My 82 year old mom lives with me and YES.........Hard is putting it lightly but necessary and I know she's safe, eating well, warm when it's cold and cool when it's hot- She's got all she needs until she doesn't need it anymore but boy is it a struggle. I went through it with my dad, too.
What is sad about this situation is our government sends billions to foreign countries and ignoring their own citizens basic needs to survive. Senior citizens and children are homeless, but we give thousands to everyone except those who desperately need help, Prayers for this lady, sending hugs.
SS is a failing Ponzi scheme, but you are absolutely right that we should not be sending money to other countries, especially Ukraine. The majority of that money is being laundered and the weapons sold. That money should stay right here in the USA and used to help our own people.
I stockpile food too because I was a single mom and it wasn't stable. I made $200/month too much but I was going through a custody battle not receiving support. I had $15/wk for groceries and my toddler's diapers. I washed clothes in the tub and hung them on the shower rod for five months. I bought a share through a food coop $15 for $30 of food, though the meat was frozen and expired. Plus I had to work two hrs a month to be in the program. The free clinic here where I live gives food out to any resident of the city and they ask how many people in your family so they increase it per family member. You can go twice a month. It's a really great provider for the community. When I was on short term disability for my hip and then surgery/recovery, I utilized them for me and my husband.
And the food that's available in giveaway programs all contain salt, sugar and starch - three unhealthy food types that can be deadly to an elderly woman.
We can give money to nearly every other country across the world. We need to spend a fraction of what we give away building affordable homes for our seniors.
If we gave nothing to other countries we would still have the problem of not building housing for our folks. We actually give very little of our federal budget to other countries for foreign aid. That's not why we don't take care of our folks. We simply don't prioritize housing for all. Only 1/4 of all those eligible for housing vouchers can get them - because the federal government simply doesn't budget for the amount needed for all who qualify! Heartless.
Everybody is making comments on how she is surviving by being prepared and how she chose to live this way. She's in her 70s. Shes done her time in life. She deserves to live out her last years on earth comfortably without having to compromise on housing, food or healthcare
Seniors cannot survive on social security alone its shameful in this country .My dad is 87 years old on social security but he lives with me which I love could not imagine him anywhere else.
Amen to you for having your dad with you. I took care of my mom before her passing. When she got Alzheimer’s. But, when my dad was alive he got sick and couldn’t work. My brother took my parents in. And it was great to have them all in one place to see and visit. I just know my mom wouldn’t be able to afford living alone. And, my sis is also in a situation where she lives with her daughter. But can’t afford to live on her own. She’s also a senior. It’s a horrible situation for many.
@@craftyplanner thx. I’ve been taking care of family no matter how hard it’s been. Sorry for your mom loss. Hope your dad feels better soon. God bles your bro. It’s a blessing to have them in 1 place to see together. But ya take care and amen
@@mygoodlife204 she's not trying to make it negative, she's trying to put it out there because there are people forced into this life among the ones who choose to do it, this needs to get out there.
God bless you, Lindy. I'm also 75, living in a tiny apt that takes most of my SS for rent. Fortunately I also have a modest pension from a government job which must cover every other expense. I'm slightly over income for any assistance. My vehicle is too small to live in & I still owe more for it than it's worth. I feel stuck too. My grown children could not help me nor are they in situations I want to live in. In some ways I envy you. But I'm grateful for what The Lord has provided for me. I pray He continues taking care of you.
Being a 69 year old woman, and being a disabled retiree at this point, I am seeing everything you said to be true. I am a Registered Nurse, and having a very hard time, finding remote work. I need remote work, because of my back issues. I am waiting to have surgery to try and improve my back, but there are no guarantees! My 401 is being used up, and I am moving out of my Condo, and am hoping to use the money I get, to buy some land with my sister, and a Modular home. I am hoping to get a remote Job, but so far nothing! It really is our Countries dirty little secret, on how we treat the elderly! Even my oldest son has abandoned me! Thank God for my youngest son. He has moved in with me, to help me with my physical needs. I support people like us!
Justice, I wish you the best! When you buy the modular home remember to stay fairly small (single wide) if you can. There is a video done by Penny Pincher The American Nightmare. A husband and wife had the husband's small trailer. I think the story line went that they went to the bank 🙄and got talked into getting loans😰for a new vehicle and double wide trailer. They lost their home. A neighbor bought it after the foreclosure (I think that's how it went). To all of us- don't buy big. Try to buy what you can afford without the "help" of banks. Good luck to us all!
@@rustykatt3870 Rusty, its not a manufactured home its a modular home, like a regular sticks and bricks. Its just made at another site. I'm getting at least 1500 square feet.
@@rustykatt3870 I agree. It will take me 17.5k to my modest old little townhome till next yr June to pay it off. Then HOA, insurance and taxes about 550 a month even if it is paid off. Not to mention repairs needed which I can't do myself.
yes horrible. Our elderly should all have homes. Simply find abandoned homes n give them w no taxes... to those 65 n older then recycle when they pass on. This would work!
Then if this is the case you should be saving all the money you would otherwise be spending on rent and utilities. Use this time to your advantage, you may eventually wind up in a pretty nice place financially.
Yes, but they are/have made laws criminalizing people for sleeping in their car! I understand about neighborhoods not wanting some that are bad but there are people sleeping off of a highway in a remote area and people are mad about in Las Vegas. Best wishes. A lot of people will be forced to do it because the cost of everything is just too high, especially rents.
My Mother raised my brother and I by herself. She never had any retirement money and worked at Walmart Photo Lab along with Social Security to survive. When she wasn’t able to work anymore, my brother and I made up the difference. We took care of everything for her. Eye glasses, prescriptions, clothes, food, utilities, gas, tv, furniture, computer, cellphone, cable and more. Her SS checks just paid her rent in her apartment. Mom wouldn’t have survived without us. It’s so sad how America treats seniors and veterans. I’m glad my brother and I had careers where we could take care of her all the way to the end of her life. She was one of the lucky ones. Mom had family.
May God bless you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 A lot of children out there take their parents or caregivers for granted. They turn the other cheek and don’t want to recognize how well, with love they were taken care of! You both had honor your mother. Your days shall be long. For this is a commandment with a promise! Amen 🙏🏻
And this is also something that our culture is actually rather strange about is that we don't look to our family as much as other cultures. I think that we should help our family. I mean I've helped my mom quite a bit and my daughter helps me and I help her and also my other daughter people should be more family-oriented and help each other. There was a time when older people would always live in the same house as their children. Of course they usually had a big house so maybe that's an issue, but it just seems to me that the other problem is zoning laws that restrict you from doing whatever you want in your yard and you're on your property. Like there should be a way to have a tiny home maybe in a backyard zoning laws are very unfriendly to people sharing property and that needs to change as well.
Hello :)- I am a 51 year old male who has rented my entire life and even though I have a job, I have been forced out of the rental market in not a great are of downtown Las Vegas in an unsafe neighborhood. I have been forced to move into a weekly motel which is as much as renting a 1 bedroom apartment. I am at the point where I am going to be forced into a van only because even renting a room in somebody's house for a $1000 is not even an option. I have been researching van life for a number of months now. This is a SAD reality in America. Someone in out country needs to wake up because this is unacceptable!!!! :)-
The future is not bright for anyone that doesn’t start retirement savings in their late 20’s. Youngsters will have a tough row to hoe if they don’t reach retirement with 750 to a million in savings. It’s not impossible if you start in your late 20’s. SS will cut it, trust me. These numbers may seem unreachable but they are not, I’ve been retired for 24 years.
@@johng4250750K in 30 years means I would have to save OVER $2K per month, every single month. That’s about how much I make for the entire month. It all gets spent on gas, food and bills. 😢
@@johng4250 I partially agree with you, whilst its easier if you start in your 20s ... anytime is better than never. I''m 52 and up to now don't have much in the way of a pension, but I've just about got enough for a deposit for a home, I will get a 3 bedroom place and rent out the other two rooms to pay my mortgage in 10 years, plus I've been working for NHS last 2 years, and by the time I retire, it will be more than enough with the state pension, NHS 15 years worth of pension, plus buying a house that's bigger than what my retirement needs are. but... absolutely, living solely off a state pension is very difficult - so do all you can to avoid it.
It's the federal govt's responsibility to ensure that no American is homeless, let alone homeless and living (and dying) in squalor)..."charity begins at home", "seal the borders, 'open borders' are insane", "stop with the 'massive immigration'".
The older people I know lived in subsidized housing or absolute free rent, received low cost or free medications, same with healthcare. The young people I have known who have no husband or boyfriend supporting the kids just herself, got free housing, healthcare, food stamps, some transportation free, bus passes etc and welfare checks.
One other thing that is ludicrous is that these people paying rent like my daughter does $1,600 a month rent. I don't know how she does it, for an apartment, cannot qualify for a house loan that would have a lower payment. These are this is an example of some of the rules that need to change. In addition, there should be zoning changes so that there are allowable exceptions. For example, putting a tiny home in a backyard that is large enough, if you have 5 acres you can only have one home on that 5 acres for example. They should change that to two and a half acres. That way you could have a home and you could have a small tiny home or something for an older person or a relative or whatever.
It’s not just seniors friends a lot of young people can’t afford these rentals since the pandemic.. also in my area minimum wage is still $7.25 hr..so even a $15 a hr job you would struggle becsuse a 1 br here is now about $1300… I been in my apt 11 years and my rent went up $100 in June and $800 a month is cheap .. but hard on a fixed income but since I had a 2 br my daughter and grandson moved with me because she lost her job when the pandemic hit ..but we budget separately.. because she is a single mom.. no support for the child.. .. the father has never had contact and he is almost 8 so I’m glad I could at least provide shelter.. we make it work and have for the last 2 years..I live very frugal and believe in every check I get something goes to savings.. cause the pandemic wiped me out but my bills stayed current..
This is exactly why I hated working as a caseworker because everything is stacked against helping people. IF she had received SNAP benefits (food stamps) because her income WAS $8 less? Guess what? She’d receive the minimum she was eligible for! Like $21. How do people say this is the best country? This is embarrassing. Bless you ♥️
It IS the best country, but that does NOT mean everything is ideal. There is A LOT we can improve. Step 1: vote out people who give OUR tax dollars to foreign countries and illegal immigrants.
As a Dane, I am amazed at how little the American government helps their own elderly who do not have the means to manage the most necessary things themselves. The Danes have a social law which ensures, among other things, that in addition to a "people's pension" (which, however, is in relation to the amount of personal earnings), certain supplements can be granted for medicine, glasses, dentist, rent subsidy, heating assistance, etc. It may well be that we are at the top of the tax list, but we get something for the money. In addition, free library, hospital treatment, schools and university are provided to the population. In order to afford all that, the government has had to choose to limit the number of refugees and immigrants, but provides all the help they can afford for, among other things to Ukraine and certain foreign countries.
LINDY great insights. Thanks so much for sharing. I am not a van person as I have many animals so I live in an old house. But I admire your perseverance and reslience. It is not easy but I sure admire you Lindy. One fine woman. Great vid.
I'm a retired hospital dietitian and this was one of the most frustrating parts of my job. It was frequently senior women living in poverty who had to buy their medications and then had nothing left for food. So many of their medical conditions would be improved and medications not needed if they could eat better!! The government will pay through medicare for a diabetic's foot to be amputated but not for enough medication and healthy food to avoid that problem. So sad and frustrating.
I know exactly what you mean. I am 61, disabled and need new knees, but I am post-menopausal with hypothyroidism, which makes it nearly impossible to lose enough weight for knee surgery. Medicare won't pay for any weight-loss prescriptions that would help, but they will pay for bariatric surgery, which I do not want. I also worked in a hospital for many years, and I have seen some horror stories as a consequence of it. The government is willing to pay for invasive surgery, but not for a pill that would be a safer alternative.
@@truthhearit1471 You don't know enough about weight loss. The body is programmed to retain fat - and it is very difficult to lose it. Almost impossible without medication or surgery.
I totally agree. I am 63 and am still working, and I don’t see any end to it. It’s a shame. The sad part is a lot of younger Americans do not respect the elderly.
The time to plan for retirement is in 20's and 30's. If you don't get it all taken care of early, it's likely you'll work until you can't anymore. And when you can't anymore, the conditions you'll live in will be that of the poor. That may be why some younger people don't respect the elderly. The elderly that they're exposed to, appear to be something the young people have no desire to become.
@@enermaxstephens1051 A lot of elderly did plan for retirement. Things right now are crazy expensive. If you’re young, you will one day find out. There is also people who couldn’t plan, because they lived from paycheck to paycheck. There is absolutely no excuse for disrespect to the elderly. I took care of my parents with the help of my children. My parents had nothing to leave anyone. We took care of them out of love for them. The Bible speaks of honoring our parents and caring for the poor. The problem is, too many don’t believe in GOD, but all over Harry Potter.
In socialist and woke Europe elderly are revered! Often 3 generations live in 1 household. BUT THATS WOKE!!! SOCIALIST! You are in the greatest country on earth and ITS ABOUT THE FREE MARKET!!! IF THE OLD SUFFER THATS HOW IT GOES BECAUASE MAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THE WEALTH NEEDS TO GO TO THE TOP 0.2% BABY!!!
She is right about being better off in the van and here is why. I am a senior now and I got into an independent living situation for 52 and older. It was marvelous or so I thought. NOT. It was supposed to be for market rate residents. I felt as though I was rewarded for all my years of work finally. NOT. They started moving in all kinds of people that were on assistance. Not to say that all people on assistance are druggies or filthy but the neighbor I had was. They ignored my pleas to help, lied to me, gaslighted me and told me they did not smell anything when they were standing in the stink. He would scream all night after his meth binges, my apartment was not habitable. I thought I was going to die. 2 very elderly ladies across the hall did die. The duct work was inter connected so there was no way to stop it. There were roaches, and bed bugs in some of the apartments, and the carpet was molded in the hall ways. They locked up the AC box in the hallways to save money so the molded carpet got worse. When a friend took me out I could hardly walk. I was sick for over a week. Could not eat. The place was not owned by the city housing authority but it was managed by it. They pulled up the pool. The day room ceiling was falling in. And you know what, they got away with it because no one came to check up on their elder family or check out the place and they KNEW this. So they did whatever they wanted. I went to the Head of the housing authority and she did nothing. She wrote me and intimidating letter. I realized that the building was owned by city investors, lawyers, doctors, etc. They were all in bed with each other. We were simply a tax write off. I went to the mayor, had an appointment, but when I got there, he was sick and could not see me. So even after I left, and lost all my furniture, I still cared about the people there, I called the state health department. I knew any complaints to the city would be laughed at. But not the state. They health department went in and pulled that guy out and they had to redo his whole apartment. Yahoo!! It would have been cheaper to just enforce the rules. Yep. It was unfortunately too late for the 2 ladies who died. Thank God, I got out or I would be dead too. Meth causes your blood pressure to go up and can cause a heart attack or stroke especially in the elderly. I lost my stuff but I got out alive. So even in places that are supposed to be good for elders, there is stuff going on. Not good. Please check on you elders. We are to honor our father and mother. No where in that command does it say honor your perfect mother and father.
God bless you. I'm 75 in affordable housing and I have neighbors from hell. This weekend I'm going to start setting my car up for sleeping in at night so I can sleep more than 2 hours without being woke up. I can go home in the daytime and get things done so I can move out. I have no choice as my physical and mental health are suffering immensely. I have ptsd , depression and anxiety. People are just getting so disrespectful, cruel, inconsiderate and the list goes on. In my case it's narcissistic abuse. I hear you and understand you did what you had to do. May you find peace and serenity and simple things as a roof over your head where you are safe. I'm going to. I've had enough. Keep on keeping on.
@@sharon70418 God bless you. I understand completely. I have slept in my car as well. I have another neighbor from hell as we speak. The landlord is not enforcing the lease. He is selling drugs. Smoking and makes me miserable. But I am not running anymore. All the apartment managers care about is occupancy and money. Just be careful. I am praying for you.
