, probate is final end of yr…..someone loved me!

@michekids

2 жыл бұрын

God Bless you

I live in the USA. I lost my job at age 61, one year before I could collect Social Security. I soon ran out of my savings and could not pay my rent and other bills. My children were also in crisis at the time. My sister encouraged me to move 3 hours away to live with her. I agreed. I got a few part-time jobs. After a few months, my sister started to abuse me. Verbally and then physically. I made plans to move back home. I lived in a group home for women for 6 months. Once I was able to receive Social Security at age 62, I got into an apartment complex for seniors and got some other supportive benefits. I got part-time work. God is good!

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

ithica, to you maybe. what's he got against all the other old ladies around the world?

@proudchristian77

Жыл бұрын

Gosh baby , 💝

@DIAMONDGIRL57

Жыл бұрын

Soo Soooo happy for you!!!

@KAT-dg6el

Жыл бұрын

God so good that you lost your job and had a sister that abused you?

@birinaL

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear your story. But happy that you gather the courage to rebuild your life. I am in my 30 s your story act as a ray of hope fr me and ask me not to waste my time n focus more on myself n my dreams. Thanku grandpa.. ❤tons of love to u.

The woman doing the artwork of her homes is amazing. Absolutely brilliant.

@susanoline5823

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! She could do flea market's with pictures of town interest, classes, I wonder can she draw people? Very talented.

@HiNickCares

11 ай бұрын

@@susanoline5823 And make no money?

I am 49 and a out to be homeless . I am waiting to be approved for an apt. I only have one week left where I am at. Pls pray for me.

@LINDAGOLD400

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Are you in Australia

@ChildofYAH_33

2 жыл бұрын

@@LINDAGOLD400 No, I am in the United States traveling from state to state ,I am currently working at a Hotel in GA.and Get a room for exchange, so this is a Blessing I am on disability tho so I am not sure how long I will last, nonetheless I am so grateful for Our Lord's Blessings . Thank you for your prayers Sister in Christ May God's Blessings be upon you always 🙏

@paulineloft8490

2 жыл бұрын

Sending prayer waves 🌊💞 to you from Canada Stella

@natashadickson4819

2 ай бұрын

I hope things have worked out for you. ❤

@marthadargas7661

2 ай бұрын

Sorry i will pray for you

I can attest that being homeless in your old age, is absolutely TERRIFYING! So glad these ladies found home.

@PCHGWHS

2 жыл бұрын

Been there. Too many times.

@michekids

2 жыл бұрын

Had no idea that I would be on the street after raising my 3 kids after 18 years, but the Loving-kindness of God has taught me that this world is NOT my home and that His Son Yeshua Messiah is and He is Coming to take me to be with Him soon because HE IS MY HOME

@m.campbell650

2 жыл бұрын

@@michekids Amen for you. Your reward shall be great in His Kingdom

@proudchristian77

Жыл бұрын

Keep your knives sharpend & ready , so have a chance, a leg wound would by you time & it hurts like a bear , & they will recover so you not feel bad , but it will help . 💖🐕

@codzy3532

6 ай бұрын

@@proudchristian77 wtf???

Years ago I read about retired women in Germany who shared a multi-storeyd house, looking out for one another. When they needed frail care, they had to move to a facility, and when they passed away, the other women would add a rose bush to the garden in their memory.

@paulineloft8490

2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful gester

@Starlight-hd3ui

2 ай бұрын

This is like Golden Girls

@trinleywangmo

Ай бұрын

Yeah! Germany is all rose gardens fro the homeless... 🙄

*Everyone* should have a home.

@last_samurai6690

2 жыл бұрын

Should? Ha!

@carieyoung1111

2 жыл бұрын

When did that attitude become the norm? Because all thru history and in many different countries and cultures/ that’s not the norm…we all get air to breath/ that’s about it. The rest is up to each of us to figure it out- a capitalist society allows us to all start equally not finish equally. That’s about it.

@last_samurai6690

2 жыл бұрын

@@carieyoung1111 people have so many rights these days. Especially in the West. A modern house takes a lot to be build: land, material, engineers, architects, builders, electricians, plumbers, city planners and bureaucrats, painters, roofers, carpets layers, etc. How someone come to expect to have that as free as air is beyond me. Heck, breakfast costs less than $5 but not everyone has some. SMH.

@monikaw1369

2 жыл бұрын

I hope to have roommates to help with the cost.

@itsmelol5919

2 жыл бұрын

Amen 🙏

I was homeless 3 times in 2019 and 2020. Being homeless made me grow up fast. I was old, disabled, income stopped. Friends, family, my own children deserted me. But God never left me. I met some wonderful people who allowed me to travel with them. They were homeless too but they helped a sick old lady. Strangers, whom I would love to thank one day. I met them at a store. I was living in my car. I'm ok now. It gets hard sometimes but homelessness is even harder! Prayers for those ladies and I love their spirits. Thanks

@ChristinaMacDonald777

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for sharing! I hope everyone hears your story.People need to know what's going on out there in the world! There's people that are oh so very hungry,til it hurts! And they are oh so very cold,till it hurts! And they are homeless,with nothing and no one! Like you just said though Rosita....God was with you! He is w/me and with everyone else too bc He(God)loves us all so very much!

@richmondanzures2959

2 жыл бұрын

God be with you.

@michellefury12345

2 жыл бұрын

Sending love..im happy you're ok🌹

@jenniferhejhal4101

2 жыл бұрын

BLESSINGS TO YOU I ALSO WAS HOMELESS MY SON WAS 10 IT WAS HARD BUT MY LORD ALSO HELPED ME HE NEVER LEFT ME . IM OK NOW THIS WAS MANY YRS. AGO . PRAISE YE THE LORD 🙏

@victoriat8481

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferhejhal4101 AMEN SISTER 🙏

I am Soo grateful my late husband looked out for me. We struggled financially when he was alive in 2019. We would never make it this year. He had to share his retirement. After he passed it was mine, plus the extra he paid monthly so I could have a little more if he passed and with my little bit of retirement I do good. He did this before we were married I found out.I just have the mortgage, saved his little bit of life insurance and add to it monthly. I paid bills off and fixed critical house problems. I loved him and he loved me and he showed it.

@Mexicobeanpole

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@michekids

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, thanks for sharing

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

You are lucky. Most men are not like that anymore

@iloveplumpgrannies174

2 жыл бұрын

@@winning3329 Coz most women are not trustworthy anymore. Traditional men deserve traditional women. Gentlemen deserve ladies of class and dignity.

@WonderBoy0403

2 жыл бұрын

@@winning3329 Good to hear. Men have been divorce destroyed for generations now, needs to stop. Also, 90% of homeless are men and lots of those men ended up that way from divorce and their kids being kept from them.

In 2024 ... I am a 65 yr old woman , I was heading this way without savings ...I have Three adult children that alienated me over a decade ago . I have been living in my RV and working part time. Luckily a wonderful platonic friend of 75 suggested that we should share a place .. we have shared briefly before ..Jim is respectful and kind ..so I did the math and you know what , we will be just fine combining our pensions and my part time job ... A win win !!

