From an article in the Boston Globe last October titled “Panhandlers move from street to Internet.” …part of a new phenomenon among the homeless: digital panhandling. Some homeless people now have blogs where they seek donations. There are web forums where the homeless exchange ideas, sites where people can donate money, and bulletin boards where [...]

“Come Thursday, February 24, I will be making my way on the streets of Orange County as best I can, and I will be considered that most stigmatized of people – a homeless woman.” “Whereas it used to take me a matter of days to find employment, it is now rare for me to even [...]

Found on Reddit’s IAmA section, in which the rules are “Post what you are and have people ask you about yourself.” The initial post is called “I was once a homeless meth addict,” written by an individual who was laid off then experienced depression and drug addiction. The ensuing discussion touches on numerous psychological, sociological, [...]

Kevin Barbieux of Nashville writes a blog called The Homeless Guy. Barbieux describes himself as “chronically homeless,” as defined by HUD. “I became homeless for the first time in February of 1982,” he writes. “I have been in and out of homelessness ever since, experiencing about 13 years worth of literal homelessness.”

In this post, he gives advice to a Nashville religious organization that administers to the homeless, offering a trenchant first-person account of the homeless life.

From The Awl blog: Homeless Chic? It Still Costs Thousands of Dollars “So let’s see! That’s $1765 already, not counting the two shirts and the boots, for what basically look like exquisitely-made clothes you found in a dumpster. Also don’t forget what are surely a $140 pair of socks. (Do the kids wear socks these [...]