@@sharon70418 hey I am sorry to hear you are going through this. I fixed up my SUV for camping but ended up escaping from the next place, a room I was renting. It was terrible and my thyroid swelled up. But thank God all I had to do was jump in my Ford Escape and escape. I had already also prepared for my pet guinea pig in there to. I went to a campground where I had electricity. And water hookups. It had a nice bath house. I had a hot spot on my phone for internet to run on my 32 inch big screen which separated the back from the front. When I pulled into a spot. Two other campers immediately saw I only had a small pop up tent that I had bought to house my electric scooter. It had to come out cause it took too much space. They put me up a big tent they had for me to go back and get what I could of my stuff and store it. Campers always are so friendly. I enjoyed that time. I think my guinea did too. I had a stand up portable AC with the exhaust running out the window. I was comfortable. Since I am alone in life, I try to think in advance. I am going bug it out again just in case. I just bought another portable ac. Was thinking yesterday to get a bug out bag together. Hang in there. There is no shame in t he game of taking care of yourself. Move in silence and do what you have to do.
Same with here in Canada. Work all your adult life. Pay taxes. Become a senior, with possible health problems and this government will shit on you. More so if you're disabled, seeing more and more disabled ppl living in their vehicle. While immigrants get subdaize housing.
It's incredibly corrupt. The run around, the failed responses to emails and n in unreturned calls. The long hold waits where calls are dropped or you give up. The lack of contact names and extension numbers or detailed messages Where exactly is this $$$$$$ going? Because it isn't reaching the people that it's supposed to be reaching
Clearly she didn't prepare if she's in this situation. She should've gotten a better job decades ago, or went back to school. She could easily work from home, drive for Uber, Doordash. This is just laziness at its finest. She wanted adventure, she got it.
@@chatty2164 I feel you're being harsh. Did anyone know ten years ago that we would be going through another depression? There are still a lot of ppl who see what's happening and they are doing the best they can. Still others are calling this event a bluff. Even mainstream media was silent about food/water shortages for a long while. I pray for salvation for all of us and that GOD will stay HIS hand so we don't lose a lot of ppl. In JESUS NAME, AMEN.
I do my summers in Colorado Springs, it's cooler most of the year and I invest in a Regal Theatre movie pass to spend time in ac and a recliner taking in a movie in the heat of the day, the pass is just under $20 a month. In Colorado overnights are generally nice and cool.
its not only americans whom go true that kind off suffering.... every country in the world do have the same problem... except republicons always vote against helping those people.
@@mikivanduyn9630no, not every country has it the same as here. Some countries they actually take care of their people instead of giving everything to the rich like here.
@@mikivanduyn9630 nope not even close as an American who was living this way and met and married a working class European this would NEVER happen in any part of Europe
At thirty years old my wife walked away leaving me with two toddlers and no child support That was the end of my retirement chances. I scraped along in poverty until my oldest was in college and youngest went into USMC. Plan was to work on saving for retirement once they were out on their own, but then lost my health and had to go on disability and stay in poverty until today. I am hanging on but everything has been hard for those thirty nine years. We do not do enough for single parents and disabled no matter how much folks complain about Soc Sec. It has been a lifeline since my health broke. I worked two jobs most of my life and started working at twelve. Sometimes the best laid plans don't work out through no fault of your own. Doing the right thing for the kids was hard but they did not ask for that life either. They are there if I need them but they also have their own lives to deal with. I pray I am never a burden on them. Most civilized nations do better for their citizens instead of their billionaires.
Hello Hero : ) Glad you shared your story. Good guys rarely are discussed when single parenting stories are discussed, but there are several to be told. My son, Mark, also raised two kids at 2 & 4 years old when their mother left. The boys, my grandsons, are now 15 & 17, doing great, the oldest will graduate from high school this year. My son got help from both me & his girlfriend with raising the kids, but it still wasn't easy. He made many school lunches & dropped them off & picked them up every day before & after school (now the oldest drives to school). He's not the first great single dad out there; I witnessed a couple others while growing up, but I can say that I'm impressed & always have been with men who step up & do a great job raising their kids. Well done good & faithful servant. @---->----
At least you took care of your kids. My brother has two children, now adults and he DIDN'T PAY his child support. He's been living in my parents home for almost 30 years, doesn't pay rent or bills,"claims to buy food". My mom basically has babied his ass for the whole of his life.
Was a single dad for eight years. Kids were 8 and 5 when things happened. Was very fortunate, being in the military. But you don't get rich in the service. My money went for my kids' needs first. Did various jobs after retiring from the service, we got by. Kids grown now, am married again. Retired for good eight years ago, have pension, Social Security, couple of small part-time jobs. We have enough, luckily. We need to stop spending money on illegal aliens and use that money to help people like Lindy. In our state (CA) elderly legal immigrants who never worked a day in our country can get Section 8, food stamps, home health care, and a cash stipend. Have seen it. And a native-born citizen, veteran, like Lindy gets so little. Utterly disgusting.
Your kids have a life? What about the life you had before their mother abandoned them? How quickly some forget. It’s high time your grown kids step up to the plate and take care of you! Grown kids.. You should have ZERO unmet needs.
Get the basic membership with Thousand Trails. You will be paying $52 per month to stay 2 weeks at any of their 150 campgrounds, then you have to leave for a week and come back for another 2 weeks. You can do this all year round. You would get access to daily showers, full-hook ups where you can plug in an electric heater, unlimited water. It is so cheap for what you get. Totally worth it
Thank you for sharing. These videos are why many women are now educated and making sure theyre able to support themselves. You need your own social security and retirement assets.
I worked with an older retired teacher who was in a wheelchair at times in a part-time job. At times, she was falling asleep or smelling bad or looking messy. I found out later that she was living in a CAVE nearby with other homeless people!!! That poor woman!! She could not afford an apartment, but later did finally get into subsidized housing only to be hit and killed by a car while crossing the street in her wheelchair one day. She'd devoted her life to teaching her students and she ended like that. So sad!
This is why when I managed a senior apartment community I had a social services agent come every Wednesday to get my residents on a housing voucher. My residents were over the moon because they were able to keep most of their SS income. My building owners were over the moon because those rent vouchers from social services were dependable income. And it also helped keep my vacancy down. My social services agent told me that there was a big pool of housing vouchers put aside just for seniors but if they don't use it the program will be lost. Therefore she was happy to come once a week and get as many people on it as possible.
To be honest... My biggest obstacle was pride. My residents were too prideful to get on it. That was until several of their neighbors got on it and started bragging about having money to visit their grandchildren or go out to dinner. Once the stigma was gone, they all signed up.
Where are you? In NJ we have NO HELP for seniors. Please let me know how I can apply to get into your building. I need to get a housing voucher but in NJ our Section 8 is closed. I am more than willing to move to another location.
I am in my 80's. Was living for 7 years in a small apartment above a cousins garage. It was good.. They decided to sell the house. I had no choice but bought an old van, fixed it up to live in.. Last week it broke down on the interstate . Towed 92 miles to Tallahassee and it's in the shop. This is life today for seniors. Cannot afford an apt. Too afraid to live in some subsidized place. That's the life , no relatives, no children. And I feel so bad to see moms and children living like this in a car.
Not sure where you live. But I used to be an STNA/ home health aide. I would take care of elderly people in their homes and some of them lived in subsidized housing. These apartments were clean and quiet and in the suburbs so they were not located in crime ridden areas. They were age 55 and up apartments buildings. Sometimes our fears can be scarier than reality. Please look into subsidized housing, they should have them in suburbs and good neighborhoods where you really wouldn't have any issues like crime. Also because most of the people were elderly in the building there was no crime that I knew of in the apartment building. My clients never complained.
@YeshuaKingMessiah In some cities. I'm in Atlanta and the homeless problem is horrible. Almost all remaining subsidized housing is in terrible areas full of crime. There's never any vacancies at the very FEW subsidized places that aren't in bad neighborhoods.
@@TLA123y6f yes Once ppl get on Sect8 they don’t get off it Ever Even when all kids age out & the move out, the mother just becomes disabled (usually “traumatized” not actual physical disability) so she stays. Some ppl have been in sect8 buildings for decades upon decades It’s rly sad when a single, wkg mom can’t get off the street becuz of this abuse.
When I was a senior in high school back in 1980 I always knew I would need a place to live. I had been working summer jobs throughout my high school years and saved every dime I made. I bought a used mobile home for $1,250. I was out looking for a place to move it to and came across an empty acre of land in the country. I went to the courthouse to find out who the land belonged to and the owner just happened to be our judge. He had forgotten that he owned the property. He sold it to me for $2,500 That was 43 years ago. I haven't paid rent in 43 years now. I dont have any landlords, banks, or rules to answer to. I have kept my trailer up very well through out my life alway making repairs if needed. I'm 61 now and retired after welding for the same company for 30 years. I am so grateful of the decisions I made while I was young.😊
@@TLA123y6f I think you missed the 43 years ago! Must have done a good job to keep it for 30 years. Many things can go wrong over the years (drink,drugs etc) but appears they just stayed away from trouble like many of us are able to do. Well done murraychadwick.
@user-lf2lf6wy4z I agree. Kinda mind blowing to see so many people patting themselves on the back and acting holier than thou when they did little different than the next guy who is in dire financial cercumstances.The people I truly respect and admire are people who have true character generally built through struggle because ill health, one parent households, or other devastating circumstances..but continue to put one honest foot in front of the other. Those are the people who generally help others whenever they can. Those are the heros.😊
BEAUTIFUL.. My mother n law did the same thing , and I too am working on my decision with off grid living and a trailer. I saw a lot of this when visiting UTAH, New MEXICO, and Colorado. Housing is ridiculous.
So sorry. Seeing this makes me feel so sad that senior citizens who built this country are not only suffering but watching our country go down the drain.
Today's seniors did not build this country. They're Boomers. Baby Boomers had the cheapest tuition, inexpensive housing, plentiful jobs, decent public schools. Problem is that credit was plentiful, interest was low, and many chose to live well beyond their means. Everything is so much harder for us younger generations to achieve what they did at similar age milestone.
Boomers drove this nation into the ground: they've been in charge. No other generation, and there is NOTHING to pass on of good will to the coming up generation: Baby Boomers nearly wiped out Generation X with their sexual revolution/Woodstock lifestyle that led to Roe vs Wade, legalizing abortion that left Generation X the smallest number of people, and now Baby Boomers are self righteous wanting to end Roe vs Wade for the Millennials; I'm against abortion, all for morning after birth control, or sterilization, but the Millennials took their model for life from the Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers put the degradation of society in place and it's been followed ever since.
This country should be ashamed of itself for treating seniors like this!!! Politicians are greedy and disgusting for letting this happen. Americans will ALL be old one day, God willing! What do they plan to do...let us all starve to death? Repugnant people in power!
I thought I was the only person going through this. I never imagined I would be living like this. And America takes care everyone else except their people😢
I think you got _exactly_ what you voted for.....every dem run city is a sh**hole. I'm about sick of you boomers bitchin' this much after all the decades I heard all y'all say _I'm fiscally conservative but socially lib eral_ well...this is what that type of political cognitive dissonance brings you. Maybe its time for your 70++++ year old generation to retire and get out of office?
13 years ago I had to buy me a cabin, it took me 3 years to pay it off and I was homeless with my children before this. We had to get a used gas stove and a wood stove. It's not easy.Yes, I'm on disability and I still have to feed me and my kids and grandchildren. I know its not easy and no one really cares. But we make it work.😊
I've started to see the results, my 3 boys were in the Marines . Ones A police officer, one has a good paying job. The girls held very dangerous jobs and is still. My 5 grandbabies are very smart and we keep them in line. My grandma was very strict with me. And talked day and night about life. Yes I'm 😊 happy
Whilst I applaud her independence if she were my mother I would insist on her having a place to stay with me. She could use the van and travel if she wanted but I wouldn't want my mum in a van in winter!
She did say she wanted adventure too. That's what motivating her to experience van life. I also hope she will move in with her son. As we get older health issues are inevitable. You need a permanent home to take care of medical needs.
She might be more independent, set in her ways, and her son might have different ways of doing things. She might not want the rules, routines, or customs in his home...to be told or have to change everything: her schedule, her routines, what she wants to watch or listen to by being in another place...
I am 53 and feel for anyone homeless who is living day to day and struggling. I fear that I may someday end up living out of a vehicle or using all my camping gear and tent, being I live paycheck to paycheck. My mortgage is huge, and with utilities and car payments and the rising cost of EVERYTHING. You are right the system is not set up to help anyone.
Hello Kimberly. Honestly hope you don't buy if unfortunately you do need to live in a vehicle. First thing you want to do is insulate the windows. You lose a lot of heat, bring in a lot! Of cold same with summer as outside sun will roast you. So buy reflective. Silver colored insulu. You can cut to perfect window size. Available at lowes and other bb stores it's also good to put down on the floor or along doors if you're living in a car. Is ok for van to . Also if you're living in a bmvan and are in a cooler , northern climate put 1/2- 1 inch plywood on the floors. Carpet on top of you want as it'll keep you more comfortable. If in van remember to cover the back and side doors. Can be done with hardboard insulation. As can roof and side walls. In all insulating a van can be done for about $300/$500. Be. Very careful if you use propane stove for heat. Roll down one window 3 inches. No less . Propane makes moisture so prepare for possible black mold and rust.
If you can find a way to downsize, I would. You have no idea what could happen and while you want to think positive from of your mind creates a reality and of course you can do very well, if you're already barely getting by, you don't want to be in a position to have something not good happen and then you are not able to care for yourself.
Sometimes it’s more complicated than him just wanting to help. She said he would help but that she was too “independent” (read stubborn). I ran across an elder lady working at a store recently at 75. She said her rents had risen again and she would probably need to ask her daughter if she could have a room in her home. Sometimes the kids have their own family or are barely making bills as it is. Unfortunately, moving a parent in may mean more electricity because they stay cold, another mouth to feed, more water, etc. Perhaps their home is large enough for their family but they’d need something larger (more $ to buy and heat) with another person needing a room. Not to say they might not want to but it may come with real costs to help an older parent. Not to mention, a change in their own family dynamic. How many elderly do you know that can keep from inserting themselves in their children’s business, how they parent, their marriage, their money…..not many. Complex issues for sure. I feel ok sharing these thoughts as my family is currently living this situation with my husband’s mom living with us. It’s hard. Worthwhile but hard.
@@heather8311984 you mostly end up with the person sleeping on the sofa, using lots of blankets to stay warm, eating very little, 2 small meals a day to help with any medication. Bathing like a spounge bath, or quick shower, shave. In Asia whole generations from new borns to grandparents live together, or close by. Some, who have the space, build a small bed and bath unit in the yard, granny can sleep and have some privacy, the family are right there if anything happens. My grandmother died after a fall, if someone had been home she would of been alright.
Works in reverse as well some parents let their children become homeless to. Not like he has much of a choice if she doesn't want to ask for help from him. She stated it herself she prefers to be as independent as possible. That being said nobody of any age should be homeless.
@@heather8311984I hear you. The parent is always A PARENT. I’ve never known one that could be silent about the lifestyle of their children etc. my husbands Mother lived with us for some time. But she did want her independence. Poor choice, but we complied. Moved her into a senior apartment , with activities. But it never stopped there. She broke our marriage down piece by piece. Now she is deceased and we are divorced. We did not have the MATURITY to stand up to her.
You can say that again, this has happened to me back then as Orthopaedic & Oncologist Cancer specialist as a Doctor in the United State. Everyone since the dawn of time has shared in this current experience. Loving and missing home is part of the human experience, Thank God she found a home, where are you from?
@@joanbelmont5450stop it. He’s not the government. Why are you upset with a dead man? He was thorough on his stance against the evils of the government.
Genuine talk, God Bless you Lindy, i pray & hope beyond reason that God may have responded to youf prayers and you've since found soms kind of stable accomodation and you're feeling a little more upbeat now ❤ Big love from Lincolnshire England xxx
This is me in a year or two. I've been mentally preparing myself, the closer it gets the more dreadful it is. No family to run to. Lots of acquaintances but no close or real friends to reach out to. I've been trying to figure out where is the best, "safest" to live the van life and where it's warm(er) with no snow. I cannot not handle snow and too cold with my heart condition and asthma. It's a scary situation. Kudos and blessing to all the seniors out there living this rough life.