When my husband and I split, I was homeless for a year. It was the most humbling experience I ever had. Homeless in Canada during winter is very dangerous.

In a million years I never would have suspected that this could happen to me too...but it did. Fortunately I also found my way through it. God Bless the Older Women 💖

I am struck by how none of these women seem bitter or angry.

@jeanlilymanwaring7125

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, probably because their lives have just worn them down but there is light at the end of that very dark tunnel !

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanlilymanwaring7125 wrong. They chose poorly. It’s their own fault. They decided they didn’t need a man. Well, welcome to the consequences of your choices ladies. Not so strong now are you?

I never hear politicians say they are going to fight for homeless people to get a home? One of the basic necessities of life,not a tent or caravan or car . A real home to live and just be. It is the year 2022 and we still have homelessness,disgraceful.

@ashleyember6822

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 Getting cancer,losing job and unable to afford house repayments= Losing house? What should happen now? Cancer is a dirty word,good luck to you,some are not as fortunate.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyember6822 That's were building a nest egg early comes in, having generational wealth from parents and grandparents to fall back on in an emergency. I've known multiple people that had cancer in remission and went on with a productive life, some don't. I built up a nice small fortune as a hairdresser and making investments that paid off big time. All of it goes to my children, grandchildren and those who come along after I've gone. My family didn't do that for me so I'm doing it for my family. You do what you can do to put the odds in your favor, that's all you can do, who knows what will happen so you work like a dog while you can so you're ready when the wolf comes to the door.

@fefetwaits2645

2 жыл бұрын

Every experience is unique to the individual, may compassion find its way into the hearts of humanity and awaken them from their slumber ❤️

@yvettejones4249

2 жыл бұрын

Most politicians are well off so they are not concerned with visiting the poor or ensuring that there are programs for the poor. It's very sad. Like one person on this panel said "Everyone deserves a decent home." And it doesn't have to be big. Just clean with water and window to look out of and decent heat in the winter.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@royharper2003 I got a radio and $15. when I moved out of the house. My parents spent every penny they earned. They were my motivation to NOT be like they were. Some people inspire us some are warning signs. I wanted to be a blessing for my family, not a weight around their necks.

I am a houseless person, I care for a friend with a terminal condition, when she's gone I will be living rough again. In my 60's and I am disgusted by the fact that banks get fat, while empty homes rot, and good people live in tents on the sidewalk. How much greed, and love of money is enough? When will Shelter and Healthcare become a basic Human Right? I'm tired.

@bjbrown6884

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could help you. I am in Florida and have a room. Not the best but it works for me.

@dannytorrance9555

2 жыл бұрын

@BJ Brown That is very sweet to offer, but I am in Utah caring for a friend on hospice. God bless you!

@marianmorgan2156

3 ай бұрын

Do you get SS?

@ZFern9390

2 ай бұрын

❤

Dear God I am so sorry for every little thing that I have complained about in life God bless these brave women

In the richest countries on the globe, this homelessness for any soul exists...sadness beyond measurement. These are phenomenal women💜

@HiNickCares

11 ай бұрын

You can't stop people from making bad decisions.

@MayaMaya-tj7kw

10 ай бұрын

​@@HiNickCareslike capitalism, capitalism is a bad decision

@HiNickCares

10 ай бұрын

@@MayaMaya-tj7kw If you need someone to make all your money decisions why you need the government when you can just get a husband?

@HiNickCares

10 ай бұрын

@@MayaMaya-tj7kw Why don't you book a flight to North Korea.

Congratulations to these women instead of being a victim they prove they are survivors.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily there were organizations that rescued them. If not, they'd not have this happy ending.

@michekids

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

Families are so broken these days. Adult children want very little to do with their parents and even other family members. It's not easy to reconnect when we are adults, have friends and other support systems. We have all to do a better job at raising girls so they can have a profession or an education before they have children or get stuck in bad relationships. Girls, you have to work to have a sustainable job and always, always put money aside to buy your own place

@kerrynight3271

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, wise comment.

@paulineloft8490

2 жыл бұрын

Love your comment 🙏🌹🙏

I love how Robyn created a little oasis for herself with her dogs, fish, birds and plants. So lovely and all the ladies are inspiring.

@robynthornycroft4402

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that is very kind

@l.5832

2 жыл бұрын

I work 40 hours a week and I cannot afford a dog, fish or birds. I can't afford a place with a yard or garden. I am over 60. Maybe I need to be unemployed to afford these things......

@grammiesspirit4922

2 жыл бұрын

@@robynthornycroft4402 I worry about this for myself.. very much. I've looked around for spaces...🌹

@stevethomas5209

2 жыл бұрын

@@l.5832 Can you afford to get your hair dyed blue ? The man hater self declared lesbian next door habitually would ask me to do heavy chores for her and have a look at her car when it broke down finally my wife told her to get your own husband this one is hers and not for loan any longer. Often women justify not having a husband and find out how rough life is without one. Men want their women to step up too. If you burned your bra and liberated your womanhood good for you ladies now have it with your cake and enjoy.

@minastirith997

2 жыл бұрын

@@l.5832 maybe look into tiny houses. they are affordable

I started looking for a home at an early age. People need to think about getting a permanent home thru their own resources and without the man. Never depend on man for nothing

@burly636

2 жыл бұрын

There are good men out there. I was married to one, he died just before covid hit, I have a small retirement, but when. he died, I learned he planned for this before we married, I get his DoD retirement surviver's benefits and some life insurance. Not a lot but I saved it and can save monthly. He bought a house and I am secure. It's a matter of picking the right person and sometimes that is not easy I know. I was married to an alcoholic first. It is possible to depend on a man.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

I put myself through cosmetology school then worked 60 hours a week for 20 years to afford a home, investments, rental properties. I paid my house off in 14 years. I'm 69 now and not had to worry about anything for the past 25 years. Prepare for retirement when you're young and have the stamina. I did it all on my own, single mom with two kids. You don't get what you want, you get what. you EARN.

@feralLove

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 blah,.blah, blah, who the hell cares

@margaretking4217

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 Happy for you that you are able to be secure as you get older. However not everyone is lucky enough to be in your position even if they become educated, work hard and long and save. One major health crisis in the USA, for example can bankrupt a person. Try to empathize with those who may not have been as lucky as you....because despite what you may think in this life we don't always get what we deserve, even when we work hard and do the right things.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@margaretking4217 You are delusional. OF course to a few some tragedy happens, but for almost all it's failure to participate in their own well being. Luck has nothing to do with it, dearie, it's WORK, persistence, walking your path every single day putting away for retirement, overtime, second job all of which I've done. Luck. is for dreamers. I did have a major health crisis, but I had my savings and investments, paid off house to back me up through it. Don't just GIVE UP because something MIGHT happen. The Wolf always shows up at your door one time or another, be the little pig that built it's house of bricks, not straws. Your excuses why you failed to prepare won't buy you a cup of coffee. Spend the first half of your life working like a demon, give every dollar you earn a job to do and then understand what WORK will do where LUCK failed. You've no clue what you are talking about.

