Accepting one’s homelessness can yield a kind of psychological peace, Busby writes.

Tim Busby hears a whole crowd of people talking to each other in his neighbor's tent. But when he looks inside, she is the only person there.

With evictions notices becoming legal once again, tens of thousands of Americans who once believed that they would never become unsheltered are going to experience homelessness firsthand.

Only after I accepted the fact that the person I was before was never coming back…could I begin to accept another life.

I can’t help but think to myself, “now the general population is getting a taste of what we, the homeless, face everyday.”

Through the long hard process of becoming homeless, you break, lose sight of the basic values of life and become depressed to a level only the home- less few experiences.

After a series of horrific events I found myself living on the streets at the age of 49, and Christmas suddenly took on a whole new meaning

In April, the City of Berkeley voted to enforce a new law that limits the amount of space your personal be- longings can take up on the sidewalk. The new regulations state that if your personal property takes up more than 9 square feet, the city can take it away, and you could be subject to a citation.

Berkeley’s homeless residents staged a protest march on Wednesday, October 23rd, starting at the Seabreeze encampment on University Ave and West Frontage road and ending at Berkeley City Hall. The purpose of the march was to bring attention to the cruelty of what I will call the “homeless shuffle,” the process by which agencies such as CalTrans, the Berkeley Police Department, and Amtrak take turns forcing people to move from corner to corner, and disposing of all their personal property in the process.

I would like to share my experiences with one of the most fascinating people I have ever met. For the purposes of this story, I will call her Emerald. And if you believe in the powers that gemstones and crystals contain, her name is very appropriate.

Summertime is here in sunny Northern California, but what does that mean for the homeless living on the streets? It’s not that hard to figure out, it means limited access to showers, sweating all day, wearing stinking clothes and a real need for access to the basic human necessities.

I have a group page where I post stories and also answer questions about homelessness. Recently, someone posted the following

Jesse Arreguín has been the Mayor of Berkeley since 2016. He ran on a platform of building more affordable housing, raising the minimum wage, and changing the city’s approach to addressing the homeless crisis. In the years since, he has been met with both praise and criticism: while some have embraced his leadership, others have argued that he is not as progressive on the issue of homelessness as he led his constituency to believe—such as with his yes vote on the council’s recent overnight RV parking ban.

People measure success in many different ways. For some people it’s marriage and children. For others it is making money. For many it’s just paying the bills due each month. And then you have people, such as myself, who believe that success is in the friendships you make, and in fulfilling the basic necessities needed in order to survive.

Homeless veterans make up a large percenage of the homeless population in the United States. According to a 2018 report

It was January 2016 when I found myself in Berkeley, California, by way of New Orleans. Little did I know

It was December 2015 and I had been homeless for approximately two years. I had been living in New Orleans

I would like to tell you about a friend I met while living on the streets of Berkeley, approximately three

Time and time again, Berkeley’s elected officials—and wannabe politicians running for office—promise that they will solve the “homeless problem” as

I have spent the last six and a half years of my life homeless, and the last three and a half years living solely on the street. I have put a great deal of effort into gaining first-hand knowledge of the mentalities of individuals I have met.