@Joan Belmont life happens, usually medical crisis. When we have worked all of our life putting into social security. Divorce death of spouse, child gets sick, stock market crash, etc. You have to also understand when we started out minimum wage was like 1.25 per hour. Look into the great depression what happened there. One million even 25 years ago was enough to retire on and live comfortably with investments and pensions. Not so anymore, one bad ailment, car accident hospital stay can take all of that away. we are living in a time where corporations run everything and inflation is out of control. There used to be laws and regulations in place where that couldn't happen, they slowly took those away and now, in order to make it, you cannot live alone, work your way through college etc without going into deep debt. Lots of reasons, but please look at history and realistically see the timeline of decay.
I'm 64 now, I see myself living in a van in the next few years. I'm training myself to be a minimalist. Selling off my precious personal belongings, learning to not want or need them.
I'm glad people are given a chance to explain why their in a bad situation. I became disabled (amputation) a few years ago. I'm 52 worked hard all my life making good money. I'm in the same boat, make SSDI money which is too much to get food stamps. I don't eat everyday and have to panhandle to get basic needs. Our gov has enough money to help other countries but not our own people. I lived on the streets for around a year and a half in a wheelchair
Ditto but with Stage 4 cancer at age 50 and on SSDI that makes too much even tho it's from the government. Worked when I was 13 .Was denied Badgercare/Medicaid and SSI before I was approved SSDI.I have been homeless twice.
You know you can live on 150 dollars a month for groceries. (With toilet paper, tissues, toiletries, soap etc it would be a little more) and cook simple home food. Lentils brown rice, chicken stew, oatmeal fruits and veges. It is doable. My groceries bills are no more than this for myself alone in 2024.
I can relate to you Lindy. I'm from Austin Tx and a 65yr vet disabled and can no longer get SSDI surving on $911 and that's at the new 8.7 increase for 2023 plus $23 for food stamps and live in a 98' Dodge van. It's all a Scam by the higher-ups and to keep us in poverty. I have no family to speak off, but I'm doing the best I can and my Lord Jesus has given me the strength to go on. Tough Times Don't last, Tough People in Christ do!😇🙏🇺🇲👍.
On that amount you couldn't afford rent you might could rent a room in someone else's home. I live on SSDI but receive more than that I get mine it's not much, but I draw off my deceased husband to so I'm not eligible for no help.
@@dragonfly9209 Yes and those who Trust in our Lord Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father will always prevail. Tough times Don't last, Tough People in Christ do! Peace Love and Unity to All Mankind!🥰🙏🇺🇲👍
America has become shameful in how they treat the 1. elderly, 2. veterans 3. homeless 4. how much they give to other countries and 5. how lavishly the "politicians" so freely give themselves our hard-earned tax dollars.
Don't you love it when they vote themselves a raise? Pathetic. I feel for Ukraine but we're not even on the same continent! Where's the rest of Europe in all this?
Wait a minute here. I’m in California. I took a family friend, a VETERAN, into my home. We made a contract that I would be his paid caregiver. I enrolled him in the VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. GOT HIS DENTURES, glasses, cataract surgeries, hip surgeries , foot care, ( the best) and on and on, all the way to HOSPICE. THE VA SPENT ON HIM OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS, over the 7 years I housed him. And that’s not including, the many years before I housed him. It’s not perfect, but they DO ALL THEY CAN FOR OUR VETERANS AND SOME ABUSE THE SYSTEM. SELL THEIR RX, abuse their own health,,,,,
We could take one weapon of mass destruction and house many of the unhoused. Three fourths of all money confiscated from taxpayers is used to build the military machine. That's a problem. We need to divert military funding to infrastructure which includes housing the houseless.
This is despicable....my mum was priced out of her apartment and is now living with me in my one bedroom suite. We are in Canada where there is a social safety net yet she has been on a list for low income senior housing for 2 years with no end in sight. It's a heartless situation in our so called 'best countries in the world'...nothing but greed and corruption with developers making development after development of condos that many people could never afford regardless of age. It's not that there is no housing, it's that there is no affordable housing, while our politicians fill their fat faces at the public trough
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 hey scott mac & cheese is it? Best not to oversimplify your response to comments...I didn't say free or heavily subsidized housing, and that SOMEONE paying for these social services is a taxpayer like me and my mother who has worked and paid in to the system over a liftetime. We the public create the funds for things like social housing, you know that don't you?
I am in my 30s but this is one of my biggest fears when I get old. Being alone and homeless. I hate seeing people having to go through this. It’s heartbreaking to see people that have worked all their lives to end up living like this. 😢
> So? Start NOW to avoid that future! My method for avoiding that future was: 1 Earn an ordinary income. I worked sixty hours/week or more for years to maximize my income 2. Live frugally Just as an example, I've NEVER purchased a new car and I bought my current car in 2007 for $1500 (1992 Chevy Astro van) 3. Invest the difference between what you earn and what you spend in stocks or rental real estate. 4. Don't get married or have children. At age 74, I have a net worth of several million dollars.
alone is kinda fine once you get here to be honest. i feel like it's different for everyone. but the housing situation sucks here in Australia too. Planning my van life right now. but even that takes some money now.
I worked my whole adult life and get social security. My friend’s husband never worked enough for social security and he gets Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and some government stipend. He’s making out a bit better than I am and he doesn’t have to pay anything for his medication, hospitalizations or physical therapy. It’s like what’s the point of even working?
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. WE BOTH WORKED OUR ENTIRE LIFE AND WORKED EXTRA SO OUR SS CHECK WOULD HELP US SURVIVE WHEN WE RETIRED..WE PAID INTO SS AND DONT GET ANY ASSISTANCE ..WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING COPAYS AND NO HELP WITH ANYTHING..SOME TIMES I WONDER WHY WE BUSTED OUR BUTTS SO MUCH AND DONT BENEFIT FROM ANYTHING THESE ONES WHO GET IT ALL ....AND MOST NEVER WORKED A DARN DAY IN THERE LIFE
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 because the NWO is in control..everybody must be equal if they work a day or 100 yrs.you do not take care of Americans.You pay to fight proxy wars to keep the capitalists busy making and sling bombs.
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 You sure aren't supporting them. It's funny how you "taxpayers pay for everything" people think. Get over yourself. You aren't paying for jack. Only thing you're paying for is the rich. Do your research...or homework, as you people say.
@@clairealtman7269 Every individual has a duty to prepare for hard times. Lots of folks fail to prepare then want others to support them when they're inevitably broke.
@@aura8885 Me too, Aura. Bet you there are many who wish he was still in the whitehouse since the USA has gone to hell in a hand basket the last two years!🇺🇸
Democrats in congress make millions screwing our seniors, never Vote for a Liberal, they say one thing and screw you over, look at Blacks , Democrats have never helped them. We need Trump again, he cares
@@aura8885 Trump would not have helped these folks. Republicans always gut social programs because they’re “handouts” and they all send money to other countries for foreign aid.
Lindy is a wonderful woman. I am glad these uploads are made to show the world how uncivilized America is to it's elderly population. Who wrote the laws making it impossible for the elderly to ever retire ??? Good on her for keeping going in a system that just doesn't care.xx
"Who wrote the laws making it impossible for the elderly to ever retire???" The rich assholes who run this country and who make sure they get laws passed favorable to them so they can keep their obscene amounts of money. They do that by buying politicians. It's sad and sick. Republicans are known as the party of the country club set. Normal people should not vote for them. The Dems are far from perfect, but at least they care enough to do things like get more people health coverage, try to get them student loan forgiveness (6 conservative supreme court judges made sure that wouldn't happen), raise SS payments.
It's also a great name. My brother named his first child a daughter after a horse. Jennafirst out of the sire Jennafirst. Jennafirst was out of the first crop of Niafirst and her daughter got her name the year Jennafirst first raced as a two year filly pacer.
I could totally see this becoming my only option. As I get older, it's frightening to have no husband, a fixed income and watch rents skyrocket. So are groceries going up..every day, it seems. Sad, but, there's zero respect for us elders these days. 😪 💔
If you can swing it, maybe you should think about purchasing a small like a lot. I don't know what zoning laws are like in your area but maybe just some like an acre or two and putting a tiny home on it. It's a thought.
Thank you bringing the plight of seniors, homeless, women, disabled, poor and working poor out into the light. I had five children and tried to qualify for a low interest loan to repair my home. I made just a few dollars more than the limit, and they would not help me. When I tried to refinance to a much lower interest rate, they told me I would have to borrow more money because they would not finance anything less than fifty thousand dollars. Why would I borrow and have to pay back more than I had left on my home?
First, you don’t borrow money, you BUY it! If they want to SELL you more than you need, take it and invest it in short-term, high yield undertakings. I’m also a working senior and don’t ever expect to retire. Love and All Good Things, Jess.🌹
This is infuriating. While our government is sending billions of dollars to Ukraine and spending millions to help illegal immigrants, our seniors and veterans are becoming homeless and are barely surviving. This is absolutely shameful!
You think seniors and veterans have only struggled for the last couple of years? I worked with the homeless back in the 80s, and there are many complex reasons and choices that created their situations. Besides...we don't take care of them because we'd rather spend $878 billion on the military complex in the US.
@@stormyweather2807 I'm well aware they haven't been struggling for just the past couple years and I'm not sure where in my comment I said it's only been the past couple years, however I 100% agree billions of dollars are spent every year for issues that have nothing to do taking care of our citizens. Unfortunately both political parties are responsible for this. Even our own congress live in luxury while people like this poor woman are trying to survive in a van. It's just evil and shameful how our government has completely neglected them.
Well what are you doing about it besides being a UA-cam commentator warrior? Have you met with local legislators or the VA administration? This has gone on for many decades (which you claim to know) & as you seem a bit long in the tooth you’ve known it’s nothing new, so what have you done besides rant for likes? You mention Ukraine immigration but don’t mention the welfare fraud , housing fraud and more that other Americans take advantage of that taxpayers fund,,,if you’re going to b!tch about our taxpayer money don’t pick and choose where are money goes for likes
My Hubby and I are retired senior full-time vanlifers. We're on Social Security, Wintering in Arizona right now. When the summers are hot there are places to go to stay cool like a Senior Center, Library or a Community Center. There are food pantries and places that serve nightly meals. We have been on the road for a little over a year and we've never looked back. Yes it was a choice but life dealt us the cards and force our hand so to speak. We live comfortably in the summer and winters. We travel when we want boondocking seeing the beauty around us. Winter we volunteer at a long term camp area in Quartzsite, AZ and enjoy the time we have not working. No it is not all glamor and fun times. It's life with the same ups and downs you would have living in a sticks n bricks. The difference is that we're living on our terms and not determined by a landlord, or a bank. Our Dodge Grand Caravan is our home and the US is our back yard. It works for us. #Vanlife is not for everyone. We will live this nomatic lifestyle until we can't.
Wow I want to learn from you how a couple able to live in dodge grand caravan. Any tips would be great how store things, sink, kitchen, fridge, bed, toilet etc.
I am outraged that a social worker told her she is better off living in her van!! Serious callousness on their part! The social worker should be forced to do that and see how great it is!! Living in the elements with no toilet or shower or kitchen! Just evil!!!
Actually my housing coordinator told me the same thing. Shelters are dangerous and your things get stolen all the time. Plus I have pets that I will not ever give up.
@@lamoinette23when senior housing is up to 1000/month just for rent and on top of that riddled with cockroaches the van is better to live in. My hubby and I live in an rv because we can no longer afford apartments even the so called low income senior apartments.
The social worker didn't say it was "great." She said she is better off living in her van. That appears to be the case ----she told the truth. > You don't need a toilet, shower or kitchen. They are conveniences, not necessities. There is really no suggestion that she isn't managing reasonably. At age 74, I use a wood stove to heat my house rather than turn on my gas furnace. I can get srcrap wood for free. I sleep in a sleeping bag and the temperature can get down to forty when the fire goes out at night. But it's not a hardship ---it's my PREFERRED lifestyle. On the coldest day of winter in Seattle this past winter (+15F or so), I had a nock on my door at midnight. A woman at my door BEGGED me to let her stay in my home that night, and I agreed She was wrapped in blankets from head to toe. Now THERE was a woman who was living "in the elements." But this woman was doing well enough from what I can see. Her only real complaint was cold winter temperatures, but we don't know where she lives. In many areas (mine included- Seattle) living in a van is safe to do as far as temperatures go, This woman had a LIFETIME to save money to protect herself in old age. She didn't do it. Even so, she is doing OK in my view.
She just needs a good RV, and a pet, and she'll be fine, because she's an independent person. But I could never sleep at night knowing my mother was somewhere living in a vehicle. I would die from worrying.
Stop judging the kids of these seniors living in vehicles. As independent as they are their children may not know how they live. And for those doing it as an adventure they may love the freedom they have. May be the children are not the kinda ppl one would choose to live with. It still does not make our government any shameless! The thing is their (the homeless seniors & vets ) tax dollars are taking care of ppl that are living better than themselves! God is not pleased with the greed of the government and the treatment of its citizens! Until things change we see the catastrophe weather, crime, economy & health that we see!
Let's be realistic, if and that's a big if you could maybe find a good reliable one with everything working and no water damage for 6,000 however a good one will cost about 10 grand
My kids made me homeless in a divorce when I tried to save them from abusive father. I'll be dead soon. I should be home, and live to my 90's. Bad marriage can destroy everything
I’m very sorry about your situation😢 and i hope the government will able to help you and other elderly people who suffering due to financial hardship. God bless you 🙏
Thanks for shining a light on the struggle for seniors. It's heartbreaking. And no relief in sight. Social security, like minimum wage, has fallen way behind. Cola will never catch it up. What to do?
@@carolecarlson1645 Unfortunately if you are American, that will never happen. The government is doing its best to eliminate its seniors. On the other hand, it is allowing all other ethnicities to come on in and take full advantage of our medical, educational, housing and welfare systems. Its a crying shame.
We have to be careful who we vote on their seat in the government. This is what happened when the wrong people aren't the right one and we see this with our own eyes the corruption going on now we have fight the evil from within to clean out for the good to overcome especially for our children children. The evil is working so hard to take control of our lives that we have no saying anymore then the old people are dumped like trash. Their kids can't afford to take care of them or a home care for them then it goes on and on. They only see MONEY more MONEY to spend on the desire of their heart not the good of the people.
Seniors cannot survive on the pennies that social security gives them. I am fortunate enough to have a house and I was able to move my parents in with me. Not everyone has family or has space. It's infuriating and sad.
The taxpayers simply cannot be expected to pay more taxes . Just because somebody needs more money doesn’t give anybody the right to have the government forcibly take it from others. We might start with stopping all foreign aid instead of raping paychecks for more money. Those billions going to Ukraine should be given to our own people.
That's not always true. I get a decent S.S. check and do pretty well. I have enough to pay my bills, travel some and even save some. .y home is paid for which helps but even if it wasn't I would still do well.
@@rons5319 Finally! someone with a brain! and I am not underestimating Livy and her situation., but when you scroll through some of the folks on these platforms complaining the government should do more because they (Chose) to have 7 children and they don't get enough Christmas toys!! really! when I got married , we promised ourselves to give the best that we could physically, emotionally, and feasible to our children, and in order to do this it was just a matter of common sense! so we only had 2 children. If we cannot determine our own expectations and limitations, what else can I say. We are doomed.
I went through double autoimmune disorder, amputation and am in this situation at 39 that could go critical like this. My rent is 65 percent of my ssdi. It's thanks to my dad before he passed that I have my suv and am getting my service dog. But my gf and I and our two kids are one medical emergency away from homelessness, loss of job for her, and living in the suv. So I can't even imagine Linda's struggles at an age where I was still doing everything I could to help my dad in his cancer battle that he sadly lost. We need to stop forgetting our elders. This hurts my soul. God bless you Lindy and others in thus situation. Heading over to subscribe now.
This is a good reason why you should really try hard to get a small paid off place in the country before you get old. I fixed up an old house on 2 acres and it has worked out great for me. I garden, I have fruit trees, berry bushes. All I pay is land taxes (300 bucks a year) and electricity about 150 bucks a month. I live pretty good out here in the rural Ozarks.