Women are so strong.. we really don't realise how strong we are .. God Bless these women..💜🙏🙏

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

no no no. a pat on the back isnt food, a toilet, a shower, a bed, or a safe night. it like saying a prayer. if you cant or wont give any concrete help, please stop w the lip service. it's an insult and hurts even more.

@HiNickCares

11 ай бұрын

More dumb than strong.

I can relate to everyone here. My husband died and the pandemic hit. I ended up homeless for 14 months. I'm about to be 58, I have many health problems. It takes a very strong person to survive being homeless cos it's hard life on the streets. I got into a Federal high-rise. You have to be 55 and have health problems to get in. Everything is included in my rent which is 1/3 of my income. It's not what I'm used to, it's much better than being homeless. After being homeless you develop a whole new look at everything. It's a real eye opener and I pray that everyone finds a place that is safe and warm. The stigma that homeless people are drug addicts, alcoholics, gamblers, etc.. Is disappearing cos of people being honest & telling thier story. Someone said to me "you don't look like a homeless person". I replied "what does a homeless person look like cos you are looking at 1 through no fault of my own". Truth is if the pandemic didn't happen and we weren't on lock down I would have been in this building much sooner and probably never became homeless. Keep sharing your stories. There's always a solution 😉

I get it.. It's just such a shock!! I took care of everyone my whole life!!! Then the tables turned.. It was so shocking.. I never knew that I would be 1 step from homeless until I had to sleep I. My car😒

@jenniferhejhal4101

2 жыл бұрын

I did also . Our LORD WAS THERE AND HELPED ME. MY SISTER HELPED ME ALSO . PRAISE YE THE LORD ALL THESE LADIES FOUND A HOME .🙌

LANDLORDS ALLOWED TO DOUBLE RENT HERE IN UNITED STATES. GREED CREATES HOMELESSNESS.

@feralLove

2 жыл бұрын

Housing should.bre a.guaranteed, basic human right but no, here in america it's always about profit over people

@SFVnative

2 жыл бұрын

Not in California. We have rent control now all over the state.✌️It used to be just some cities had it.

@SFVnative

2 жыл бұрын

@@pm2886--People in control of absolute necessities shouldn't be able to gouge people. And having people homeless all over the streets and having to take in your mother-in-law along with your own mother isn't good for anyone.

I was homeless for years people treated me like I was trash. I finally found an elder that gave me a place to live . Hold on it will happen help will come just hold on

@77HeIsLove_woot

2 жыл бұрын

Good advise.

@ShawnJonesHellion

2 жыл бұрын

@@440SPN yea! wasnt it fun? 🙄

@createwithbarbbl4125

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry people treated you that way. It costs nothing to be kind and means so much.

@tammiebroggins

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShawnJonesHellion ?

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

yes, TB, hold on, either you will survive, or you won't, but either way, it will be end.

I’m 71, female in the Tennessee state in USA. IM being evicted from the first apartment I’ve ever had in my own for ridiculous reasons. I was accused of abandoning my kitten while spending overnight in hospital. I’m disabled by rheumatoid arthritis and am currently going through heart and lung failure. I can’t find a place to move to due to being so sick. I’m frightened, and see little hope right now but I refuse to just give up.

@Lauren-vd4qe

2 ай бұрын

ASK GOD for solutions, take lg doses of vit D for RA, join a lg evangelical church and join their groups, works great.

It seems like many women have the choice of abuse or homelessness... The women who worked the hardest and acted well REALLY get robbed of even minimal reward...

@jmariefedder6823

2 жыл бұрын

It is so very common! I hear stories all the time of women desperate to get off the streets literally being forced to live with abusive controlling men just to survive. The worst is when they have children.

@hassellleona3338

2 жыл бұрын

I worked the system very hard I stayed on their backs they finally heard me I am women hear me roar

I was homeless for almost eight years in Washington, DC, USA. I am a year old Black Heterosexual Male. I'm going to state this fact, and do not care if you are offended. What these women experienced is heart wrenching. IF A PERSON IS BLACK, IT''S MUCH WORSE.

@michekids

2 жыл бұрын

I believe you

@yvettejones4249

2 жыл бұрын

THAT'S TRUE. I can vouch for that. Even if your a homeless veteran they don't really reach out to help you knowing you fought for this country. If your a woman it is worse as well.

@kevincage1641

2 жыл бұрын

@@yvettejones4249 Dear Ms. Jones. Thank you for reminding Me that our Veterans AND Females have it even harder. I saw this first hand in DC, at the whim of Catholic Charities, who lost the Contract in 2017 for providing certain homeless services. Homelessness in the US has become a Lifestyle rather than a "mere circumstance". Thank you.

@truthseeker7211

2 жыл бұрын

@@yvettejones4249 yes indeed, being a woman Veteran gets one tossed back & forth on who should be helping (if there is any out there). I think that with being a woman, they EXPECT YOU to be shacking up with a male 'just to make it'. I won't stoop that low....I have more respect for myself than that.

@diana.copsingrodriguez1863

2 жыл бұрын

why?

It's a known fact senior women alone are the group most vulnerable to becoming homeless & with the high cost of inflation & lack steady income, it will only get worse. Fortunately for these women, they have a good outcome, but there's many still facing eviction or not having a place to call home. Sad how the society is decaying with some gouging the public while others are struggling to put a roof over their head & food on the table.

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

The only blessings we have are that we are old and won't live much longer, but, what a way to die.😔

@afriendtoo6971

2 жыл бұрын

Wait till the republicans cut Social Security and Medicare.

@victoriat8481

2 жыл бұрын

Especially single parents with children. They wait far TOO LONG

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

Guess why that is. Feminism. You woman decided you didn’t need a man and now you’re alone and have nothing

@juki3451

2 жыл бұрын

@@dcg590 😆 🤣lol....just as senior men alone find themselves in the same predicament.

When I was young (1990's) and living in apartments my father stayed on me about buying a house....Finally bought one when the housing market collapsed in 2009, thank God I listened to him, never saw the housing market turn so bad, so fast!!

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

In 2009 I was on Craigslist looking for a chest freezer, somehow I stumbled on a listing for some condos in Phoenix selling cheap. The builder went under and the condos were like 90% completed but needed finished. 1600 sq ft, 3br/2ba. They needed some dry wall, flooring and appliances in the kitchen, that was it. Each condo was $10K cash only. I had $40K in the bank and bought 4 condos. I finished them and rented them now for 12 years. The 4 condos now worth over $1M. Best investment I ever made. I never did get a freezer.

@elmobolan4274

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 Wow, good investment, we didn't know we had it so good....feel bad for young people today!!

