housing

[Guest guest]

Lesley - I was fortunate enough to have good friends in London to help with

the animals. Most people squat because they have to. I squatted because they

wouldn't accept my housing application: deemed intentionally homeless

because I chose to move off a boat that was sinking because the water

authorities had accidentally damaged it! Getting a new boat was my way out &

now we are safe & dog & cat are home. I know a lot of people don't have this

opportunity- which is why I work with the homeless in my job now. A lot of

nightshelters, hostels etc here do accept dogs, which is really good. There

are creative solutions out there for people - if you are determined enough

to find them.

Hannah

[Guest guest]

Damn, I think my first message got lost!

Have you heard of the HOPE Project, which is part of the National

Canine Defence Leage, and helps homeless people and their dogs, with

free veterinary treatment for instance.

Well worthwhile supporting them.

St Mungos also have some hostels where they allow homeless people

with dogs.

 

I hate prejudice against squatters, and I was wishing I had had the

guts to squat with my kitten if that was my only solution which would

have prevented me from giving her up, because I was miserable with

that horrid landlady, but I also remember my boss looked down rather

on a couple of my colleagues because they were squatters. I was a

coward, afraid of the stigma of being a squatter, even though I

personally understood that people usually did it because of the lack

of affordable and non-oppressive housing.

Disgusting the way you were treated by the housing people.

 

Lesley

 

>

> Lesley - I was fortunate enough to have good friends in London to

help with

> the animals. Most people squat because they have to. I squatted

because they

> wouldn't accept my housing application: deemed intentionally

homeless

> because I chose to move off a boat that was sinking because the

water

> authorities had accidentally damaged it! Getting a new boat was my

way out &

> now we are safe & dog & cat are home. I know a lot of people don't

have this

> opportunity- which is why I work with the homeless in my job now.

A lot of

> nightshelters, hostels etc here do accept dogs, which is really

good. There

> are creative solutions out there for people - if you are determined

enough

> to find them.

> Hannah

[Guest guest]

L,

Thanks for the support.

Yeh - I'm putting a directory together for homeless people here at the

moment - I've included blue cross etc. There's a day centre here which RSPCA

have dones sessions at. There are goodduns out there too.

H

 

-

" Lesley Dove " <100706.3632

<vegan-network >

Friday, May 04, 2001 12:27 PM

Re: housing

 

 

>

> Damn, I think my first message got lost!

> Have you heard of the HOPE Project, which is part of the National

> Canine Defence Leage, and helps homeless people and their dogs, with

> free veterinary treatment for instance.

> Well worthwhile supporting them.

> St Mungos also have some hostels where they allow homeless people

> with dogs.

>

> I hate prejudice against squatters, and I was wishing I had had the

> guts to squat with my kitten if that was my only solution which would

> have prevented me from giving her up, because I was miserable with

> that horrid landlady, but I also remember my boss looked down rather

> on a couple of my colleagues because they were squatters. I was a

> coward, afraid of the stigma of being a squatter, even though I

> personally understood that people usually did it because of the lack

> of affordable and non-oppressive housing.

> Disgusting the way you were treated by the housing people.

>

> Lesley

>

> >

> > Lesley - I was fortunate enough to have good friends in London to

> help with

> > the animals. Most people squat because they have to. I squatted

> because they

> > wouldn't accept my housing application: deemed intentionally

> homeless

> > because I chose to move off a boat that was sinking because the

> water

> > authorities had accidentally damaged it! Getting a new boat was my

> way out &

> > now we are safe & dog & cat are home. I know a lot of people don't

> have this

> > opportunity- which is why I work with the homeless in my job now.

> A lot of

> > nightshelters, hostels etc here do accept dogs, which is really

> good. There

> > are creative solutions out there for people - if you are determined

> enough

> > to find them.

> > Hannah

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In response to creative solutions..

 

I'm not sure about elsewhere, but specifically here, in Utah, there's

been a widespread domino effect of businesses replacing their

dumpsters with 'sealed dumpsters' to prevent the homeless from

dumpster diving and sleeping in their trash receptacles. This, in

turn, has directly contributed to homeless starvation and freezing.

These businesses have their reasons for choosing sealed dumpsters,

such as not wanting to be held liable if someone were to get cut on

glass, but is it right for them to solve their profit predicaments by

directly contributing to other problems? The local homeless shelters,

the homeless, squatters, tax payers, grassroot communes, etc suffer

the brunt of these 'business savvy' choices.

 

So, how to solve this problem? One " creative tactic " , it's been

proposed to tax businesses which choose to have these sealed

dumpsters, to:

 

A.) Make sealed dumpster less profitable, hence more undesirable and

B.) If sealed dumpsters are chosen, to have the tax paid on them go

directly into local homeless shelters.

 

We could all run around putting super glue into the sealed dumpster's

locks, but the above solution proposed seems like it may be a bit

more effective. Ideas/suggestions?

 

--Melanie