73 and live on ssi in a minivan. i'm in a state with moderate temps. if it gets in the teens you dress warm use a sleeping bag and a fleece blanket with handwarmers. i'll never go back to 4 walls. Military taught me to live on nothing. My mini is my coffin and I'm loving it.
My wife and I lost our home in 2002. A fellow bought it for rental income, which has gone up since. We are in our mid 70s and are being priced out of this house we have lived in for 40+ years. Our daughter and son- in -law have converted a garage to a bedroom space for us to move into before winter. This summer we have to liquidate household "stuff" and a shop full of woodworking tools from a summer long yard sale. My landlord let me build a small shop in '03, so I have tons of tools and junk, not to mention wood. I had to get rid of our old cat as he has never known any place to live other than here. He was 16 years old and half blind and deaf. This whole situation has me depressed and losing sleep. I don't do well with drastic changes such as this will be
I am 74 years old and live with my single daughter and her two boys 5 & 8 years. We help one another. One son pays for my phone and the other gives me $100 each month.
I love my "Seniors" I too was taught to respect my elders, and it is so sad what AMERICA has become, because there are many working poor whom are not elderly yet, who are moving off the grid. This issue is effecting MANY not just elderly. Bless her heart!! A senior who has worked ALL their life should not have to live this way.
There are so many homeless Seniors I am barely making it and I have come to realize that I can no longer afford to live in America. A country I was born in and fought for.
What a horrible situation. You told it in a earlier video. Lindy is a very sad example for what is wrong in the world! There are much more examples. Gloria you are so right that you give this attention! That is so important! Keep up this work please! Lindy is a very smart lady and I feel great repect for her! I wil give her channel attention, She deserves it!
Sad to see so much of this. I have lived in other countries and while there are pros and cons, the US seems to be failing miserably when dealing with certain social issues such as healthcare, the elderly, mental health , homelessness, etc. So many of these issues have been ongoing for decades but still not resolved and probably won't be in my lifetime. As a senior, I have had to change my lifestyle to adapt to the ever revolving social issues that have a negative impact in our American lifestyles. Know this sounds extreme but I served 4 years in the Navy when once in my lifetime (32 years old) I needed to regroup and rethink my life because of interruptions and relationships. The benefits that I earned and took advantage of have served me well. More young people should consider it. What is a few years out of your life? I hope these seniors adapt and find a comfortable lifestyle. Just thought I would never see this as it is happening more and more.
Thank you for your service. There are certain issues that I don't think will ever be solved as there us no real will among those in charge to do so. Homelessness is one of those issues. As someone who works in the homeless field once told me, "There are too many people making too much money off of homelessness for it to be eliminated. It wohld put too many people out if busibess." I have come to believe him after years of observation.
I am also 75. This breaks my heart. Lindy, wish I had the means to help you. My daughter and 2 adult grandchildren live with me and have been living here for several years. I still work a couple of hours a week. Before they moved here, I was looking into a 'tiny home'. I'm in Oklahoma. Prayers and thoughts sending your way.
"tiny house ' gives me good idea .....where in Ok are you? I m in Tulsa.Let me know if you hv any good places for the "Tiny Houses "...that sounds interesting
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I am 65. I live in my van too. I can't afford rent and have no one in my life that can help me. Days are hot and long. I understand your struggles and pray for you
She’s a tough, resourceful prepper. As long as her health holds out, she will be OK. I worry about what happens when she can’t care for herself any more or has an injury making getting in and out of a van impossible. Best wishes to her!
Communities should build "park & stay" lots where people have a safe, free place to park. Keep them small (maybe hold 25 cars), and have a rest stop type bathroom for the guests to use. There would have to be limits but It would cost so little to build yet be a huge relief for the individual.
There are Good poor people, and Bad poor people. The ones who would trash it ruin it for everyone. But I wonder why? Cameras, enforcement... it's not impossible to weed out the bad apples. And it is so cost-effective compared to building "affordable" housing, or even the cost to clear homeless encampments!
there is so much land available that it would be pretty easy to just concrete a large patch and turn it into a parking area. also if water is nearby you could easily set up some type of restroom area. but your big expense is gonna come from security or checking whos actually there because some people will forsure mess it up. look up places like slab city, its a great idea on paper but in practice it becomes even more dangerous especially if you are older or sickly.
People freak out over park and stay. We’re all criminals and addicts and child predators so they don’t want anything like this in their neighborhood. On the flip side… if there were a nice place, the government would have their hands on it
politicians are not there to help you. YOu are to donate to them so they can make more money off you. ANyone who has to depend on the governent is sadly mistaken. What happened to families caring for each other? All the sacrifices parents make and it comes down to this?
This is so sad... im 60 years old and I was living in my pickup... working during the day and finding things to do after work to pass the time until I could park my pickup ( a 4 door) Ford F 150. .and sleep for the night until the next day for work.. get out of the back door whenever nobody was around to see me. . I finally after 4 months found a room for rent for 500.00 a month..
I know several arrogant people who are just a-holes and they’d say they just made poor choices meaning it’s all their fault. I have sympathy for the homeless as everybody’s situation is totally different.
I've never experienced van life, but find it really interesting. That being said, an elderly woman should not have to live in van, because she can't afford to live anywhere else. It's just shameful.
It breaks my heart how the generation that paid so much into the social security system doesn’t have enough to live off when it was time for this generation to rest and enjoy their lives; after they sacrificed their best years to help build this country. There are those of us that follows your generation that honor and see you all and wish we could do more and have so much respect for the strength you show us to learn from and try and do better than the system of which was suppose to do so much better for you all. Deep respect to you all, we are still learning and watching🙏🏽Blessings, stay healthy, safe and strong💛
It's so nice to read something like this, when it seems so many have turned their backs on seniors, even to the point of ridiculing the "boomer" generation...🙏 Thank you!
@@karlabritfeld7104 Untrue! We're forced to pay all of our lives into a federal program that uses our social security savings like it's their own cash cow. If Americans, instead, were given the opportunity to decide where their FICA tax should go, ie: to an IRA or retirement investment, instead of to a federal retirement system, most people would be way better off financially! There are politicians who have been fighting to privatize SS for decades, giving the working person the right to designate where they would like that tax money to go. Unfortunately, opponents always fight it by convincing the public that they're trying to "end" SS, when instead they're trying to improve the program and make it so the government can't touch our hard earned SS dollars. My grandparents and great grandparents generations did not have SS and still managed to leave their family a home when they passed.
I couldn't agree more Carol! We work our whole lives & instead of a big thank you & being able to retire with a roof over our heads, we get the big F-you...'scuse my french. It is a sad time for us Seniors in the USA. It is also a testament however to us Women who take life by the horns, convert our cars, vans & cargo trailers & persevere onward like we're 35! We have spirit. Love you all💞
It is a sad time for us Seniors in the USA. I'm a senior and it's not a sad time for me. Been the best years of my life. Most of my neighbors are seniors and are all well off financially. I'm sure it's a sad time for some seniors but a lot of us are doing quite well.
It's the same for seniors in the UK except there is no option of van life. It is impossible. I run a small rural charity to give weekly food to many seniors who would otherwise go hungry. And it is also the case that our govt is printing money to support the Ukraine govt, not our own people. We have a huge homeless problem of all ages because there are not enough homes to live in. We are currently supporting 4 single men who are living in a garden shed. They came to our rural area looking for seasonal work, and are now trapped here. So sad.
This lady is so positive and not complaining about her situation, however the person interviewing her is trying to get her to say it's horrible lol. She said she did this for an adventure. good for her. she seems like an amazing person.
We make choices in our life that gives results,Im 70 still work cause i want to,served 25 years in the army 17 in the post office,and draw ssc and have rental properties.but you are right she said its an adventure for he,r be happy..
There's an adapter for the Mr. Heater that lets you used the larger propane tanks, you can also purchase an item to refill the small green propane tanks that those heaters use, and save money.
I wish I could continue working, at least part-time. My plan to work until 70 to attain a larger SS sum was dashed at 62 when I was laid off my job of 20 years (outsourced) and simultaneously stricken with a disabling autoimmune disease. I tried 3 different jobs, including being a Walmart greeter, but physically and mentally couldn't handle it. I'm now 67 and envy people who are abe to work to supplement SS. So much for the Golden years. Prayers for all struggling seniors; everyone has a story.
Jody, could you do a customer service job at home? 1800 Flowers, Harry and David, or other companies that need phone services for customers? You can do that with a good computer, and a good headset you can wear with good speakers and a microphone. I have friends who work for both companies at home.
@@jacksonfamily678 Thanks for that suggestion! I need to start a job search while sorting out new health issues. They seem to be snow-balling on me! ☃️
Boy, I hear you Jody! I turned 68 in November. I have had a part time custodial job for the last two years, but Friday was my last day because of heart problems. I had hoped to keep working for another year or two, but it just wasn't possible. I will be OK on my SS as long as I am careful. All my best to you!!
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My 90 yr old mom lives with me. It is very difficult but I would never let her be homeless.
Hello Margaret
How are you doing today/
My 82 year old mom lives with me and YES.........Hard is putting it lightly but necessary and I know she's safe, eating well, warm when it's cold and cool when it's hot- She's got all she needs until she doesn't need it anymore but boy is it a struggle. I went through it with my dad, too.
Thank you for doing that for her!
@Margaret and Janine, God bless you both for caring for your parents.
Nice of you.
What is sad about this situation is our government sends billions to foreign countries and ignoring their own citizens basic needs to survive. Senior citizens and children are homeless, but we give thousands to everyone except those who desperately need help, Prayers for this lady, sending hugs.
SS is a failing Ponzi scheme, but you are absolutely right that we should not be sending money to other countries, especially Ukraine. The majority of that money is being laundered and the weapons sold. That money should stay right here in the USA and used to help our own people.
Truth.
Yes because freedom isn't free
and millions of dollars taking care of so called migrants
Have to also look into what their State is doing for the homeless.
I don't see stockpiling food in her situation as hoarding. I see it as survival.
I stockpile food too because I was a single mom and it wasn't stable. I made $200/month too much but I was going through a custody battle not receiving support. I had $15/wk for groceries and my toddler's diapers. I washed clothes in the tub and hung them on the shower rod for five months. I bought a share through a food coop $15 for $30 of food, though the meat was frozen and expired. Plus I had to work two hrs a month to be in the program. The free clinic here where I live gives food out to any resident of the city and they ask how many people in your family so they increase it per family member. You can go twice a month. It's a really great provider for the community. When I was on short term disability for my hip and then surgery/recovery, I utilized them for me and my husband.
I will subscribe and follow for you, Lindy.
And the food that's available in giveaway programs all contain salt, sugar and starch - three unhealthy food types that can be deadly to an elderly woman.
Yeah, sometimes you have to "hoard" certain necessary items and in a situation like this, it's smart.
Everyone should have a month of supplies for an entire family in case of natural disaster, etc.
We can give money to nearly every other country across the world. We need to spend a fraction of what we give away building affordable homes for our seniors.
Couldn't.agree more.
@@gloriouslifeonwheels3621 can you image if you went to your mom and asked for a 100 billion. mom: what do you do with the last 100 billion??.
If we gave nothing to other countries we would still have the problem of not building housing for our folks. We actually give very little of our federal budget to other countries for foreign aid. That's not why we don't take care of our folks. We simply don't prioritize housing for all. Only 1/4 of all those eligible for housing vouchers can get them - because the federal government simply doesn't budget for the amount needed for all who qualify! Heartless.
Vote republican
@@dittohead7044 That would not be smart
Everybody is making comments on how she is surviving by being prepared and how she chose to live this way. She's in her 70s. Shes done her time in life. She deserves to live out her last years on earth comfortably without having to compromise on housing, food or healthcare
But this IS the world we live in now. I'm 55 and I'll never have that either.
@@noname7782I hope that you’re okay.
Yes. But we have to protect the one percent. God forbid we help others
I couldn't hear her UA-cam sight , I liked to follow her (Lindy)
@AellaMaud Exellent point!
Seniors cannot survive on social security alone its shameful in this country .My dad is 87 years old on social security but he lives with me which I love could not imagine him anywhere else.
@ZeesOutfoors&Adventures oh my. We’ll the social security is bad for seniors in USA. I hope you and your dad are doing fine
Amen to you for having your dad with you. I took care of my mom before her passing. When she got Alzheimer’s. But, when my dad was alive he got sick and couldn’t work. My brother took my parents in. And it was great to have them all in one place to see and visit. I just know my mom wouldn’t be able to afford living alone. And, my sis is also in a situation where she lives with her daughter. But can’t afford to live on her own. She’s also a senior. It’s a horrible situation for many.
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@@craftyplanner thx. I’ve been taking care of family no matter how hard it’s been. Sorry for your mom loss. Hope your dad feels better soon. God bles your bro. It’s a blessing to have them in 1 place to see together. But ya take care and amen
You are an awesome Daughter!
It's obvious she doesn't feel sorry for herself. She's making the best of her situation she's amazing .
It's almost funny how much calmer Lindy sounds than Carol does.
@@dianadeejarvis7074 Yes! Like Carol is trying to make it negative. But Lindy is having none of that.
@@mygoodlife204 she's not trying to make it negative, she's trying to put it out there because there are people forced into this life among the ones who choose to do it, this needs to get out there.
I do not know what that means when people say that someone does not feel sorry for themselves.
God bless you, Lindy. I'm also 75, living in a tiny apt that takes most of my SS for rent. Fortunately I also have a modest pension from a government job which must cover every other expense. I'm slightly over income for any assistance. My vehicle is too small to live in & I still owe more for it than it's worth. I feel stuck too. My grown children could not help me nor are they in situations I want to live in. In some ways I envy you. But I'm grateful for what The Lord has provided for me. I pray He continues taking care of you.
Being a 69 year old woman, and being a disabled retiree at this point, I am seeing everything you said to be true. I am a Registered Nurse, and having a very hard time, finding remote work. I need remote work, because of my back issues. I am waiting to have surgery to try and improve my back, but there are no guarantees! My 401 is being used up, and I am moving out of my Condo, and am hoping to use the money I get, to buy some land with my sister, and a Modular home. I am hoping to get a remote Job, but so far nothing! It really is our Countries dirty little secret, on how we treat the elderly! Even my oldest son has abandoned me! Thank God for my youngest son. He has moved in with me, to help me with my physical needs. I support people like us!
Justice, I wish you the best! When you buy the modular home remember to stay fairly small (single wide) if you can.
There is a video done by Penny Pincher The American Nightmare. A husband and wife had the husband's small trailer. I think the story line went that they went to the bank 🙄and got talked into getting loans😰for a new vehicle and double wide trailer. They lost their home. A neighbor bought it after the foreclosure (I think that's how it went).
To all of us- don't buy big. Try to buy what you can afford without the "help" of banks. Good luck to us all!
@@rustykatt3870 Rusty, its not a manufactured home its a modular home, like a regular sticks and bricks. Its just made at another site. I'm getting at least 1500 square feet.
@@rustykatt3870 I agree. It will take me 17.5k to my modest old little townhome till next yr June to pay it off. Then HOA, insurance and taxes about 550 a month even if it is paid off. Not to mention repairs needed which I can't do myself.
yes horrible. Our elderly should all have homes. Simply find abandoned homes n give them w no taxes... to those 65 n older then recycle when they pass on. This would work!
Lindy, you are NOT a hoarder. You are a prepper! You are very smart and I commend you on your prepping of food because you are going to need it.
Absolutely!!
I have a basement of food supplies and medical supplies I'm a pepper too.
@@kelleyjerred8032 that’s generous of you
@Terri Hansen you got a good point. It’s good to be prepared and yes she’ll need it
Best to have a roommate
I am 59 and thankful to have a van to live in , I see people sleeping under the underpass . That would really be hard .
Amen bro🇦🇺
Tim why aren't you doing more videos? It might help you make a few extra $.
Blessings
Then if this is the case you should be saving all the money you would otherwise be spending on rent and utilities. Use this time to your advantage, you may eventually wind up in a pretty nice place financially.
Yes, but they are/have made laws criminalizing people for sleeping in their car! I understand about neighborhoods not wanting some that are bad but there are people sleeping off of a highway in a remote area and people are mad about in Las Vegas. Best wishes. A lot of people will be forced to do it because the cost of everything is just too high, especially rents.