@zararatcliff5113

2 жыл бұрын

You have a good Dad

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

Notice everyone bragged about owning a home got their's cheap many years ago and then tell the young people to work hard and they can own a home too lol these home owners are delusional and out of touch with reality. My sister's husband bought a house with the help of his family ( because they are wealthy) and the other day my sister told me that I should buy a house. I told her "oh yeah, let me dust off the spare million dollar I leave lying around my place like a stack of old books.

@elmobolan4274

2 жыл бұрын

@@winning3329 I just think it's sad that young people today don't have what we had when we were young...literally a 1 bed rm apart rented for $450.00 w/a washer & dryer and no fees, sometimes all bills paid....

We desperately need housing for women in the u.s., too. I wish they'd bring back good quality boarding homes, too. If they continue policies in low-income housing that lump all the poor together into crappy constructed buildings with drug dealers, people that throw garbage all over, crime, alcohol in with others just trying to get ahead, the housing will continue to end up half empty, and dilapidated, and no one wanting low income housing in their neighborhoods. You can't lump everyone all together.

@iveyhealth2266

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@judica8873

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct. I am 70yo & also live in subsidized apt. housing in ND USA & experience the same issues. In 2011 I moved out of my apt & moved to Colorado to work with a former boss who was starting up a new business. After a year or so, the new business was up & running successfully & I decided to move back to ND because the altitude was affecting my breathing. When I returned to ND, I applied for subsidized housing & within a month I was able to move into the same apt bldg I'd previously lived in; different apt # though. In that year & a half I was in Colorado big changes were made in low-income housing eligibility. This apt bldg had previously been designated for the retired elderly & persons with severe physical disabilities but were able to live alone with little or no assisted care. This had been a wonderful community of wonderful & thoughtful people. But now it has revolving door residents who are between the ages of 25-54 who, after being homeless & gone through drug &/or alcohol rehabilitation, became eligible for subsidized housing. To be clear, I have no problem with this. I believe no human should be on the streets homeless. It is the responsibility of community members to provide decent affordable housing to all people. However, when a person is just plopped into an apartment after 1 or 2 months of drug-alcohol rehabilitation, or 1-2 months in a mental hospital, without any professional followup on a person adjusting to apt life trouble begins. Loneliness sets in, certain cravings and or psychological behaviors begins and very soon they are offering their apts as flop houses for their homeless friends. I've observed this time & time again where rival street people are flopping in someone's apt right next door of each other. Violence, hatred, out of control behavior brings police to our bldg multiple times a day, any time of day. I call these apt people revolving door residents because they get evicted for violence property damage break- ins illegal possession of fire arms etc. done by themselves but usually it's the people they associate with. These poor souls were just thrown into their apts, left alone, & without the skills to succeed in apt living. Once they're moved out, they are always replaced by someone who eventually in a short time is evicted for the exact same lease violations. But I insist that they deserve fair & affordable housing, & professionals & policies that institutions of rehabilitation follow have failed in assisting these poor soul to be successful as they transition to apt life from their former homeless street life. Mann it's damn tough out there & there & there. Amen.

@kransencrates

2 жыл бұрын

How about for everyone? Equality right?

@77HeIsLove_woot

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ides

@sylviarivas741

2 жыл бұрын

To many single girl 🤰 every year live on low income home wic food stamps and have worthless boyfriend living there both unemployed and paying very lil rent should build tiny homes for the single elderly people lots waste material at construction site could be use

My mom's 57 and lives in a van. In the US. She works for cash under the table and gets disability. Can't live on 700-800 a month anywhere. Anywhere. Even a room share.

@karenl.1695

3 ай бұрын

Why not you let your mom live with you? Shame

So good to hear that people and programs actually helped these wonderful ladies. When the lady with blue highlited hair said she realized she could have her pets, garden decorations, etc. it was sweet and made me think of the little trinkets I find at sales and thrift stores.

So glad these ladies were able to get a place. ❤️

There needs something like this in the states , I’m in Texas and was just fired at53 and have nothing

@steph2940

2 жыл бұрын

@@pm2886 I have been working pay check to pay check always something coming up, for a long time I honestly never thought I would live to this age . Then began working on my credit to try to buy something small in rural area then when I start getting to a good point this happened. I’ve spoken to several women who are in the same situation

@SFVnative

2 жыл бұрын

@@pm2886--There's no such thing as a cheap house in the U.S. anymore. And when people are low income their savings are wiped out by things like dentist bills, car repairs, medical expenses if their employment has no medical insurance, medical bills when they DO have medical insurance, being forced to move, etc.

@steph2940

2 жыл бұрын

@@royharper2003 one absence more then they allowed that was from 4 months ago and my absences would have fallen off in July

That's is so scary that older people have been pushed out of being able to live a secure life. My prayers and thoughts are with them! Thank God for the organizations that have helped them!

@lewisbale1

2 жыл бұрын

It's very sad, I believe it's worse here in the United States.

@dcg590

Жыл бұрын

Need to prepare for retirement

@mE-zx7pt

Жыл бұрын

​@@dcg590Most of them did but prices these days are too much. No point in trying to get you to think though.

Thank you for sharing this. This is happening in Ireland too. I am 61 years old & going through something similar. I found myself here watching this. I know there is Always Hope.☘💚.

Atul Gawande wrote one of the most important books I have read after turning 65 "Being Mortal". This is a book about growing old AND facing a life ending illness. Women need to come together and support EACH other in shared housing - putting a roof over our heads TOGETHER, cooking with EACH OTHER, providing emotional support to EACH OTHER, sharing expenses with EACH OTHER. We are strong alone but together we are POWERFUL and cannot be broken. Accept your physical limitations and embrace what you are becoming. Those with supportive children are very fortunate but many will not have "good" children to turn to--THAT is reality. PLAN ahead, talks with each other, develop friendships and be prepared--as best you can. Some of us are more fortunate financially but that is another fact of life.

@neatznotso7424

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to live in a community of tiny homes on land we own with communal spaces where we can eat together and hang out, have communal gardens but also have our privacy if wanted. The dream.

In case any one ever wondered why you see homeless sleeping out in the open on the sidewalks during the day, its because sleeping at night outside is too dangerous, you can get robbed or assaulted.. that's why they wait for sunlight to sleep in public, less chance of being taken advantage of! I didn't know this till it happened to me!

@mariekatherine5238

2 ай бұрын

I know. I lived in my car in NYC for two months during the worst of the pandemic in 2020. I became nocturnal for safety reasons. During the day, I took naps in different places to make it look like I’d just nodded off while reading.

You’re on your own in the USA. Lots of senior women in CA living homeless on the streets.

This would be a great idea for someone to create a roommate matchmaking business.

@carmenwheatley7316

2 жыл бұрын

I hear so many stories of people getting stuck with horrible roommates who let friends and family come In at all hours. Let them stay. Make a mess and never clean up, even people rummage through your stuff, sleeping in your bed when you’re not there. I would rather live in my car.

