I lived in a car here in the PNW for 7 years. Not an addict never have been. Good Resume, college degree, healthy. And no local agency could ever help. They used my statistic to get more grants and then pretended to help but basically helped themselves to more Jobs. I helped many homeless off the streets by googling their family, helping them connect to the outer world. The agencies here allowed massive drugs and abuse at homeless camps, even with a manager on site. They enabled, and did nothing to help them out of it. They are the homeless industrial complex and do not strive to make actual change like We Heart Seattle does. Those I helped was easy and I was penniless and living in a car. They did not even try. They just made it look like they did, and the more homeless people the more they taxed the public to pay for it. We could not even get a place to park, gas vouchers, a private bathroom or shower to use. If you park in their neighborhoods they call the cops, even on me a 50 year old woman with no criminal record, no alcohol use, no drama, clean and tidy, nice looking vehicle and no drugs. I have a nonprofit all faith church, I had a commercial location, had it since 2014. I saw first hand the need to help the homeless and with dignity and permanent change type of help. I applied for grants from local, state and federal agencies, they said no because there was a provider here for that service. But I knew first hand that they were not providing that service, not even in the basic way. While at the same time had I been an addict, I could have had an old camper at their homeless camp, all the drugs I wanted and no rules. Stunning. So not only do they not provide the services, they block other nonprofits from providing it, by claiming they do and most agencies only give grants to one entity in an area, so if they have a lock on it, the people like We Heart Seattle can't get the grant, yet they are providing the service IN REAL LIFE. I left a 16 year relationship with a woman. Gay marriage was not legal at the time. I had a real estate company, made good money. Had an online business made good money there too. But our home and life was in her name. When I left at 40, I had no credit, no rental history, and no way to get a peaceful life of my own other than a car. I finally got out from covid money help and lot's of prayer. @jasonrantz @thehoffather