My Mother raised my brother and I by herself. She never had any retirement money and worked at Walmart Photo Lab along with Social Security to survive. When she wasn’t able to work anymore, my brother and I made up the difference. We took care of everything for her. Eye glasses, prescriptions, clothes, food, utilities, gas, tv, furniture, computer, cellphone, cable and more. Her SS checks just paid her rent in her apartment. Mom wouldn’t have survived without us. It’s so sad how America treats seniors and veterans. I’m glad my brother and I had careers where we could take care of her all the way to the end of her life. She was one of the lucky ones. Mom had family.
Outstanding for stepping up . 😊
You’ve raised very good children ❤❤❤
May God bless you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
A lot of children out there take their parents or caregivers for granted. They turn the other cheek and don’t want to recognize how well, with love they were taken care of! You both had honor your mother. Your days shall be long. For this is a commandment with a promise! Amen 🙏🏻
Well if she wasn't in a position to raise/afford children why have them? Abortion and adoption WAS an option. What a burden for all of you.
And this is also something that our culture is actually rather strange about is that we don't look to our family as much as other cultures. I think that we should help our family. I mean I've helped my mom quite a bit and my daughter helps me and I help her and also my other daughter people should be more family-oriented and help each other. There was a time when older people would always live in the same house as their children. Of course they usually had a big house so maybe that's an issue, but it just seems to me that the other problem is zoning laws that restrict you from doing whatever you want in your yard and you're on your property. Like there should be a way to have a tiny home maybe in a backyard zoning laws are very unfriendly to people sharing property and that needs to change as well.
Hello :)- I am a 51 year old male who has rented my entire life and even though I have a job, I have been forced out of the rental market in not a great are of downtown Las Vegas in an unsafe neighborhood. I have been forced to move into a weekly motel which is as much as renting a 1 bedroom apartment. I am at the point where I am going to be forced into a van only because even renting a room in somebody's house for a $1000 is not even an option. I have been researching van life for a number of months now. This is a SAD reality in America. Someone in out country needs to wake up because this is unacceptable!!!! :)-
The future is not bright for anyone that doesn’t start retirement savings in their late 20’s. Youngsters will have a tough row to hoe if they don’t reach retirement with 750 to a million in savings. It’s not impossible if you start in your late 20’s. SS will cut it, trust me. These numbers may seem unreachable but they are not, I’ve been retired for 24 years.
@@johng4250750K in 30 years means I would have to save OVER $2K per month, every single month. That’s about how much I make for the entire month. It all gets spent on gas, food and bills. 😢
@@johng4250 I partially agree with you, whilst its easier if you start in your 20s ... anytime is better than never. I''m 52 and up to now don't have much in the way of a pension, but I've just about got enough for a deposit for a home, I will get a 3 bedroom place and rent out the other two rooms to pay my mortgage in 10 years, plus I've been working for NHS last 2 years, and by the time I retire, it will be more than enough with the state pension, NHS 15 years worth of pension, plus buying a house that's bigger than what my retirement needs are. but... absolutely, living solely off a state pension is very difficult - so do all you can to avoid it.
I am 75 years old as well. My heart breaks for
us seniors here. We work all our lives and one illness, job loss, etc, and we are homeless.
It's the federal govt's responsibility to ensure that no American is homeless, let alone homeless and living (and dying) in squalor)..."charity begins at home", "seal the borders, 'open borders' are insane", "stop with the 'massive immigration'".
Yes
The older people I know lived in subsidized housing or absolute free rent, received low cost or free medications, same with healthcare.
The young people I have known who have no husband or boyfriend supporting the kids just herself, got free housing, healthcare, food stamps, some transportation free, bus passes etc and welfare checks.
My spouse in 70, I am 50 and can't work at this time but doing schooling . 56 yrs he worked and we barley get by. Praise God I have cheap rent.
Do not rely on government!! They do not care. They never have.
Unfortunately it’s not just seniors that are having a hard time finding affordable housing. It’s happening to folks of all ages.
Old people are at a disadvantage as they can no longer be who they were when they were young. The body and mind changes with age.
Yes, many young people have to live with roommates.
All ages. All walks of life. And all people do is blame the individual.
One other thing that is ludicrous is that these people paying rent like my daughter does $1,600 a month rent. I don't know how she does it, for an apartment, cannot qualify for a house loan that would have a lower payment. These are this is an example of some of the rules that need to change. In addition, there should be zoning changes so that there are allowable exceptions. For example, putting a tiny home in a backyard that is large enough, if you have 5 acres you can only have one home on that 5 acres for example. They should change that to two and a half acres. That way you could have a home and you could have a small tiny home or something for an older person or a relative or whatever.
It’s not just seniors friends a lot of young people can’t afford these rentals since the pandemic.. also in my area minimum wage is still $7.25 hr..so even a $15 a hr job you would struggle becsuse a 1 br here is now about $1300… I been in my apt 11 years and my rent went up $100 in June and $800 a month is cheap .. but hard on a fixed income but since I had a 2 br my daughter and grandson moved with me because she lost her job when the pandemic hit ..but we budget separately.. because she is a single mom.. no support for the child.. .. the father has never had contact and he is almost 8 so I’m glad I could at least provide shelter.. we make it work and have for the last 2 years..I live very frugal and believe in every check I get something goes to savings.. cause the pandemic wiped me out but my bills stayed current..
This is exactly why I hated working as a caseworker because everything is stacked against helping people. IF she had received SNAP benefits (food stamps) because her income WAS $8 less? Guess what? She’d receive the minimum she was eligible for! Like $21. How do people say this is the best country? This is embarrassing. Bless you ♥️
It IS the best country, but that does NOT mean everything is ideal. There is A LOT we can improve. Step 1: vote out people who give OUR tax dollars to foreign countries and illegal immigrants.
As a Dane, I am amazed at how little the American government helps their own elderly who do not have the means to manage the most necessary things themselves. The Danes have a social law which ensures, among other things, that in addition to a "people's pension" (which, however, is in relation to the amount of personal earnings), certain supplements can be granted for medicine, glasses, dentist, rent subsidy, heating assistance, etc.
It may well be that we are at the top of the tax list, but we get something for the money. In addition, free library, hospital treatment, schools and university are provided to the population.
In order to afford all that, the government has had to choose to limit the number of refugees and immigrants, but provides all the help they can afford for, among other things to Ukraine and certain foreign countries.
Just have to add that there are approx. 6 million people in Denmark!
You can leave?
It's the best country in the world illegal alien you get everything and never paid in the goddamn system
LINDY great insights. Thanks so much for sharing. I am not a van person as I have many animals so I live in an old house. But I admire your perseverance and reslience. It is not easy but I sure admire you Lindy. One fine woman. Great vid.
I'm a retired hospital dietitian and this was one of the most frustrating parts of my job. It was frequently senior women living in poverty who had to buy their medications and then had nothing left for food. So many of their medical conditions would be improved and medications not needed if they could eat better!! The government will pay through medicare for a diabetic's foot to be amputated but not for enough medication and healthy food to avoid that problem. So sad and frustrating.
I know exactly what you mean. I am 61, disabled and need new knees, but I am post-menopausal with hypothyroidism, which makes it nearly impossible to lose enough weight for knee surgery. Medicare won't pay for any weight-loss prescriptions that would help, but they will pay for bariatric surgery, which I do not want. I also worked in a hospital for many years, and I have seen some horror stories as a consequence of it. The government is willing to pay for invasive surgery, but not for a pill that would be a safer alternative.
@@luann7517 what about water aerobics or sitting in a chair? You can do lots of exercises in a chair.
Our farming system needs to be overhauled also. They supplement corn more than fruits and vegetables
@@truthhearit1471 You don't know enough about weight loss. The body is programmed to retain fat - and it is very difficult to lose it. Almost impossible without medication or surgery.
@@DeeDee-lz8zx that still doesn't mean that the person can't do other types of exercises that might help with muscle tone and muscle mass.
I totally agree. I am 63 and am still working, and I don’t see any end to it. It’s a shame. The sad part is a lot of younger Americans do not respect the elderly.
The time to plan for retirement is in 20's and 30's. If you don't get it all taken care of early, it's likely you'll work until you can't anymore. And when you can't anymore, the conditions you'll live in will be that of the poor. That may be why some younger people don't respect the elderly. The elderly that they're exposed to, appear to be something the young people have no desire to become.
@@enermaxstephens1051 A lot of elderly did plan for retirement. Things right now are crazy expensive. If you’re young, you will one day find out. There is also people who couldn’t plan, because they lived from paycheck to paycheck. There is absolutely no excuse for disrespect to the elderly. I took care of my parents with the help of my children. My parents had nothing to leave anyone. We took care of them out of love for them. The Bible speaks of honoring our parents and caring for the poor. The problem is, too many don’t believe in GOD, but all over Harry Potter.
In socialist and woke Europe elderly are revered! Often 3 generations live in 1 household. BUT THATS WOKE!!! SOCIALIST! You are in the greatest country on earth and ITS ABOUT THE FREE MARKET!!! IF THE OLD SUFFER THATS HOW IT GOES BECAUASE MAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL THE WEALTH NEEDS TO GO TO THE TOP 0.2% BABY!!!
@@annesand7157excuse me? So you’re saying if someone likes HP they don’t believe in God? Or don’t know how to respect elders?
@@yourekittenme. HP is sorcery (witch craft). The questions you’re asking me, you should ask yourself.
I'm sick to my stomach. I couldn't imagine my mom, grandma or aunt being out there. WE must fix this! THIS IS DISGUSTING!
Vote
@@laven111 Then pray.
They are busy to take care illegal immigrants which effect to their vote
@@tarch2007 100% agree we look after illegal immigrants not are own people TOTALLY FUKING DISGUSTING
Or some people must pay their Taxes - what will happens to her becoming 80 or 90?
She is right about being better off in the van and here is why. I am a senior now and I got into an independent living situation for 52 and older. It was marvelous or so I thought. NOT. It was supposed to be for market rate residents. I felt as though I was rewarded for all my years of work finally. NOT. They started moving in all kinds of people that were on assistance. Not to say that all people on assistance are druggies or filthy but the neighbor I had was. They ignored my pleas to help, lied to me, gaslighted me and told me they did not smell anything when they were standing in the stink. He would scream all night after his meth binges, my apartment was not habitable. I thought I was going to die. 2 very elderly ladies across the hall did die. The duct work was inter connected so there was no way to stop it. There were roaches, and bed bugs in some of the apartments, and the carpet was molded in the hall ways. They locked up the AC box in the hallways to save money so the molded carpet got worse. When a friend took me out I could hardly walk. I was sick for over a week. Could not eat. The place was not owned by the city housing authority but it was managed by it. They pulled up the pool. The day room ceiling was falling in. And you know what, they got away with it because no one came to check up on their elder family or check out the place and they KNEW this. So they did whatever they wanted. I went to the Head of the housing authority and she did nothing. She wrote me and intimidating letter. I realized that the building was owned by city investors, lawyers, doctors, etc. They were all in bed with each other. We were simply a tax write off. I went to the mayor, had an appointment, but when I got there, he was sick and could not see me. So even after I left, and lost all my furniture, I still cared about the people there, I called the state health department. I knew any complaints to the city would be laughed at. But not the state. They health department went in and pulled that guy out and they had to redo his whole apartment. Yahoo!! It would have been cheaper to just enforce the rules. Yep. It was unfortunately too late for the 2 ladies who died. Thank God, I got out or I would be dead too. Meth causes your blood pressure to go up and can cause a heart attack or stroke especially in the elderly. I lost my stuff but I got out alive. So even in places that are supposed to be good for elders, there is stuff going on. Not good. Please check on you elders. We are to honor our father and mother. No where in that command does it say honor your perfect mother and father.
Well said! Icluding the nursing homes
God bless you. I'm 75 in affordable housing and I have neighbors from hell. This weekend I'm going to start setting my car up for sleeping in at night so I can sleep more than 2 hours without being woke up. I can go home in the daytime and get things done so I can move out. I have no choice as my physical and mental health are suffering immensely. I have ptsd , depression and anxiety.
People are just getting so disrespectful, cruel, inconsiderate and the list goes on. In my case it's narcissistic abuse. I hear you and understand you did what you had to do. May you find peace and serenity and simple things as a roof over your head where you are safe. I'm going to. I've had enough. Keep on keeping on.
@@sharon70418 God bless you. I understand completely. I have slept in my car as well. I have another neighbor from hell as we speak. The landlord is not enforcing the lease. He is selling drugs. Smoking and makes me miserable. But I am not running anymore. All the apartment managers care about is occupancy and money. Just be careful. I am praying for you.
Yeah, that's what they do. It sucks.
@@sharon70418 hey
I am sorry to hear you are going through this. I fixed up my SUV for camping but ended up escaping from the next place, a room I was renting. It was terrible and my thyroid swelled up. But thank God all I had to do was jump in my Ford Escape and escape. I had already also prepared for my pet guinea pig in there to. I went to a campground where I had electricity. And water hookups. It had a nice bath house. I had a hot spot on my phone for internet to run on my 32 inch big screen which separated the back from the front. When I pulled into a spot. Two other campers immediately saw I only had a small pop up tent that I had bought to house my electric scooter. It had to come out cause it took too much space. They put me up a big tent they had for me to go back and get what I could of my stuff and store it. Campers always are so friendly. I enjoyed that time. I think my guinea did too. I had a stand up portable AC with the exhaust running out the window. I was comfortable. Since I am alone in life, I try to think in advance. I am going bug it out again just in case. I just bought another portable ac. Was thinking yesterday to get a bug out bag together. Hang in there. There is no shame in t he game of taking care of yourself. Move in silence and do what you have to do.
I’m 72 this year. Everything she’s saying about getting help in the USA is correct.
Same with here in Canada. Work all your adult life. Pay taxes. Become a senior, with possible health problems and this government will shit on you. More so if you're disabled, seeing more and more disabled ppl living in their vehicle. While immigrants get subdaize housing.
Believe me, Britain is not much better. The world is a much less compassionate place.
Greatest country on earth until you cannot provide profits to the corporations!
The economy of us pays ridiculously to hollywood.
It's incredibly corrupt. The run around, the failed responses to emails and n in unreturned calls. The long hold waits where calls are dropped or you give up. The lack of contact names and extension numbers or detailed messages
Where exactly is this $$$$$$ going? Because it isn't reaching the people that it's supposed to be reaching
You are NOT a hoarder. You are a person who prepares.
Thank you for sharing your story.
That's right she's a prepper just like a lot of us.
Clearly she didn't prepare if she's in this situation. She should've gotten a better job decades ago, or went back to school. She could easily work from home, drive for Uber, Doordash. This is just laziness at its finest. She wanted adventure, she got it.
Yes!
@@chatty2164
I feel you're being harsh. Did anyone know ten years ago that we would be going through another depression? There are still a lot of ppl who see what's happening and they are doing the best they can. Still others are calling this event a bluff. Even mainstream media was silent about food/water shortages for a long while.
I pray for salvation for all of us and that GOD will stay HIS hand so we don't lose a lot of ppl. In JESUS NAME, AMEN.
@@chatty2164 OMG, judge much? You have no clue what her life was like before the van.
I do my summers in Colorado Springs, it's cooler most of the year and I invest in a Regal Theatre movie pass to spend time in ac and a recliner taking in a movie in the heat of the day, the pass is just under $20 a month. In Colorado overnights are generally nice and cool.
Gloria thank you for putting a light on the suffering the American ppl go thru.
Yes, thanks GLOW for your help and support to these people
Yes, GLOW is our beacon of light.
its not only americans whom go true that kind off suffering....
every country in the world do have the same problem...
except republicons always vote against helping those people.
@@mikivanduyn9630no, not every country has it the same as here. Some countries they actually take care of their people instead of giving everything to the rich like here.