@GK-ku3zv

2 жыл бұрын

@@carmenwheatley7316 Tiny home community with groups of people footing the cost might be one solution.

@ladyleo944

2 жыл бұрын

@@carmenwheatley7316 So true I've considered the option of home sharing But im Christian and I cant tolerate even the thought of not just the one person but it's there company .alot of people are just not clean at all ,and hygiene and cleanliness is a must for me They go in & out late hours of the night ..No good ,Its alot to deal with when considering living with others ,Its nothing like your own place

Every one should have a financial education at elementary school level to begin with. World wide.

@trinleywangmo

Ай бұрын

And that stops people from being betrayed, robbed, or harmed?

It is so heartbreaking to see these ladies and to know that so many others are forced to live in their cars or in other unsuitable places, while the pubic housing system is full of people they don't deserve the property they live in. I live in public housing and we suffer from neighbours with antisocial behavior, harassments, drug use, property damage etc, actually we are not safe in our own home. The government should do some serious changes.

@Wendy-il3lu

Ай бұрын

Yes, yes. Lived and worked in them at one time and it's sad that living in a vehicle is better to me.

Thank you for sharing these stories. They highlight the similarities older women face around the world. I am embarking on a project to have older women (over 50) come together virtually to talk about life after 50. You know, our hopes and dreams, those deferred, new purpose and goals, relationships, challenges related to health, housing, etc. The need is there for us to encourage and support each other in every way. The women in these stories are so inspiring, and I wish them the abundance they deserve.

@SamStone1964

2 жыл бұрын

Where are you based?

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

dear life begins, go one better. share the proceeds of the books you will sell w these stories you collect. happy you found a way to help yourself, now don't forget who you owe for it.

Retirees grappling with the difficulty of meeting essential expenses often encounter this situation due to inadequate savings during their working years. The decisions taken in readiness for retirement carry extensive consequences, as demonstrated within my own family dynamics. Differing investment approaches yielded disparate results. Guided by a financial advisor.

@Believer292

10 ай бұрын

Indeed, that's accurate. I'm currently in my mid-50s. My wife and I were on a similar path until a couple of years ago when I decided to shift my investments to her wealth manager. While I haven't quite caught up to her accumulated profits over the years, I'm at least earning more now. I'm generating income even before retirement, and my retirement fund has experienced remarkable growth compared to what it would have with just the 401(k). It's quite amusing.

@hunter-bourke21

10 ай бұрын

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@rebecca_burns14

10 ай бұрын

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@hunter-bourke21

10 ай бұрын

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@james.atkins88

10 ай бұрын

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These ladies inspire and give me hope. It has been my nightmare for many years now that I will end up homeless in my twilight years. The US has some programs for older folks, but not enough and certainly nothing specific for women. Happy for these ladies and their housing good luck.

@grandmalovesmebest

2 жыл бұрын

Mag, yrs ago (many), i rem watching Oprah when she had a couple of lawyers on who talked about how the majority of baby boom women were bound to be living in poverty in their old age. they said the ONLY hedge the woman had was to "marry as well as possible and stay married as long as possible." we thought we could beat the odds. become strong, confident, educated women. live in the US. raise independent children. then reality hit. the good jobs went to the children of the elite, then the jobs went overseas or became nonexistent. then we learned that massive unemployment, inflation, medical insurance, etc would keep taking our savings every time we thought the bad times were over, they came back again and again. there was no stability even in the land of the free. Joplin was right. "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." we learned there were so many things that were beyond our ability to control that, no matter what we did to hedge our bets, change we couldn't imagine kept knocking us off balance. And, like all our ancestors before us we see that there is no way to ensure a future sans homelessness. still trying to survive on our own, refusing to give up. after all, as an old person, there is no future but death. may all the gramps and grannies have something to eat today, not be in too cold or in too much pain, not be hurt by criminals or authorities, and find something to smile or laugh about.

It is no different here in Canada. I am a widow and can so relate to these ladies. You can't function or get on with life when you don't have a secure place to live that you can afford, you just become immobilized. I am living in a bedroom and have a makeshift kitchen in the laundryroom dow stairs from the house my daughters' family rents and it is not ideal by any stretch. I need my own place where I can have friends over and a garden again. Like the one lady said, it doesn't need to be big or fancy, just mine and safe.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

I was a widow with two children when I was 21, we lived in a broken car. I worked full time and went to cosmetology school part time for 2 years. When I became a hairdresser I worked 60 hours a week for 20 years to be able to afford a house and make investments. It was tough, very though but I wanted security. We get what we earn, not necessarily what we want. I'm 69 now, not had to worry about income or housing for the past 25 years.

@raybon7939

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 50 living in Florida if your born before 1975 we need a protected status.

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 I'm happy for you but you achieved all that back when homes were affordable. May I ask how much you paid for your house and did you get a loan and did someone help sign for the loan? A hair dresser in today's economy would never be able to afford to buy a house you would have to be a ceo or surgeon or lucky to have a high paying job to be able to afford a home. There's nurses that can't even afford to live next to their jobs.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@winning3329 My investments were a generation ago, I don't compare where I was at that time to another time. That would be ridiculous if I compared my youth to the youth of my parents, everything changes, focus on the benefits and advantages YOU have NOW, not what someone had 40 years ago. My first house was a special deal. One of my clients was involved in building a community, she opened up the doors for me to learn real estate. I bought my home 1 year prior to the building started as they needed capital, I got a special rate, it was $27K. When the house was complete, the neighboring houses just then going on the market were $57K. which would be $275K in today's money. My advisor had me use the equity I had in the new home and buy another for my first rental property. The day I moved in my house I had 100% equity from the deal I got. The Universe brings you opportunity, if you're willing to see it and act on it. I did. I repeated the process as my properties grew in value, the rentals bought themselves and tenants paid the mortgage. I mostly rented to retired people, they stayed with me for years, I took good care of them and they paid off my mortgages. Salon income mostly went to investments, ROTH, savings. I learned to have money work for me. My teachers were worth every penning I paid them. Today the rules have changed, I tell young people just don't give up, never NOT try. Work and save, that one good opportunity will pop up and when it does have a bank load saved up to POUNCE on that good deal. Work one good deal and it can change your life. It's better to have than have not. If I were young today I'd start putting $10 a check into dividend & growth funds. Start the habit. The world is full of people ready to distract and criticize when you try to better yourself, don't listen to them. they are jealous. It's 20% numbers and 80% emotion becoming financially independent. I bet I could do it again, I don't give up. Arm yourself with people behind you, visit a financial counselor when you're broke, they can point the way, offer options you never thought of. I did it before Dave Ramsey, but he makes it simple. You don't have to recreate the wheel..see what others did and repeat the process.

@thriftflipfire3501

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 you are an inspiration! Please, everybody listen to her advice!!

Praise GOD! These four women and their own Homes! It brings me joy to see.

God bless all these lovely ladies. I pray life continues to improve for you all.

This is a crisis that everyone needs to be aware of !! Not only in Australia, but in the US as well !! Every person deserves to live in a comfortable, safe place !!

