How can you find a room to rent if you are homeless?

Answer 1

Check with your local Housing Authority, homeless outreach program through your County human services, or with churches.

Answer 2

A homeless person lives in an upstairs classroom of our church. She follows our 'rules' very well and also oversees other homeless people who wander onto church property to sleep. She has a history of substance abuse, but since Rehab she is free of that. Some rules are: 1. No alcohol, smoking, drugs. 2. No visitors. 3. She can use our kitchen. 4. She participates in the life of our church. 4. She is accountable to church leadership for oversight. 5. Show discretion on interactions with church attenders.* Her residence there is not known by everyone who attends.

The arrangement is working well; she and I have become great.

buddies. She has been a blessing to have around the church.

A funny incident: A person was hired to come in and direct a play. He was still doing stage set-up late at night. She (homeless resident) had not been notified, so she was checking to see if he was 'legit'. It frightened the "livin' daylights out of him, when she entered the sanctuary from the back of the room!"