@@mikivanduyn9630 nope not even close as an American who was living this way and met and married a working class European this would NEVER happen in any part of Europe
At thirty years old my wife walked away leaving me with two toddlers and no child support That was the end of my retirement chances. I scraped along in poverty until my oldest was in college and youngest went into USMC. Plan was to work on saving for retirement once they were out on their own, but then lost my health and had to go on disability and stay in poverty until today. I am hanging on but everything has been hard for those thirty nine years. We do not do enough for single parents and disabled no matter how much folks complain about Soc Sec. It has been a lifeline since my health broke. I worked two jobs most of my life and started working at twelve. Sometimes the best laid plans don't work out through no fault of your own. Doing the right thing for the kids was hard but they did not ask for that life either. They are there if I need them but they also have their own lives to deal with. I pray I am never a burden on them. Most civilized nations do better for their citizens instead of their billionaires.
Hello Hero : ) Glad you shared your story. Good guys rarely are discussed when single parenting stories are discussed, but there are several to be told. My son, Mark, also raised two kids at 2 & 4 years old when their mother left. The boys, my grandsons, are now 15 & 17, doing great, the oldest will graduate from high school this year. My son got help from both me & his girlfriend with raising the kids, but it still wasn't easy. He made many school lunches & dropped them off & picked them up every day before & after school (now the oldest drives to school). He's not the first great single dad out there; I witnessed a couple others while growing up, but I can say that I'm impressed & always have been with men who step up & do a great job raising their kids. Well done good & faithful servant. @---->----
Hang in there .
At least you took care of your kids. My brother has two children, now adults and he DIDN'T PAY his child support. He's been living in my parents home for almost 30 years, doesn't pay rent or bills,"claims to buy food". My mom basically has babied his ass for the whole of his life.
Was a single dad for eight years. Kids were 8 and 5 when things happened. Was very fortunate, being in the military. But you don't get rich in the service. My money went for my kids' needs first. Did various jobs after retiring from the service, we got by. Kids grown now, am married again. Retired for good eight years ago, have pension, Social Security, couple of small part-time jobs. We have enough, luckily. We need to stop spending money on illegal aliens and use that money to help people like Lindy. In our state (CA) elderly legal immigrants who never worked a day in our country can get Section 8, food stamps, home health care, and a cash stipend. Have seen it. And a native-born citizen, veteran, like Lindy gets so little. Utterly disgusting.
Your kids have a life? What about the life you had before their mother abandoned them? How quickly some forget. It’s high time your grown kids step up to the plate and take care of you! Grown kids.. You should have ZERO unmet needs.
Get the basic membership with Thousand Trails. You will be paying $52 per month to stay 2 weeks at any of their 150 campgrounds, then you have to leave for a week and come back for another 2 weeks. You can do this all year round. You would get access to daily showers, full-hook ups where you can plug in an electric heater, unlimited water. It is so cheap for what you get. Totally worth it
The county of San Bernardino County 😂 is cool , they hook me up 😂😂😂😮
Thank you for sharing. These videos are why many women are now educated and making sure theyre able to support themselves. You need your own social security and retirement assets.
I worked with an older retired teacher who was in a wheelchair at times in a part-time job. At times, she was falling asleep or smelling bad or looking messy. I found out later that she was living in a CAVE nearby with other homeless people!!! That poor woman!! She could not afford an apartment, but later did finally get into subsidized housing only to be hit and killed by a car while crossing the street in her wheelchair one day. She'd devoted her life to teaching her students and she ended like that. So sad!
Wow, that’s some awful luck! 😮
@@joanbelmont5450 yes i am semi this and have a really hard time with laundry. but you do what you must.
That's absolutely horrific!
That is just a disgrace I see women with no legs and one of those wheelchairs trying to go the store it's a disgrace this system sucks
Yes, that can b any of us
This is why when I managed a senior apartment community I had a social services agent come every Wednesday to get my residents on a housing voucher. My residents were over the moon because they were able to keep most of their SS income. My building owners were over the moon because those rent vouchers from social services were dependable income. And it also helped keep my vacancy down. My social services agent told me that there was a big pool of housing vouchers put aside just for seniors but if they don't use it the program will be lost. Therefore she was happy to come once a week and get as many people on it as possible.
To be honest... My biggest obstacle was pride. My residents were too prideful to get on it. That was until several of their neighbors got on it and started bragging about having money to visit their grandchildren or go out to dinner. Once the stigma was gone, they all signed up.
But that was for those already in housing. She can't even get into housing. It's messed up.
Where are you? In NJ we have NO HELP for seniors. Please let me know how I can apply to get into your building. I need to get a housing voucher but in NJ our Section 8 is closed. I am more than willing to move to another location.
@@lauravictorious4670 I know. I understood her story. It's messed up for sure.
@@renysimone3312 I no longer work there. This was in 2007. But I can tell you my contact came through the Maryland department of aging.
I am in my 80's. Was living for 7 years in a small apartment above a cousins garage. It was good.. They decided to sell the house. I had no choice but bought an old van, fixed it up to live in.. Last week it broke down on the interstate . Towed 92 miles to Tallahassee and it's in the shop. This is life today for seniors. Cannot afford an apt. Too afraid to live in some subsidized place. That's the life , no relatives, no children. And I feel so bad to see moms and children living like this in a car.
Not sure where you live. But I used to be an STNA/ home health aide. I would take care of elderly people in their homes and some of them lived in subsidized housing. These apartments were clean and quiet and in the suburbs so they were not located in crime ridden areas. They were age 55 and up apartments buildings. Sometimes our fears can be scarier than reality. Please look into subsidized housing, they should have them in suburbs and good neighborhoods where you really wouldn't have any issues like crime. Also because most of the people were elderly in the building there was no crime that I knew of in the apartment building. My clients never complained.
U don’t have to live in bad areas
There’s subsidized housing in decent areas
@YeshuaKingMessiah In some cities. I'm in Atlanta and the homeless problem is horrible. Almost all remaining subsidized housing is in terrible areas full of crime. There's never any vacancies at the very FEW subsidized places that aren't in bad neighborhoods.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah For Section 8 housing one can be on the list for years. In some states they aren't even taking new applicants.
@@TLA123y6f yes
Once ppl get on Sect8 they don’t get off it
Ever
Even when all kids age out & the move out, the mother just becomes disabled (usually “traumatized” not actual physical disability) so she stays.
Some ppl have been in sect8 buildings for decades upon decades
It’s rly sad when a single, wkg mom can’t get off the street becuz of this abuse.
Bless her heart! Wishing her all the very best!! ❤️💐
When I was a senior in high school back in 1980 I always knew I would need a place to live. I had been working summer jobs throughout my high school years and saved every dime I made. I bought a used mobile home for $1,250. I was out looking for a place to move it to and came across an empty acre of land in the country. I went to the courthouse to find out who the land belonged to and the owner just happened to be our judge. He had forgotten that he owned the property. He sold it to me for $2,500 That was 43 years ago. I haven't paid rent in 43 years now. I dont have any landlords, banks, or rules to answer to. I have kept my trailer up very well through out my life alway making repairs if needed. I'm 61 now and retired after welding for the same company for 30 years. I am so grateful of the decisions I made while I was young.😊
Also - the two amazing strokes of luck that fell into your lap !!! As you can read, many of us were not so lucky.
@@TLA123y6f I think you missed the 43 years ago! Must have done a good job to keep it for 30 years.
Many things can go wrong over the years (drink,drugs etc) but appears they just stayed away from trouble like many of us are able to do.
Well done murraychadwick.
@user-lf2lf6wy4z I agree. Kinda mind blowing to see so many people patting themselves on the back and acting holier than thou when they did little different than the next guy who is in dire financial cercumstances.The people I truly respect and admire are people who have true character generally built through struggle because ill health, one parent households, or other devastating circumstances..but continue to put one honest foot in front of the other. Those are the people who generally help others whenever they can. Those are the heros.😊
BEAUTIFUL.. My mother n law did the same thing , and I too am working on my decision with off grid living and a trailer. I saw a lot of this when visiting UTAH, New MEXICO, and Colorado. Housing is ridiculous.
I’m so glad u had the intuition to do this
So sorry. Seeing this makes me feel so sad that senior citizens who built this country are not only suffering but watching our country go down the drain.
Umm I thought the slaves built this country?
@@carolyndaniels386 Come on. REALLY? You want to go there?? Get a life. Please. Shame on YOU.
Today's seniors did not build this country. They're Boomers. Baby Boomers had the cheapest tuition, inexpensive housing, plentiful jobs, decent public schools. Problem is that credit was plentiful, interest was low, and many chose to live well beyond their means. Everything is so much harder for us younger generations to achieve what they did at similar age milestone.
Boomers drove this nation into the ground: they've been in charge. No other generation, and there is NOTHING to pass on of good will to the coming up generation: Baby Boomers nearly wiped out Generation X with their sexual revolution/Woodstock lifestyle that led to Roe vs Wade, legalizing abortion that left Generation X the smallest number of people, and now Baby Boomers are self righteous wanting to end Roe vs Wade for the Millennials; I'm against abortion, all for morning after birth control, or sterilization, but the Millennials took their model for life from the Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers put the degradation of society in place and it's been followed ever since.
@@uncletom3976 Chinese do help too. 1 example: Transcontinental Railroad.
This country should be ashamed of itself for treating seniors like this!!! Politicians are greedy and disgusting for letting this happen. Americans will ALL be old one day, God willing! What do they plan to do...let us all starve to death? Repugnant people in power!
and yet, you keep voting for them and why?
because they promised you a share of the loot and you want it !!
@@MichielVanKets People keep watching fake media news.We were doing better with Trump.
Yeah people should acknowledge that they'll be old one day...therefore they should PREPARE. Too many spend every cent they ever earned.
@@MichielVanKets um...voting for who??
@@patdonnelly9392 dems.
I thought I was the only person going through this. I never imagined I would be living like this. And America takes care everyone else except their people😢
it does a lot for people- senirors -especially women are treated very badly
I’ve seen very little they have done. They can do much better. They take good care of people from other countries. I’m from New York, I’ve seen a lot.
I think you got _exactly_ what you voted for.....every dem run city is a sh**hole. I'm about sick of you boomers bitchin' this much after all the decades I heard all y'all say _I'm fiscally conservative but socially lib eral_ well...this is what that type of political cognitive dissonance brings you. Maybe its time for your 70++++ year old generation to retire and get out of office?
This is the result of trickledown economics.
You should come in over the boarder..you'll get many things
13 years ago I had to buy me a cabin, it took me 3 years to pay it off and I was homeless with my children before this. We had to get a used gas stove and a wood stove. It's not easy.Yes, I'm on disability and I still have to feed me and my kids and grandchildren. I know its not easy and no one really cares. But we make it work.😊
Imagine what your kids and grandkids will grow up to be!
I've started to see the results, my 3 boys were in the Marines . Ones A police officer, one has a good paying job. The girls held very dangerous jobs and is still. My 5 grandbabies are very smart and we keep them in line. My grandma was very strict with me. And talked day and night about life. Yes I'm 😊 happy
@@bieditso2038God Bless you
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Whilst I applaud her independence if she were my mother I would insist on her having a place to stay with me. She could use the van and travel if she wanted but I wouldn't want my mum in a van in winter!
She did say she wanted adventure too. That's what motivating her to experience van life. I also hope she will move in with her son. As we get older health issues are inevitable. You need a permanent home to take care of medical needs.
@Pj what kind of son would let his mother live in a van so he wouldn't be "burdened"?!Especially in a cold climate.
She might be more independent, set in her ways, and her son might have different ways of doing things. She might not want the rules, routines, or customs in his home...to be told or have to change everything: her schedule, her routines, what she wants to watch or listen to by being in another place...
Maybe her son is struggling too
This absolutely breaks my heart. Prayers dear Lindy. You are a beautiful lady.
She looks great or heath for her age 😮🎉
I am 53 and feel for anyone homeless who is living day to day and struggling. I fear that I may someday end up living out of a vehicle or using all my camping gear and tent, being I live paycheck to paycheck. My mortgage is huge, and with utilities and car payments and the rising cost of EVERYTHING. You are right the system is not set up to help anyone.
Hello Kimberly. Honestly hope you don't buy if unfortunately you do need to live in a vehicle. First thing you want to do is insulate the windows. You lose a lot of heat, bring in a lot! Of cold same with summer as outside sun will roast you. So buy reflective. Silver colored insulu. You can cut to perfect window size. Available at lowes and other bb stores it's also good to put down on the floor or along doors if you're living in a car. Is ok for van to . Also if you're living in a bmvan and are in a cooler , northern climate put 1/2- 1 inch plywood on the floors. Carpet on top of you want as it'll keep you more comfortable. If in van remember to cover the back and side doors. Can be done with hardboard insulation. As can roof and side walls. In all insulating a van can be done for about $300/$500. Be. Very careful if you use propane stove for heat. Roll down one window 3 inches. No less . Propane makes moisture so prepare for possible black mold and rust.
If you can find a way to downsize, I would. You have no idea what could happen and while you want to think positive from of your mind creates a reality and of course you can do very well, if you're already barely getting by, you don't want to be in a position to have something not good happen and then you are not able to care for yourself.
90% of all homeless people are men. Still feel sad?
get rid of your huge mortgage
As far as a tent then hope yur on someone's ' gated ' locked property,
I know parents don't want to burden their kids, but I'm surprised that her son would let her live like that.
Sometimes it’s more complicated than him just wanting to help. She said he would help but that she was too “independent” (read stubborn). I ran across an elder lady working at a store recently at 75. She said her rents had risen again and she would probably need to ask her daughter if she could have a room in her home. Sometimes the kids have their own family or are barely making bills as it is. Unfortunately, moving a parent in may mean more electricity because they stay cold, another mouth to feed, more water, etc. Perhaps their home is large enough for their family but they’d need something larger (more $ to buy and heat) with another person needing a room. Not to say they might not want to but it may come with real costs to help an older parent. Not to mention, a change in their own family dynamic. How many elderly do you know that can keep from inserting themselves in their children’s business, how they parent, their marriage, their money…..not many. Complex issues for sure. I feel ok sharing these thoughts as my family is currently living this situation with my husband’s mom living with us. It’s hard. Worthwhile but hard.
@@heather8311984 you mostly end up with the person sleeping on the sofa, using lots of blankets to stay warm, eating very little, 2 small meals a day to help with any medication.
Bathing like a spounge bath, or quick shower, shave.
In Asia whole generations from new borns to grandparents live together, or close by.
Some, who have the space, build a small bed and bath unit in the yard, granny can sleep and have some privacy, the family are right there if anything happens. My grandmother died after a fall, if someone had been home she would of been alright.
Works in reverse as well some parents let their children become homeless to. Not like he has much of a choice if she doesn't want to ask for help from him. She stated it herself she prefers to be as independent as possible. That being said nobody of any age should be homeless.
Seems like she chose this life
@@heather8311984I hear you. The parent is always A PARENT. I’ve never known one that could be silent about the lifestyle of their children etc. my husbands Mother lived with us for some time. But she did want her independence. Poor choice, but we complied. Moved her into a senior apartment , with activities. But it never stopped there. She broke our marriage down piece by piece. Now she is deceased and we are divorced. We did not have the MATURITY to stand up to her.
“They got millions for war but can’t feed the poor” -Tupac ❤😢
You can say that again, this has happened to me back then as Orthopaedic & Oncologist Cancer specialist as a Doctor in the United State. Everyone since the dawn of time has shared in this current experience. Loving and missing home is part of the human experience, Thank God she found a home, where are you from?
And what did Tupac did to help? 🤷🏻♀️
AND illegal alien invaders
@@joanbelmont5450stop it. He’s not the government. Why are you upset with a dead man? He was thorough on his stance against the evils of the government.
@@joanbelmont5450 they had him killed before he could do anything
Genuine talk, God Bless you Lindy, i pray & hope beyond reason that God may have responded to youf prayers and you've since found soms kind of stable accomodation and you're feeling a little more upbeat now ❤ Big love from Lincolnshire England xxx
This is me in a year or two. I've been mentally preparing myself, the closer it gets the more dreadful it is. No family to run to. Lots of acquaintances but no close or real friends to reach out to. I've been trying to figure out where is the best, "safest" to live the van life and where it's warm(er) with no snow. I cannot not handle snow and too cold with my heart condition and asthma. It's a scary situation. Kudos and blessing to all the seniors out there living this rough life.
What did you do in your younger years? That’s when you were supposed to be preparing and saving for your later years.