Im obsessed with these ladies gardens !! So cute

I was homeless, family could care less.

I am on the edge. My rent just went up alot and the place isn't healthy (mold) and the neighborhood is getting worse. I'm 67.

@feralLove

2 жыл бұрын

💓🙏

@Lifetalk849

2 жыл бұрын

Please seriously consider relocating to a small town in Nebraska. Good people. Safe communities. Affordable housing.

My heart goes out to all the elderly facing homelessness worldwide. It has become a planet of refugees!! Landowner's need to help even if its letting these elderly park a caravan on their property.

Young women need to learn to plan for these days in their later years. Also shocking some of these women have children who wont help.

😒I believe this is a FEAR FOR SOOOOOO MANY in this day and time!!!! What with Gas alone going Up and Up, not to mention the Cost of Food and EVERYTHING ELSE, it has MANY OF US CONCERNED!!!! Good Luck Ladies; you ALL are HEROS!!!!

This is a real eye-opener. This is, I know, a worldwide issue. I’m so happy for these ladies.

@trinleywangmo

Ай бұрын

And yet, everywhere we turn, no solidarity. No uniting.

The only way to change things is to create our own groups in our states. I often wish I could find enough like minded women in the same situation, maybe we would be able to find places to share and help each other, at least until we were able to get back on our feet.

@dcg590

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. The only way to change things is to be a nuclear family

I have 2 friends who are on the brink of homelessness. One was living on the coast, but got back together with her ex, and moved to the Midwest. They were going remarry when she got cancer, and he changed his mind. She has been left with lots of health problems, and he wants her out, but so far she has stayed in his house. The other friend was in another city and was being evicted. Her freelance jobs had dried up, and she was going to be living in her car. With some financial help from friends she was able to move to a smaller city into a crummy apt. in a bad neighborhood. Her jobs picked up, and she was doing better when she found out she is going blind, and she has cancer. Now she only has enough money for a few more months rent. I worry about both of them.

@missmodern

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry.

@rochelletaylor4558

2 жыл бұрын

These stories are breaking my heart...God's words are ringing in my ears.."THE LOVE OF MANY WILL WAX COLD" Folks, we are living in the last days that my mother would always speak about.

@donnyreiss1180

2 жыл бұрын

maybe he didn’t want to marry her because of the medical bills she would acquire & in marrying he would acquire

@margueritemazzeo2904

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry..absolute horror stories..🥺😪

@NeighborofKT

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnyreiss1180 If that’s the case, then he wasn’t husband material.

Wish we had something like this in the USA. Its waiting lists and here is a list of homeless shelters with no openings available. 😕

@kerrykuhn8838

2 жыл бұрын

Even with housing support in the states alot of the building's are managed by a development companies and beging low income you dont pass the credit checks and the buildings sit vacant. Not enough rights for the poor. God bless these women.🥰💞

@nikkipage9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@kerrykuhn8838 These companies let the buildings rot as well. Not wanting to make repairs, letting leaks and mold proliferate, it's not a pretty picture.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

I put myself through cosmetology school when I was young. Work and school 7 days a week for 2 years then worked as a hairdresser 60 hours a week for 20 years to afford a home and investments. None of my co workers bothered to knock themselves out so they could afford to prepare for old age, they laughed at me. At 42 my house was paid off in half the time, I invested in ROTH and savings. Now I'm 69 and not had to worry for the past 25 years. We get what we earn, not what we want. Work like a demon when you're young and have the stamina as the season comes you can't work like that. Be the Little Pig that builds her house of bricks, not straw, the Wolf comes to the door eventually, be ready.

@nikkipage9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 Guess I should have gone into cosmetology.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikkipage9132 Whatever you went in to go for it with all you've got and do massive overtime for decades...that's how I did it..If I were college material I might have done it easier. Do what you got to do to get what you. want to get

It is sad to learn that this is happening globally, and I commend the ladies in sharing their stories!

"A room of one's own " is that too much for an elderly woman to hope for?

Those are a very successful stories . I live in California , I am in my 70s . I thank the good Lord and the government subsides for the housing program I receive . I don’t know where I would be without it . 🏡

Older ladies living with boxes. This is what our lives become. Maybe it’s a lesson that we never needed all those THINGS in the first place. Thank you Australia from saving me from homelessness. I have a small, concrete flat and it’s my home for life. Public Housing is the jewel of our country … thank you. 🌹❤️

@maplecosy9429

2 жыл бұрын

They're not things. They're tangible memories of the love and loved ones in your life.

@tiffanysmith8460

2 жыл бұрын

@@maplecosy9429 Mine are mainly books. I keep my memories in my mind. 🌹

I was homeless for a short time here in the US. I didn't know that living on a porch, having no income and doing housework for my keep was homelessness. I'm 64 now and housing costs are through the roof. The parks are filling up with people who have nowhere else to go. I hope you Aussies have continued good health and stable lives.

Goodness, this is heartbreaking. I would do anything to keep my mom from ever going through this. I currently send her a few c-notes a month for her expenses but we live in different countries and she doesn't really need the money but it's the least I can do for her.

God bless these women for staying strong through their crisis. And God bless the people and agencies that are helping them too.

I have been homeless three times of my life since the age if 45. I am now 61.

" I could do things my way... I could have all the things close to my heart" YES.

Soooooo frightening and very sad,to find yourself at twilight years, homeless!! Thank God for those who reach out to help others 🙏🙏

Women are just so resilliant. All the ladies here, and out there, youre all just amazing, strong, creative, smart and surviving. ❤❤❤ bless you all.

12 years ago I bought 7 acres with a well, about 7 miles out of town. Beautiful, semi remote acreage. Significantly less expensive than in town. I built (site built) my first tiny home over the course of 11 months. I then built mobile tiny homes, 7 over the course of three years. Fast forward to now, I have a very decent air b&b income along with working a full time job. We are now building tiny homes for rentals in the area, there is a dreadful shortage of affordable housing in my fancy, fancy town. If you are successful, (comfortable) you need to take care of your community. Period.

@donnahalsted7718

2 жыл бұрын

I have lived on a thread for 14 1/2 years since my husband's death, putting away every cent possible to purchase a home near my Son, DIL and Grandchildren. I found property sharing their property line but the $33,000. I had saved wasn't enough. A friend had just enough in her retirement account to purchase it outright. Its in her name but I will purchase it from her as possible. Returning home I found the long saved money was gone. This is a bad habit that I seem to attract. I am very sorry for the ones who helped themselves. But starting over is something I'm accustomed to doing. It just gets harder the farther I get into my 70s. Seeing these almost thirteen acres I now have access to, I felt that they would be a perfect place for small homes for widowed women. The County the property is in is so permiated with communistic demands that permits, fees, inspection salaries, engineering requirements and more, at expenses above the home price itself, make it impossible for me, alone, to build a small home. I need a permit to live on my own property! Even a permit for a trailor, or motor home, no camping out permitted, a permit for a generator...! If I can figure out a way to build an affordable life as guaranteed by the Constitution on that land, the possibility for autonomous homes for widows is there. What a beautiful community it could be. I'm open to any suggestions.

