IIN most homeless people are male?

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  • Arnt homeless shelters for everyone?
    Maybe not if you count domestic abuse women because I dont think they would allow a man to live with the abused women.

    Another question what do you think of my suggestion about the children? Do you think that is another possibility?

    Fun story time
    my bfs best friend lives off of women... my best guess some daddy issues or something. But he lives with them and they pay for his everything! He is avrage looking after he lost his weight so not hot or anything. .. so I dont get way they do this unless its just really low self esteem. They are good looking girls too!
    he even used their money to buy my bf gifts... XD
    so I guess if as a guy if you can work it you can mooch off of girls too.

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    • There are a lot of guys that can mooch off women and the women themselves will tolerate it, but her family, friends and neighbors will keep reminding her that he is a freeloader...it would probably get to the point that she will either break off contact with them or kick him out....some families would even confront the man themselves....so again society is less tolerant of men....

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      • Idk...
        He is not tricking them he tells them and they are fully awar.
        Example the girl he Is with now he told her he didnt love her and wanted to break up...but she wanted him to stay with her so offered to pay for his everything. Basically she is buying him.
        and if she didnt want to have him anymore he would leave without a fight.
        I dont think he has ever been confronted by family members.
        I just wonder where he is finding all these women.

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        • I was just talking in general..not this particular situation....some people are caretakers....they like to take care of people...and then also try to control them..caretakers usually are controllers...they just do it subtly by making it impossible for the other person to live without them...

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          • Oh i get that...I have seen some shows feature stuff like that.

            He could leave np his parents are freaking rich...I think he is more in control of the situation from my perspective.

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    • Your bfs best friend reminds me of my cousin's husband. He plays in a band that has never made it big. He only makes a bit of money by giving drums lessons and renting out his music studio to other bands. Since they live in a small village he doesn't make much money. So he largely lives off his wife. That just goes to show that there certainly are men out there who live off women.

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    • I would say most are, probably the vast majority. However there are shelters exclusive to women. I haven't seen any exclusive to men but if there are any I would appreciate being shown them.

      What part about children? That some shelters are exclusive to mothers with children that are homeless? On that note I would ask why it isn't a shelter for people with children. I would understand if such a shelter had more females with children, for obvious reasons, however it shouldn't be closed off to men with children.

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      • I wouldnt know if any were just for men. You could google search?

        Im sorry I thought you saw my post to the op
        "My best guess would be kids...you get benifits if you have kids...even help with rent. So a single mom wouldnt be homeless...but a single father would be."
        If your a single mom you can get help with bills and such.

        Did you know there are places for single moms who go to college to stay...they are nice apartments with good security close to the college. you can live there for free get daycare...and stuff. Boys arnt allowed to be there after a certain time and they have a sticked no alcohol and drug rule. But they are really nice.
        you can basically go to college for free and get a nice place to stay for free.
        I dont think they have anything like that for single dads... sadly

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        • I did a while ago and couldn't find one exclusive to men which is why I don't believe there is one. Some people will be able to if one for men exclusively exists though.

          And that college thing...Sums it up, really.

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          • Yeah I know about it cuz me and my bf looked into it one time. He was thinking of leaving for a job...and was going to send me to live near my mom.
            One little white lie about "single" and i would have been well taken care of while he saved up as much money as he could. So he would have peace of mind about his little family.
            im happy we ended up bot doing it tho... I about had a panic attack being seperated from him for so long.

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          • http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/new_york/homeless/menshelters

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          • I just googled "men's shelters", and found a few in several places in the US, as well as in other countries.

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            • Ah, cool. Could you send me the link to them please?

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              • I also searched. Most listed on Google as men's shelters are actually for both men and women, but there were a couple men exclusive.

                I found this from the uk dating from 2003
                http://www.theguardian.com/society/2003/dec/21/socialcare.uknews

                and this one
                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-12494071

                they exist, but you can count the number on one hand.

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              • I found this from New York http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/new_york/homeless/menshelters

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              • There are men's shelters in several cities in the US.

                I found this list of men's shelters in NYC http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/new_york/homeless/menshelters

                There's also a men's shelter in Charlotte http://www.mensshelterofcharlotte.org/

                And there are some in other cities across the US.

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              • I included some links in my post yesterday but they got deleted.

                There are some in New York: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/states/new_york/homeless/menshelters

                One in Charlotte: http://www.mensshelterofcharlotte.org/

                One in Grand Rapids: http://www.meltrotter.org/mens-shelter

                Those are just the first few ones I found. There could be more.

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