@Joan Belmont life happens, usually medical crisis. When we have worked all of our life putting into social security. Divorce death of spouse, child gets sick, stock market crash, etc.
You have to also understand when we started out minimum wage was like 1.25 per hour. Look into the great depression what happened there. One million even 25 years ago was enough to retire on and live comfortably with investments and pensions. Not so anymore, one bad ailment, car accident hospital stay can take all of that away. we are living in a time where corporations run everything and inflation is out of control. There used to be laws and regulations in place where that couldn't happen, they slowly took those away and now, in order to make it, you cannot live alone, work your way through college etc without going into deep debt. Lots of reasons, but please look at history and realistically see the timeline of decay.
@@joanbelmont5450 What a cold, cold heart you have.
@@exaudi33 She has a realistic heart. You plan for retirement day 1 of your first job.
San Diego might be good, and there are food and veggie programs and great senior centers, libraries...
I'm 64 now, I see myself living in a van in the next few years. I'm training myself to be a minimalist. Selling off my precious personal belongings, learning to not want or need them.
Same
I'm glad people are given a chance to explain why their in a bad situation. I became disabled (amputation) a few years ago. I'm 52 worked hard all my life making good money. I'm in the same boat, make SSDI money which is too much to get food stamps. I don't eat everyday and have to panhandle to get basic needs. Our gov has enough money to help other countries but not our own people. I lived on the streets for around a year and a half in a wheelchair
Sorry to hear this. Sending you strength.
Ditto but with Stage 4 cancer at age 50 and on SSDI that makes too much even tho it's from the government. Worked when I was 13 .Was denied Badgercare/Medicaid and SSI before I was approved SSDI.I have been homeless twice.
You know you can live on 150 dollars a month for groceries. (With toilet paper, tissues, toiletries, soap etc it would be a little more) and cook simple home food. Lentils brown rice, chicken stew, oatmeal fruits and veges. It is doable. My groceries bills are no more than this for myself alone in 2024.
@@SeattlePioneer yeah me too, I was a union taper for 24 years then had my own small drywall co. For around 6 years.
Thanks!
Thank you so much Karen. This money will go to help a senior in need. 💜
I can relate to you Lindy. I'm from Austin Tx and a 65yr vet disabled and can no longer get SSDI surving on $911 and that's at the new 8.7 increase for 2023 plus $23 for food stamps and live in a 98' Dodge van. It's all a Scam by the higher-ups and to keep us in poverty. I have no family to speak off, but I'm doing the best I can and my Lord Jesus has given me the strength to go on. Tough Times Don't last, Tough People in Christ do!😇🙏🇺🇲👍.
On that amount you couldn't afford rent you might could rent a room in someone else's home. I live on SSDI but receive more than that I get mine it's not much, but I draw off my deceased husband to so I'm not eligible for no help.
God bless you Donald. One day soon, these struggles will be behind us.💕
@@dragonfly9209 Yes and those who Trust in our Lord Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father will always prevail. Tough times Don't last, Tough People in Christ do! Peace Love and Unity to All Mankind!🥰🙏🇺🇲👍
Scary.
God bless you sir. ❤
God bless this woman. She’s making the best of her situation with very little complaints. Her outlook is amazing.
It's nice that you feel this way, yet she is still struggling. Stop idolizing hardship and help solve the problem.
@@KS0102 What are you and that mouth of yours doing to help her?
America has become shameful in how they treat the 1. elderly, 2. veterans 3. homeless 4. how much they give to other countries and 5. how lavishly the "politicians" so freely give themselves our hard-earned tax dollars.
Don't you love it when they vote themselves a raise? Pathetic. I feel for Ukraine but we're not even on the same continent! Where's the rest of Europe in all this?
@Martha- Become?? It's been this way for decades.
Wait a minute here. I’m in California. I took a family friend, a VETERAN, into my home. We made a contract that I would be his paid caregiver. I enrolled him in the VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. GOT HIS DENTURES, glasses, cataract surgeries, hip surgeries , foot care, ( the best) and on and on, all the way to HOSPICE. THE VA SPENT ON HIM OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS, over the 7 years I housed him. And that’s not including, the many years before I housed him. It’s not perfect, but they DO ALL THEY CAN FOR OUR VETERANS AND SOME ABUSE THE SYSTEM. SELL THEIR RX, abuse their own health,,,,,
We could take one weapon of mass destruction and house many of the unhoused. Three fourths of all money confiscated from taxpayers is used to build the military machine. That's a problem. We need to divert military funding to infrastructure which includes housing the houseless.
That's a fact
This is despicable....my mum was priced out of her apartment and is now living with me in my one bedroom suite. We are in Canada where there is a social safety net yet she has been on a list for low income senior housing for 2 years with no end in sight. It's a heartless situation in our so called 'best countries in the world'...nothing but greed and corruption with developers making development after development of condos that many people could never afford regardless of age. It's not that there is no housing, it's that there is no affordable housing, while our politicians fill their fat faces at the public trough
So your mom wants a free or heavily subsidized place to live? SOMEONE has to pay for that. You know that don't you?
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 hey scott mac & cheese is it? Best not to oversimplify your response to comments...I didn't say free or heavily subsidized housing, and that SOMEONE paying for these social services is a taxpayer like me and my mother who has worked and paid in to the system over a liftetime. We the public create the funds for things like social housing, you know that don't you?
@@lulabloom4636 So your mom worked? Good, she gets Social security and Medicare now.
I hope she prepared more than that though.
yep, same here
@@maryroberts6311 sorry to hear that
I am in my 30s but this is one of my biggest fears when I get old. Being alone and homeless. I hate seeing people having to go through this. It’s heartbreaking to see people that have worked all their lives to end up living like this. 😢
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So? Start NOW to avoid that future!
My method for avoiding that future was:
1 Earn an ordinary income. I worked sixty hours/week or more for years to maximize my income
2. Live frugally Just as an example, I've NEVER purchased a new car and I bought my current car in 2007 for $1500 (1992 Chevy Astro van)
3. Invest the difference between what you earn and what you spend in stocks or rental real estate.
4. Don't get married or have children.
At age 74, I have a net worth of several million dollars.
Save, save, save and you will make it. I’m 63, and very low income, but am not in this situation by the Grace if god go I
And morally wrong
alone is kinda fine once you get here to be honest. i feel like it's different for everyone.
but the housing situation sucks here in Australia too. Planning my van life right now.
but even that takes some money now.
You can deal with being alone. It's hard dealing with poverty. Make sure you have savings.
I worked my whole adult life and get social security. My friend’s husband never worked enough for social security and he gets Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and some government stipend. He’s making out a bit better than I am and he doesn’t have to pay anything for his medication, hospitalizations or physical therapy. It’s like what’s the point of even working?
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. WE BOTH WORKED OUR ENTIRE LIFE AND WORKED EXTRA SO OUR SS CHECK WOULD HELP US SURVIVE WHEN WE RETIRED..WE PAID INTO SS AND DONT GET ANY ASSISTANCE ..WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING COPAYS AND NO HELP WITH ANYTHING..SOME TIMES I WONDER WHY WE BUSTED OUR BUTTS SO MUCH AND DONT BENEFIT FROM ANYTHING THESE ONES WHO GET IT ALL ....AND MOST NEVER WORKED A DARN DAY IN THERE LIFE
Lots of folks in this comments section think that non-workers and non-savers should be supported by the rest of us.
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 because the NWO is in control..everybody must be equal if they work a day or 100 yrs.you do not take care of Americans.You pay to fight proxy wars to keep the capitalists busy making and sling bombs.
@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 You sure aren't supporting them. It's funny how you "taxpayers pay for everything" people think. Get over yourself. You aren't paying for jack. Only thing you're paying for is the rich. Do your research...or homework, as you people say.
@@clairealtman7269 Every individual has a duty to prepare for hard times. Lots of folks fail to prepare then want others to support them when they're inevitably broke.
It's a damn shame our elderly lives like this after they have worked their whole life. Our government should be ashamed of themselves.
@Marilyn Willett Not that it is your business, but absolutely not!! I voted for the Man who really won but it was taken from him!
@@aura8885 Me too, Aura. Bet you there are many who wish he was still in the whitehouse since the USA has gone to hell in a hand basket the last two years!🇺🇸
Democrats in congress make millions screwing our seniors, never Vote for a Liberal, they say one thing and screw you over, look at Blacks , Democrats have never helped them. We need Trump again, he cares
@@aura8885 Trump would not have helped these folks. Republicans always gut social programs because they’re “handouts” and they all send money to other countries for foreign aid.
@@MiamiPush2theLimit well I said, the government. I said nothing about President Trump.
Lindy is a wonderful woman. I am glad these uploads are made to show the world how uncivilized America is to it's elderly population. Who wrote the laws making it impossible for the elderly to ever retire ??? Good on her for keeping going in a system that just doesn't care.xx
"Who wrote the laws making it impossible for the elderly to ever retire???" The rich assholes who run this country and who make sure they get laws passed favorable to them so they can keep their obscene amounts of money. They do that by buying politicians. It's sad and sick. Republicans are known as the party of the country club set. Normal people should not vote for them. The Dems are far from perfect, but at least they care enough to do things like get more people health coverage, try to get them student loan forgiveness (6 conservative supreme court judges made sure that wouldn't happen), raise SS payments.
It's also a great name. My brother named his first child a daughter after a horse. Jennafirst out of the sire Jennafirst. Jennafirst was out of the first crop of Niafirst and her daughter got her name the year Jennafirst first raced as a two year filly pacer.
Thank you for making us aware of your situation. I'll be in touch.
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I could totally see this becoming my only option. As I get older, it's frightening to have no husband, a fixed income and watch rents skyrocket. So are groceries going up..every day, it seems. Sad, but, there's zero respect for us elders these days. 😪 💔
Never had been. America worships young people. And rich people.
If you can swing it, maybe you should think about purchasing a small like a lot. I don't know what zoning laws are like in your area but maybe just some like an acre or two and putting a tiny home on it. It's a thought.
It doesn’t matter husband or no husband. By that age many women will be widows so you just have to know how to survive on your own
zero respect="they wont give me free money!"
@@buk6708you sound like a miserable person with a miserable outlook and life. Sad.
Thank you bringing the plight of seniors, homeless, women, disabled, poor and working poor out into the light. I had five children and tried to qualify for a low interest loan to repair my home. I made just a few dollars more than the limit, and they would not help me. When I tried to refinance to a much lower interest rate, they told me I would have to borrow more money because they would not finance anything less than fifty thousand dollars. Why would I borrow and have to pay back more than I had left on my home?
Scammers
First, you don’t borrow money, you BUY it!
If they want to SELL you more than you need, take it and invest it in short-term, high yield undertakings.
I’m also a working senior and don’t ever expect to retire.
Love and All Good Things,
Jess.🌹
Dealing with shitters destroying savings....sorry..
Dealing with shitters destroying savings....sorry..
@@jesseleighbrackstone8365 in a declining markets?
This is infuriating. While our government is sending billions of dollars to Ukraine and spending millions to help illegal immigrants, our seniors and veterans are becoming homeless and are barely surviving. This is absolutely shameful!
You think seniors and veterans have only struggled for the last couple of years? I worked with the homeless back in the 80s, and there are many complex reasons and choices that created their situations. Besides...we don't take care of them because we'd rather spend $878 billion on the military complex in the US.
@@stormyweather2807 I'm well aware they haven't been struggling for just the past couple years and I'm not sure where in my comment I said it's only been the past couple years, however I 100% agree billions of dollars are spent every year for issues that have nothing to do taking care of our citizens. Unfortunately both political parties are responsible for this. Even our own congress live in luxury while people like this poor woman are trying to survive in a van. It's just evil and shameful how our government has completely neglected them.
@@CharleneOrtizTraining Im betting Stormy thought you meant the past couple of years because you specifically mentioned Ukraine.
It is cruel and inhumane what is going on in America!!!
Well what are you doing about it besides being a UA-cam commentator warrior? Have you met with local legislators or the VA administration? This has gone on for many decades (which you claim to know) & as you seem a bit long in the tooth you’ve known it’s nothing new, so what have you done besides rant for likes? You mention Ukraine immigration but don’t mention the welfare fraud , housing fraud and more that other Americans take advantage of that taxpayers fund,,,if you’re going to b!tch about our taxpayer money don’t pick and choose where are money goes for likes
She is doing a really good job so that’s a help. Dear Lord help her cause folks around her to help her stay warm and healthy and well taken care of.
Amen
My Hubby and I are retired senior full-time vanlifers. We're on Social Security, Wintering in Arizona right now. When the summers are hot there are places to go to stay cool like a Senior Center, Library or a Community Center. There are food pantries and places that serve nightly meals. We have been on the road for a little over a year and we've never looked back. Yes it was a choice but life dealt us the cards and force our hand so to speak. We live comfortably in the summer and winters. We travel when we want boondocking seeing the beauty around us. Winter we volunteer at a long term camp area in Quartzsite, AZ and enjoy the time we have not working. No it is not all glamor and fun times. It's life with the same ups and downs you would have living in a sticks n bricks. The difference is that we're living on our terms and not determined by a landlord, or a bank. Our Dodge Grand Caravan is our home and the US is our back yard. It works for us. #Vanlife is not for everyone. We will live this nomatic lifestyle until we can't.
Do you have a UA-cam? I’d been keen to follow!
5 $ a gallon gas? Thousands in repairs and auto insurance= home burgulary?
Wow I want to learn from you how a couple able to live in dodge grand caravan. Any tips would be great how store things, sink, kitchen, fridge, bed, toilet etc.
And then what will you do?
Always nice to have a traveling partner
I am outraged that a social worker told her she is better off living in her van!! Serious callousness on their part! The social worker should be forced to do that and see how great it is!! Living in the elements with no toilet or shower or kitchen! Just evil!!!
sometimes it's not much better in a house when you can't afford heat
I believe the social worker was trying to be honest. The alternative was so much hassle and not attainable. 7:46
Actually my housing coordinator told me the same thing. Shelters are dangerous and your things get stolen all the time. Plus I have pets that I will not ever give up.
@@lamoinette23when senior housing is up to 1000/month just for rent and on top of that riddled with cockroaches the van is better to live in. My hubby and I live in an rv because we can no longer afford apartments even the so called low income senior apartments.
The social worker didn't say it was "great." She said she is better off living in her van. That appears to be the case ----she told the truth.
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You don't need a toilet, shower or kitchen. They are conveniences, not necessities. There is really no suggestion that she isn't managing reasonably.
At age 74, I use a wood stove to heat my house rather than turn on my gas furnace. I can get srcrap wood for free. I sleep in a sleeping bag and the temperature can get down to forty when the fire goes out at night. But it's not a hardship ---it's my PREFERRED lifestyle.
On the coldest day of winter in Seattle this past winter (+15F or so), I had a nock on my door at midnight. A woman at my door BEGGED me to let her stay in my home that night, and I agreed She was wrapped in blankets from head to toe. Now THERE was a woman who was living "in the elements."
But this woman was doing well enough from what I can see. Her only real complaint was cold winter temperatures, but we don't know where she lives. In many areas (mine included- Seattle) living in a van is safe to do as far as temperatures go,
This woman had a LIFETIME to save money to protect herself in old age. She didn't do it. Even so, she is doing OK in my view.
She just needs a good RV, and a pet, and she'll be fine, because she's an independent person. But I could never sleep at night knowing my mother was somewhere living in a vehicle. I would die from worrying.
Stop judging the kids of these seniors living in vehicles. As independent as they are their children may not know how they live. And for those doing it as an adventure they may love the freedom they have. May be the children are not the kinda ppl one would choose to live with.
It still does not make our government any shameless! The thing is their (the homeless seniors & vets ) tax dollars are taking care of ppl that are living better than themselves!
God is not pleased with the greed of the government and the treatment of its citizens! Until things change we see the catastrophe weather, crime, economy & health that we see!
Let's be realistic, if and that's a big if you could maybe find a good reliable one with everything working and no water damage for 6,000 however a good one will cost about 10 grand
My kids made me homeless in a divorce when I tried to save them from abusive father. I'll be dead soon. I should be home, and live to my 90's. Bad marriage can destroy everything
I'm saying!!