Really loved the candid way the ladies talked about their past and homelessness. I have been to beautiful Australia but i didn't know the issue was this bad. Thanks, ladies! To all the ladies out there: May we all have a home!

@brianbeecher3084

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to now be a worldwide problem.

Oh Jo, your artwork is so beautiful.

Bless you four lovely ladies..

In San Diego the rent is crazy high here and I can't afford anything right now w my SSI so I don't know what will happen in the next couple weeks. You don't want to be a burden to your children they have their own lives and worries. So I'm watching this and grateful I at least have a car to sleep in. I've lost everything of value so it's extremely depressing. Also depressing knowing if something happened to me no one would know and it'd probably be too late. No one calls hey you have enough food or water, need a shower, or even just a hot meal. It's devastating to the heart and soul when you really truly realize no one cares if you live or die. and I try shake it off but going to sleep crying every night and waking up the same is not living. It's existing and I just don't want to do it anymore.

@sonnyroy497

2 жыл бұрын

Apply for low income housing right now. I'm moving into a subsidized apartment this week, I'm grateful.

@sharon-ge4zk

2 жыл бұрын

I do understand how you feel, having experienced the same heart sick reality that nobody seems to care. I blame it on the devil, he is the enemy. Keep your faith, don't let evil overtake you.. pray to the Holy Spirit... God bless

@readg4fun

Жыл бұрын

I hope you contacted your children.

@etl2993

9 ай бұрын

I believe there really are people who care. Sometimes people just aren't aware there is a problem. I have found reaching out does help (even to family who seem too busy or unconcerned/oblivious). And if family cant or wont help, You can reach out, and find new community and people that do care. You matter. You are not alone, even if it feels terrible right now. Im sorry you are hurting and I care about you.

@etl2993

9 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

l absolutely Love the lady's artwork! Amazing!!!

IM SO HAPPY FOR THESE WOMEN.

EVERYONE DESERVES A HOME!!! IN JESUS NAME...I PRAY EVERY DAY FOR ME AND ALL PEOPLE THAT NEED A GOD GIVEN HOME...❤️✝️❤️

wow! 70! i just got chucked out of a rent control apt.....after 25 yrs. They can do that in Canada.....chuck the rent control tenant, paint the place, double the rent. I was VERY lucky to get an apt after that...nowadays they only want ppl who have jobs. (Landlords got burned when covid hit and ppl lost their jobs) and i'm retired. Govt pensions in Canada do NOT pay enough money to rent an apt in most provinces in Canada.

I moved to Ecuador 2 yrs ago and living comfortably on $1100 a month SS

@MrsEJV

2 жыл бұрын

What do you do about health care when you are out of the country and lose Medicare?

@ecuadorexpat8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrsEJV much better and much cheaper healthcare here..72 $ a month ..they pay for EVERYTHING

@frederickmuhlbauer9477

2 жыл бұрын

Smart move Im in Turkey and insured through my wife Ive heard good things about Ecuador

@ecuadorexpat8558

2 жыл бұрын

@@frederickmuhlbauer9477 EC is the most awesome place

@feralLove

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE YOU EX-PATRIOTS NO SHAME??? BEING BRAGGARTS IS NOT BECOMING. DON'T THINK THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WILL NOT REVOLT AGAINST YOU BECAUSE RESENTMENT AND HOSTILITY IS GROWING TOWARDS EX-PATRIOTS SUCH AS YOURSELF AND YOUR SELFISH SENSE OF WESTERN ARROGANCE.

God Bless these woman !!!! Admire your courage and the encouragement you give to others through this video. AND.... GOD BLESS ALL THOSE who have had helped with the homelessness in Australia !!!!!! xoxoxoxo

This is inspiring and heartwarming. So glad all these ladies received help and are in safe comfortable housing. Jo's artwork is lovely!

I know how these 4 ladies feel. I was in the same situation. Thank GOD, I found a great place, public housing, you pay 30 percent. I can live. It is managed by 2 great ladies, God bless them! The place is TABCO in Towson, MD. No drugs in the building. This is what I like to hear. All utilities are included. And they have nice people here. God bless everybody. This is how I feel.

The woman who is an illustrator is so talented and should reach out to a publisher to illustrate books. She could also design menu's for restaurants or private businesses could use her artistic talents. I hope someone tells her there are options for her to earn money.

@wufflerdance9481

Ай бұрын

AI and other things destroy chances for big money in designing.

Excellent video yes I was almost homeless and nothing prepares you for that trauma. Indiana has a good amount of homeless population and the elderly population with this issue is growing rapidly even prior to the pandemic

Thanks for telling us about being abused by a parent as an older teen.

Women have been shafted for years with divorce laws. Women who devote themselves to family are just screwed. Every minute a woman spends supporting a man to help them get an eduation, start in business, raise children etc. should be given monetary value ! Instead...being a homemaker and mother is treated like nothing !! The laws are disgusting.

@Saoirse-xt7mi

2 жыл бұрын

@William Pierce How dare you try to gaslight Brega62 with ".... you demand even more special treatment"? 🤣🤣🤣 Special treatment? Bs! That's what all misogynists say when women dare to stand up for themselves and demand to be respected and compensated for their essential contributions to society. I'm sorry you have such a deep disregard for women. Just remember, a woman that gave you life!

@mnkwazi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Saoirse-xt7mi So did a man, that egg was not fertilized by itself.

@shelleyphilcox4743

2 жыл бұрын

@@mnkwazi In all fairness, you cannot compare the male contribution to the female contribution in conception, pregnancy, birth and early months of physical sustenance post birth with breastfeeding. The physical contribution on the female side is much greater and carries multiple physical risks of illness, injury and death, nd some mental ones like post partum depression. I'm totally up for a conversation on the equality of parenting roles in terms of economic provision and domestic non paid provision after the birth, and that the economic provision in traditional households being a very high pressure on men, just as there is a different kind of pressure but as important when you are the one making sure helpless offspring are safe, healthy and survive. All the aspects of raising a family, no matter who does which bits in what proportion is equal and should be respected for both parties. The difficulty when you are the non earning partner is that when things go wrong it is often impossible to recover from the financial impact on earning capacity...and that a fact whether you are a woman or a man.

