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Is it possible to be homeless in Ireland?

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  • #32
    HondaSami
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    cautiouscarguy wrote: »
    He was living in a council house. Which brings us back to my argument. If a hardworking decent person was to fall on hard times... well its hard to imagine seeing him and his family in sleeping bags at the local bus stop. I would imagine they would be also be able to avail of a council house and social welfare. Granted it might not be a nice life.... but its better than a sleeping bag.

    I would think the majority of homeless people are homeless by choice or their lifestyle.

    If a hard working person falls on hard times there is help out there, or living with family is an option.


  • #33
    Handsome Bob
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    BOHtox wrote: »
    I see a lot of homeless people where I work and it's mostly their choice, implicitly or explicitly. Any money they make is spent on beer and fags instead of putting it in to a hostel or rent for a house etc. There's enough help there for them and they either refuse it or sponge from it. I don't want anyone to be homeless ideally but realistically people are content to stay homeless.
    Sit in a rehab centre for one day and you'll quickly realise that "content" doesn't come into it.


  • #34
    dearg lady
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    HondaSami wrote: »
    I would think the majority of homeless people are homeless by choice or their lifestyle.

    If a hard working person falls on hard times there is help out there, or living with family is an option.

    my ex was homeless for a few months. He was thrown out of family home and nowhere else to stay. After a while I think he crashed with mates and then got a job, but a few months living rough. But I would agree the majority are by choice or lifestyle


  • #35
    topper75
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    I'm sure the homeless I see on the streets of our towns put themselves there. Or maybe it was the The Man.
    OP, did your sister talk about The Man?

    Even if a gas explosion destoyed my house and everything I own God forbid in this very night, I'd move in with friends, get onto the SW, VdeP - whoever. I wouldn't be cowering in a doorway with cardboard and a sleeping back asking passersby for change.


  • #36
    I Heart Internet
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    topper75 wrote: »
    I'm sure the homeless I see on the streets of our towns put themselves there. Or maybe it was the The Man.
    OP, did your sister talk about The Man?

    Even if a gas explosion destoyed my house and everything I own God forbid in this very night, I'd move in with friends, get onto the SW, VdeP - whoever. I wouldn't be cowering in a doorway with cardboard and a sleeping back asking passersby for change.

    I agree with you topper. But people do sleep in doorways.

    I think it happens when people's safety net(s) fail them - their family, friends, any education they might have had. The safety net fails them or (maybe more common) they're unwilling or unable to accept any help.


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