IIN most homeless people are male?

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago | pl

    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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    • reminiscent
      8 years ago | pl

      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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      • [Old Memory]
        8 years ago | pl

        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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        • reminiscent
          8 years ago | pl

          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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        • flightlesskiwi
          8 years ago | pl

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

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        • flightlesskiwi
          8 years ago | pl

          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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          • [Old Memory]
            8 years ago | pl

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

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              8 years ago | pl

              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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              • [Old Memory]
                8 years ago | pl

                They're battered shelters, not homeless ones, though. :/

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            • flightlesskiwi
              8 years ago | pl

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

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              • flightlesskiwi
                8 years ago | pl

                Anyway, there are several men's shelters across the US, for example some in New York, Charlotte and Grand Rapids. All of these can easily be found via Google.

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            • flightlesskiwi
              8 years ago | pl

              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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            • flightlesskiwi
              8 years ago | pl

              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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