@FigaroHey

2 жыл бұрын

It's all thanks to feminism. Before feminism made women 'equal' to men, if a man promised to marry a woman and broke it off, he could be sued for breach of promise, so men had to take women SERIOUSLY and not lead them on with promises they had no intention of keeping. Before feminism taught women to deny and repress and toxically medicate their fertility away (so that men could cheat and sleep around with no consequences and women could imitate rutting pigs with no consequences), a man was taught that he did not dare seriously date a woman unless he was able to support her financially without her working, and had at least good prospects of supporting a family on his wages alone. Along comes 'women's liberation' and women are brainwashed into thinking that the only way they can be 'equal' (whatever THAT means), is to go to work and make money and have 'power' in the world - while of course somehow managing to 'have it all' and fulfill themselves by having children and maintaining a home and creating a culture in the home and supporting the husband's career. So she works herself to death to earn a second salary, and what does that do to the economy? Drives prices so high - because every couple is 'double-income,' not taking into consideration that most of the woman's money goes to childcare, prepared meals, transport costs, etc., for all the work that normally she would do herself - that now women HAVE to work outside the home whether they want to or not. You can't buy a house on one income anymore - because feminism gave us the illusion that every couple basically earns twice as much as when women stayed home to look after children. Women can't deny men sex until they make a commitment to marry them and support their children, because women are supposed to take toxic drugs or other measures to be infertile and available for sex any time a man wants it -whether he knows her name or not (and she's proud of this 'freedom'). So many women become single mothers and live in poverty because women have to have the 'right' to get easy divorces - which is just easy poverty since alimony went out the window with 'equal rights' and 'no-fault divorce' - both products of the feminist revolution which is a serious war on women, motherhood, family, marriage, and all the things that tended toward men and women having secure, safe, well-supported networks around them in their old age. No-fault divorce means families don't bond, as children of divorce also divorce or refuse to marry, creating one-parent (usually poorer) homes. It's a downward spiral, all in the name of 'freedom', 'financial independence' and 'power.' When feminism has not take root in a culture, marriages are strong and divorce is rare, couples stay together and have children who support them in their old age, and for someone to be alone in old age is a huge shame and shock to normal people (so I hear from Indian and African friends, who are horrified by the degradation of 'the west' from family breakdown).

@shelleyphilcox4743

2 жыл бұрын

@@FigaroHey Some of your analysis is correct, theres no doubt cost of housing has increased based on a 2 salary model, although that is not the only contributing factor. Here is the other side of things to consider though. It's not like married men showed restraint in the past when they had more kids than they could feed...they still wanted sex within the marriage, or outside it, which meant women were pregnant all the time, more children, and lots of poverty and that led to poor housing, malnutrition, lack of ongoing education opportunity for the kids because they needed to get out and earn as soon as possible. Also think about what happened to women and children who were abandoned, or the husband became ill or disabled, or died. Widowed women still had to raise the children, work, but on less money...yet another detriment to the woman and her offspring. Add on to that she didnt even have a voice in politics, no vote or representation in parliament to raise the issues and influence policy. Also consider whether men were queuing up to take on a woman and her 8 or more kids and support them...or whether they were looking for a younger woman without the additional financial burdens. So yes, absolutely, women wanted access to education, access to good jobs and a vote to ensure their lives and that of their children werent an utter poverty ridden horrific nightmare for the rest of their days, with their only alternatives to be the Poorhouse/workhouse, separated from their children, children split up, family completely destroyed and exposure to the kind of horrific abuse and deprivation that went on in those institutions. You should also realise that for working class women, they have pretty much always worked. Whole families worked in mines and mills, down to 5 year old children. You are looking at a very short period of history and at the middle classes or wealthier working class. Women did piece work at home, or went out cleaning offices, in the small wee hours before getting home to get the kids ready and out to school, or took in laundry, or looked after other kids. They worked around their families just as they do now as well. If the financial wellbeing of a family, without restrained reproduction, relies pretty much wholly on one individual, that is a very dangerous and insecure situation where there is no welfare state and no equality of opportunity or equality of earnings for the same type of work. Furthermore, pregnancy and childbirth is a risky business for a woman's health and even her life is at risk so limiting the number of times your body is exposed to harm or even death is quite desirable, and should also be valued by respectful, appreciative and loving men. The problem is men who take all these things for granted because they are not at risk of harm from pregnancy and childbirth themselves and are at lower risk of grinding poverty due to earning capacity. These are the reasons we have tried to put things in place to mitigate or lessen some of these risks.

I can totally relate to these ladies. Decent housing should be A RIGHT for everyone! Only good will follow from that. Very nice to see a positive video this morning.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

We have the right to go to school, educate ourselves, become more marketable and afford a home. At least years ago we could, I did working 60 hours a week for 20 years as a hairdresser. You don't get what you want in life, you get what you earn. Today is a whole different situation. I was able to buy my home and rental properties decades ago, those properties will go to my children and grandchildren to make their lives easier.

@zararatcliff5113

2 жыл бұрын

Money does not grow on tress.

@winning3329

2 жыл бұрын

@@eckankar7756 even with college education homes are still not affordable in the year 2022. You are lucky that you were able to save money and afford to buy a house a long time ago when homes were actually more affordable. Many home owners today bought their homes in the early 90s to early 80's but in today's economy none would be able to afford a home. In today's economy a hair dresser is lucky to be making minimum wage. Also remember that all it takes is an unexpected tax hike and or an unexpected illness that drains your finances and you can easily end up homeless

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@royharper2003 Yes, they have the right but do they have the income to pay for it? You're guaranteed the opportunity, but unless you buy a lucky scratch off ticket it's going to take time going to school so you can earn enough income and willingness to put off immediate gratification today for a better gratification such as owning a home down the road.

@eckankar7756

2 жыл бұрын

@@royharper2003 I agree, I wasn't college material but I was beauty school material. I made a fortune with my investments from money I made doing cuts, color and perms.

This is happening all around the world we all should be having a nice cozy home and its wonderful to see these women are happy they are feeling good and feel safe the homes are lovely love and hugs sent to you all.

I think Vanessa is a strong lady and I can identify with her story. So happy she has found a place where no one can throw her out.💚

I'm 62 and have been homeless for 7 years, cause if sky high rents!

I'm so glad this video has blown up, HAAG does such amazing work, its rare to find a resource that actually helps provide long term housing. Theyre amazing.

Ohio, USA-It will be 52 places for me that I have lived, being forced out due to rent increase and greedy landlord, and corporate landlords who only want to turn a profit for their shareholders, gas is now over $5, I use to spend $10 a week, this week it cost me $48 in 4 days. Food it ridiculously priced, we are being gouge, after demanding more per hourly wages. We are reaching a crisis situation here in the United States. I am going to be 61, and still working, and live with my Autistic Adult daughter who is right now having trouble finding employment, we cannot even move out yet, until she has an income we have to prove we have as a combined income of 3X the rent. so $800 or more is the current rate of rent in my area, so that is $2400/month we need to show as our income, I work 30 hrs a week, after having a heart attack. So this is what is happening, not just to us, but many families with young children. I have zero debt thankgoodness.

I am so happy for these women that they now have a place where they feel secure, content & can call home.

I'm so glad things worked out for these women. We have to many homeless in the USA. Many of us are of the older age. There just isn't enough housing or help.

@mE-zx7pt

Жыл бұрын

I've noticed this, too--elderly people, not on alcohol or drugs, not mentally ill. Just unable to afford the rediculous prices.

Wow she can draw well