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Well to start off, I am homeless, so I can’t really ask myself for help with that.

But imagine engineering hearts so that we did not have to ask?

Of course, you should not need to ask, in a better world.

If govt really cared about it, more than that, if (most) PEOPLE really cared about it, it should be top 3 priority of any govt in any country.

- Govt should build massive cheap hotel-type housing spaces (full free) equipped with bare minimum necessities like roof, heating, food, basic healthcare (not million $ free cancer treatment).

- Mandatory drug rehabilitation (if applicable)

- Mandatory job search/placement/training

- Jail with forced-labor for people who put no effort and/or causes disturbance

If your govt has $6M to fund tourism in Egypt, money to fund opera/ in columbia, comic book in peru, then they have money to help homeless people IN the country. No money should go to non-citizens (let alone non-citizens in another country) while citizens of a country go homeless.

I am typing this from the security of my home, without worrying about 0c temp, or food. So it is easy for me to say this but still, I am sorry that you are going through this, and I sincerely wish you the best; that your life turns around, even if just a little, enough to have a roof over your head.