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are there any charities or organizations out there that are simply providing fixed addresses? I get that providing housing has a lot of challenges, but it seem
by notatoad 5y ago
are there any charities or organizations out there that are simply providing fixed addresses? I get that providing housing has a lot of challenges, but it seems like providing addresses to people for the sake of receiving mail and having an address to put on forms shouldn't be that difficult.
I'm not homeless, but I move relatively frequently and putting down my parents' address any time i need a more permanent address is a huge convenience for me
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI'm some places, yes. But I don't think it's common. I wish it were more common. Lack of a mailing address is a huge barrier to getting their lives back and this would be a seemingly low cost thing to do. Most charities focus on "feeding a man a fish" while doing little or nothing to help them get a fishing pole and learn to fish, so to speak.
- hunter2_ 5y agoI imagine there would be quite a lot of legwork involved whenever the address gets implicated in things like fraud, collections, warrants, etc. so while it does seem like a charity could get in this business, the expenses would probably put an enormous dent in the previous allocation of resources (food, clothing, etc).