@@recoveringsoul755 OH my gosh. You have to get some help for yourself! You have to go to adult and senior services and file for help.
I’m very sorry about your situation😢 and i hope the government will able to help you and other elderly people who suffering due to financial hardship. God bless you 🙏
Thanks for shining a light on the struggle for seniors. It's heartbreaking. And no relief in sight. Social security, like minimum wage, has fallen way behind. Cola will never catch it up.
What to do?
God bless you ma'am!
This breaks my heart that our federal government refuses to take care of its own people.
BUT WILL TAKE CARE OF OTHERS WITH OUR TAX MONEY!!!! BACKWARDNESS!!!
Their State should also be doing something for these people.
@@carolecarlson1645
Unfortunately if you are American, that will never happen. The government is doing its best to eliminate its seniors. On the other hand, it is allowing all other ethnicities to come on in and take full advantage of our medical, educational, housing and welfare systems.
Its a crying shame.
Sorry all money right now goes over seas to you know where…. The guy playing a piano with his you know what
Nope can’t help seniors
Thank god for vans
We have to be careful who we vote on their seat in the government. This is what happened when the wrong people aren't the right one and we see this with our own eyes the corruption going on now we have fight the evil from within to clean out for the good to overcome especially for our children children. The evil is working so hard to take control of our lives that we have no saying anymore then the old people are dumped like trash. Their kids can't afford to take care of them or a home care for them then it goes on and on. They only see MONEY more MONEY to spend on the desire of their heart not the good of the people.
Seniors cannot survive on the pennies that social security gives them. I am fortunate enough to have a house and I was able to move my parents in with me. Not everyone has family or has space. It's infuriating and sad.
The taxpayers simply cannot be expected to pay more taxes . Just because somebody needs more money doesn’t give anybody the right to have the government forcibly take it from others. We might start with stopping all foreign aid instead of raping paychecks for more money. Those billions going to Ukraine should be given to our own people.
You have to save money during the good times in life. You can't just blow every penny and then complain the government doesn't help enough.
That's not always true. I get a decent S.S. check and do pretty well. I have enough to pay my bills, travel some and even save some. .y home is paid for which helps but even if it wasn't I would still do well.
@@rons5319 Finally! someone with a brain! and I am not underestimating Livy and her situation., but when you scroll through some of the folks on these platforms complaining the government should do more because they (Chose) to have 7 children and they don't get enough Christmas toys!! really! when I got married , we promised ourselves to give the best that we could physically, emotionally, and feasible to our children, and in order to do this it was just a matter of common sense! so we only had 2 children. If we cannot determine our own expectations and limitations, what else can I say. We are doomed.
If you can get out of debt and pay off your home beforehand you can live on it. I'm disabled and I do.
Thank you !!! Respect and care for Elders is soo essential for any society to be "prosperous".
I absolutely agree!!
I went through double autoimmune disorder, amputation and am in this situation at 39 that could go critical like this. My rent is 65 percent of my ssdi. It's thanks to my dad before he passed that I have my suv and am getting my service dog. But my gf and I and our two kids are one medical emergency away from homelessness, loss of job for her, and living in the suv. So I can't even imagine Linda's struggles at an age where I was still doing everything I could to help my dad in his cancer battle that he sadly lost. We need to stop forgetting our elders. This hurts my soul. God bless you Lindy and others in thus situation. Heading over to subscribe now.
The elders are forgotten unless they are rich.
This is a good reason why you should really try hard to get a small paid off place in the country before you get old. I fixed up an old house on 2 acres and it has worked out great for me. I garden, I have fruit trees, berry bushes. All I pay is land taxes (300 bucks a year) and electricity about 150 bucks a month. I live pretty good out here in the rural Ozarks.
Yes. I saw another video pushed to me and they were a couple who bought an abandoned house at 22k. Mortgage free instantly.
It is a good way to go.@@jasxteo
This is so true ,. I'm 71 and am realizing how hard it is for seniors to make it now.
Go to a shelter
73 and live on ssi in a minivan. i'm in a state with moderate temps. if it gets in the teens you dress warm use a sleeping bag and a fleece blanket with handwarmers. i'll never go back to 4 walls. Military taught me to live on nothing. My mini is my coffin and I'm loving it.
At least she has a roof over her head, a bed, kitchen, private space, etc. Makes a huge difference from living on the streets.
A vehicle is the last form of refuge from the streets. But it has to be legal for the police are looking. And to keep it legal always takes money.
My wife and I lost our home in 2002. A fellow bought it for rental income, which has gone up since. We are in our mid 70s and are being priced out of this house we have lived in for 40+ years. Our daughter and son- in -law have converted a garage to a bedroom space for us to move into before winter. This summer we have to liquidate household "stuff" and a shop full of woodworking tools from a summer long yard sale. My landlord let me build a small shop in '03, so I have tons of tools and junk, not to mention wood. I had to get rid of our old cat as he has never known any place to live other than here. He was 16 years old and half blind and deaf. This whole situation has me depressed and losing sleep. I don't do well with drastic changes such as this will be
Im so sorry about your cat.
I'm sorry for you, it sounds very stressful.
I wish you luck.
@@MegaSodafanYou’re worried about the cat? Americans are so ridiculous 😂
I am so sorry you, and all the other people experiencing hardships, are going through this.
Robert, are you on Facebook?
I am 74 years old and live with my single daughter and her two boys 5 & 8 years. We help one another. One son pays for my phone and the other gives me $100 each month.
That is lovely.that you and your daughter can support each other and.your sons help out as.well..
Nice son and daughter
Amazing boys 5 and 8 yrs old can provide phone and cash for you each month!!!
You are so blessed, im 64, my 2 kids give me money every month, and i save most of it for emergencies. I only buy what I need
Lindy’s son needs to help her.😢💕
How could any child let their parents live like this?
He offered to let her move in with him in his house. She chose to go on adventures/travel/c things etc.
She's "to independent"...
Her choice.
@@Starbeoghtuser3475mine do, not even a thought, if you told me 35 years ago they would do this I would have said no way .
God bless her and hope that she finds a good place to live with no bills and get some help from the government
Security must also be a stress for this poor woman. God bless her and keep her safe!
Doesn't seem like she is overly stressed about security.
I took care of both my parents, and I'm Soo glad I did!!!!
Families need to be taking care of their love ones this is ridiculous ! I don’t care how stubborn you are, ur son can help you!
Hello Diana
How are you doing today?
That was NOT the reasoning for my comment and you know it
I love my "Seniors" I too was taught to respect my elders, and it is so sad what AMERICA has become, because there are many working poor whom are not elderly yet, who are moving off the grid. This issue is effecting MANY not just elderly. Bless her heart!! A senior who has worked ALL their life should not have to live this way.
There are so many homeless Seniors I am barely making it and I have come to realize that I can no longer afford to live in America. A country I was born in and fought for.
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What a horrible situation. You told it in a earlier video. Lindy is a very sad example for what is wrong in the world!
There are much more examples. Gloria you are so right that you give this attention! That is so important! Keep up this work please!
Lindy is a very smart lady and I feel great repect for her! I wil give her channel attention, She deserves it!
This woman is so absolutely strong.
She truly is.
@@shannonnonnahs6943she doesn't have much choice...
Sad to see so much of this. I have lived in other countries and while there are pros and cons, the US seems to be failing miserably when dealing with certain social issues such as healthcare, the elderly, mental health , homelessness, etc. So many of these issues have been ongoing for decades but still not resolved and probably won't be in my lifetime. As a senior, I have had to change my lifestyle to adapt to the ever revolving social issues that have a negative impact in our American lifestyles. Know this sounds extreme but I served 4 years in the Navy when once in my lifetime (32 years old) I needed to regroup and rethink my life because of interruptions and relationships. The benefits that I earned and took advantage of have served me well. More young people should consider it. What is a few years out of your life? I hope these seniors adapt and find a comfortable lifestyle. Just thought I would never see this as it is happening more and more.
Thank you for your service. There are certain issues that I don't think will ever be solved as there us no real will among those in charge to do so. Homelessness is one of those issues. As someone who works in the homeless field once told me, "There are too many people making too much money off of homelessness for it to be eliminated. It wohld put too many people out if busibess." I have come to believe him after years of observation.
I am also 75. This breaks my heart. Lindy, wish I had the means to help you. My daughter and 2 adult grandchildren live with me and have been living here for several years. I still work a couple of hours a week. Before they moved here, I was looking into a 'tiny home'. I'm in Oklahoma. Prayers and thoughts sending your way.
4 adults in a house and you're still working? Who's not pulling their weight?
"tiny house ' gives me good idea .....where in Ok are you? I m in Tulsa.Let me know if you hv any good places for the "Tiny Houses "...that sounds interesting
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I am 65. I live in my van too. I can't afford rent and have no one in my life that can help me. Days are hot and long. I understand your struggles and pray for you
I am sorry for your situation. I understand feeling alone.
I heat my very small travel trailer. I light 2 or 3 jar candles to heat, however I don’t camp if it is under 25f.
She’s a tough, resourceful prepper. As long as her health holds out, she will be OK. I worry about what happens when she can’t care for herself any more or has an injury making getting in and out of a van impossible. Best wishes to her!
She said she has a son that would help her if she asked/needed. She also said it was her CHOICE to live like this… 🤷🏻♀️
And that’s what bothers me about this scenario… This is a choice for her. She could go stay with her son while she looked for low income housing.
Communities should build "park & stay" lots where people have a safe, free place to park. Keep them small (maybe hold 25 cars), and have a rest stop type bathroom for the guests to use. There would have to be limits but It would cost so little to build yet be a huge relief for the individual.
There are Good poor people, and Bad poor people. The ones who would trash it ruin it for everyone. But I wonder why? Cameras, enforcement... it's not impossible to weed out the bad apples. And it is so cost-effective compared to building "affordable" housing, or even the cost to clear homeless encampments!
Fifty years ago, if you would have suggested this, NO ONE would believe that this would become "normalized". NOTHING is 'normal' anymore.
there is so much land available that it would be pretty easy to just concrete a large patch and turn it into a parking area. also if water is nearby you could easily set up some type of restroom area. but your big expense is gonna come from security or checking whos actually there because some people will forsure mess it up. look up places like slab city, its a great idea on paper but in practice it becomes even more dangerous especially if you are older or sickly.
People freak out over park and stay. We’re all criminals and addicts and child predators so they don’t want anything like this in their neighborhood. On the flip side… if there were a nice place, the government would have their hands on it
There are BLM Lands
This breaks my heart. Such a sweet woman. And the politicians have 3 or4 mansions,private jets, and travel to other countries for luxury vacations. 😢😡
Blame greedy corporations. They don’t pay taxes or maybe 3% now and billionaires and millionaires should pay their fair share of taxes.
Selfish bastards
You must likely voted or those politicians too.
politicians are not there to help you. YOu are to donate to them so they can make more money off you. ANyone who has to depend on the governent is sadly mistaken. What happened to families caring for each other? All the sacrifices parents make and it comes down to this?
blame everything and everyone but yourself... lol 😵😹😂☠️💀🤦💩🤦♂️
This is so sad... im 60 years old and I was living in my pickup... working during the day and finding things to do after work to pass the time until I could park my pickup ( a 4 door) Ford F 150. .and sleep for the night until the next day for work.. get out of the back door whenever nobody was around to see me. . I finally after 4 months found a room for rent for 500.00 a month..
I know several arrogant people who are just a-holes and they’d say they just made poor choices meaning it’s all their fault. I have sympathy for the homeless as everybody’s situation is totally different.
alot of people have made poor choices, or believe "someone" should give them free stuff. That is a fact
Rather commonly, it IS their fault. A lifetime of making poor decisions.
I've never experienced van life, but find it really interesting. That being said, an elderly woman should not have to live in van, because she can't afford to live anywhere else. It's just shameful.
It breaks my heart how the generation that paid so much into the social security system doesn’t have enough to live off when it was time for this generation to rest and enjoy their lives; after they sacrificed their best years to help build this country.
There are those of us that follows your generation that honor and see you all and wish we could do more and have so much respect for the strength you show us to learn from and try and do better than the system of which was suppose to do so much better for you all. Deep respect to you all, we are still learning and watching🙏🏽Blessings, stay healthy, safe and strong💛
It's so nice to read something like this, when it seems so many have turned their backs on seniors, even to the point of ridiculing the "boomer" generation...🙏 Thank you!
Ha!! Thank goodness for Roosevelt or all senior citizens would be living on the streets.
@@karlabritfeld7104 Untrue! We're forced to pay all of our lives into a federal program that uses our social security savings like it's their own cash cow. If Americans, instead, were given the opportunity to decide where their FICA tax should go, ie: to an IRA or retirement investment, instead of to a federal retirement system, most people would be way better off financially! There are politicians who have been fighting to privatize SS for decades, giving the working person the right to designate where they would like that tax money to go. Unfortunately, opponents always fight it by convincing the public that they're trying to "end" SS, when instead they're trying to improve the program and make it so the government can't touch our hard earned SS dollars.
My grandparents and great grandparents generations did not have SS and still managed to leave their family a home when they passed.
The public schools would have to teach finance to students. Nowadays, they can't even teach them anything.
I couldn't agree more Carol!
We work our whole lives & instead of a big thank you & being able to retire with a roof over our heads, we get the big F-you...'scuse my french.
It is a sad time for us Seniors in the USA.
It is also a testament however to us Women who take life by the horns, convert our cars, vans & cargo trailers & persevere onward like we're 35!
We have spirit. Love you all💞
It is a sad time for us Seniors in the USA. I'm a senior and it's not a sad time for me. Been the best years of my life. Most of my neighbors are seniors and are all well off financially. I'm sure it's a sad time for some seniors but a lot of us are doing quite well.
😇💗
@@rcas350pilot8 Yeah rich old people are doing well.
That's why you need to save money all your life, don't spend money foolishly, look after and protect yourself. Nobody else is going to do it.
It's the same for seniors in the UK except there is no option of van life. It is impossible. I run a small rural charity to give weekly food to many seniors who would otherwise go hungry. And it is also the case that our govt is printing money to support the Ukraine govt, not our own people. We have a huge homeless problem of all ages because there are not enough homes to live in. We are currently supporting 4 single men who are living in a garden shed. They came to our rural area looking for seasonal work, and are now trapped here. So sad.
This lady is so positive and not complaining about her situation, however the person interviewing her is trying to get her to say it's horrible lol. She said she did this for an adventure. good for her. she seems like an amazing person.
Yes, I think it's best to just let the person talk and tell their story!
We make choices in our life that gives results,Im 70 still work cause i want to,served 25 years in the army 17 in the post office,and draw ssc and have rental properties.but you are right she said its an adventure for he,r be happy..
@@juanmurillo3914 judgemental much??
@@feralLove Oh feel sorry for me
@@feralLovechoices have lead her here. Same with all people who did not prepare.
I cried watching this. 😢
San Bernardino county hook me up 😂 with nice apartment 😂😂😂 cheap too 😂😂🎉
There's an adapter for the Mr. Heater that lets you used the larger propane tanks, you can also purchase an item to refill the small green propane tanks that those heaters use, and save money.
I wish I could continue working, at least part-time. My plan to work until 70 to attain a larger SS sum was dashed at 62 when I was laid off my job of 20 years (outsourced) and simultaneously stricken with a disabling autoimmune disease. I tried 3 different jobs, including being a Walmart greeter, but physically and mentally couldn't handle it. I'm now 67 and envy people who are abe to work to supplement SS. So much for the Golden years. Prayers for all struggling seniors; everyone has a story.
Jody, could you do a customer service job at home? 1800 Flowers, Harry and David, or other companies that need phone services for customers? You can do that with a good computer, and a good headset you can wear with good speakers and a microphone. I have friends who work for both companies at home.
@@jacksonfamily678 Thanks for that suggestion! I need to start a job search while sorting out new health issues. They seem to be snow-balling on me! ☃️
Boy, I hear you Jody! I turned 68 in November. I have had a part time custodial job for the last two years, but Friday was my last day because of heart problems. I had hoped to keep working for another year or two, but it just wasn't possible. I will be OK on my SS as long as I am careful. All my best to you!!
@@1mourningdove54 Thank you, Susan. You too!