How to Avoid Homelessness

Don’t just listen to the homelessness; hear them. Understand their situations. Offer realistic and affordable housing. Provide them with choices. Give people information about how they can afford their own place. If they want to attend school, advise them about which school would suit them best. Then help them get admitted. Above all, don’t offer a place that you wouldn’t live in.
If you are homeless yourself and must share a residence, as we often do, choose someone compatible with your needs. When you’re with that person, don’t be condescending. And don’t demand something; when you do that, the person rebels. Give your roommate realistic choices. Help her help herself — just as you’d like others to do for you.