PieFedHomeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer and coffee maker
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She wasn't homeless until they found her and kicked her out.
How many of you read this headline and considered how much money youd save on rent?
Went through a quick list of store signs in the area, tbh.
Same
Honestly. My first thought was 'good for her.'
Me...
When you make it illegal for unhoused people to even exist in public, don't be surprised when they find places to hide.
Another story says she was offered housing assistance and turned it down.
Anyone who ever talked or worked with homeless people about housing, knows that turning down housing is normal, because housing offered to homeless people (seen as desperate) will sometimes have worse quality than semi-autonomous living on the street or the illegal. That's why there are qualified social workers working in homeless services.
I wonder what her reason was. Ive heard that there are a lot of restrictive conditions with public housing services. Maybe excessively so. I can understand the reasoning behind things like curfews, but I would despise having such rules imposed on me as a grown adult.
Sometimes the deal for housing assistance is just terrible. That’s why some of the unhoused in my area turned down assistance.
Housing assistance is rarely ever “hey, here are some keys, rent is 500/mo. Enjoy your new appartement!”
If we just did as the finns did, life would be so much better for so many people
What do the Finns do?
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its-a-miracle-helsinkis-radical-solution-to-homelessness
Reminds me of an episode of Malcolm In The Middle.
Bro, it reminds me of two episodes of Malcolm lol.
One the dude living inside Lucky's Aid, and the second is the protesting in the spectacular woman sign haha.
I don't remember that second one. Will have to try and track that down.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.
The woman, whose name was not released, told police she had a job elsewhere but had been living inside the Family Fare sign for roughly a year, Warren said.
A spokesperson for SpartanNash, the parent company of Family Fare, said store employees responded “with the utmost compassion and professionalism.”
“Ensuring there is ample safe, affordable housing continues to be a widespread issue nationwide that our community needs to partner in solving,” Adrienne Chance said, declining further comment.
The director of a local nonprofit that provides food and shelter assistance said Midland — which has a population 42,000 — needs more housing for low-income residents.
“From someone who works with the homeless, part of me acknowledges she was really resourceful,” said Saralyn Temple of Midland’s Open Door.
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I hope the person was able to crash there at least a bit relaxed. I'd be afraid to make noises or to be seen at the wrong time or places when getting home.
Oh no, not a computer and a coffe maker! Doesn't she know homeless people can't have those? Scandalous, this scum trying to live like real people!
Was that your read on the headline?
I have a feeling there might be irony, or even sarcasm involved.
No, that was my reaction to the headline.