It’s not a solution, but as someone who slept in her car in a college parking lot because her father got pissed at her being around his house while queer, it’s better than we’d had. I was afraid I would get in trouble for sleeping like that. Mind you, the main reason I couldn’t sleep that night was that it was really fucking cold and it’s really hard to sleep in a car.

Housing first is the best solution, but we also need humane solutions for short term homelessness. The “I left in the middle of the night and need a few days to get my bearings because things could go any humber of ways” type stuff. Shelters are so intimidating and have a reputation for being hostile to those that need them.

My college had a food bank, and as I think of this, they really could’ve had a shelter for students as well. Just a few dorm rooms done simple with literature on resources where if you need to stay there a few days you can. Instead I wasn’t allowed to sleep on a student’s couch for more than two consecutive nights.