We also make it very hard to climb back out of homelessness - if you've had an eviction, it's very hard to find a place to take you. I have a friend in Portlan

We also make it very hard to climb back out of homelessness - if you've had an eviction, it's very hard to find a place to take you. I have a friend in Portland, he's a single, male, with no kids, in Portland - and there is no program to help, hopefully you make 3x the rent and can save up first/last, and a months deposit. What's worse, he has mental health issues, but he makes too much for medicaid and too little to buy insurance, so he can either work, or have healthcare, and those are the options - either way, the only place he can find to live is in a minivan.