#houseist

[chronicallycouchbound]

Wet shelters save lives. If someone is forced to freeze to death in their car because they’re not allowed in the local dry shelter because they’re under the influence, you are enabling their death.

[chronicallycouchbound]

Grant’s Pass vs Johnson is among upcoming 2024 supreme court votes that would criminalize all homelessness federally.

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[idkfitememate]

Don’t worry dear Slytherins, I shall save you from the dungeons! :D

I haven’t read book seven or movie seven but that sounds sad :(

🦌 anon

I don’t know if I should call it classist or houseist.

I do remember the slight… speciesism (??) tho, that was crazy-

Thank you Hufflepuff friend!! Make sure to send in an OC (IF YOU WANNA) for the story!!!

[boredgrantaire]

Should have got my photo, but there was no ravenclaw scarf. #houseist

[chronicallycouchbound]

Fun fact: in the United States, most cities and towns have public land property records available online.

And a lot of places have squatter’s rights, often with some sort of stipulation, such as you need mail to the address, a utility in your name (actually very easy to set if you have the funds) or verification that you have been there every day. A photo with the daily newspaper every day can establish residence. After that, they have to do a full eviction process. Where you can have even more rights as a tenant.

Not all heroes wear capes

[chronicallycouchbound]

ID: glowing blue and green text on a black background reads: “our city glows when all our neighbors have homes”

[chronicallycouchbound]

Houseist; houseism

•Prejudice, stereotyping, antagonism or discrimination against unhoused/homeless people.

•The material or idealogical discrimination against unhoused/homeless people.

• I coined this term to describe my lived experiences of being discriminated as a homeless/unhoused person.

• Just as saneism is a subset of ableism, houseism is a subset of classism.

• Homeism/homeist was created by a PhD researcher— not by our community.

• I’ve spoken with many other unhoused/homeless/houseless people who said this term was helpful to them

[chronicallycouchbound]

I coined this term to describe my lived experiences of being discriminated as a homeless/unhoused person.

• Just as saneism is a subset of ableism, houseism is a subset of classism.

• Homeism/homeist was created by a PhD researcher— not by our community.

[ID: white text on a black background reads “Term: Houseist; houseism” bullet points below it read “Prejudice, stereotyping, antagonism or discrimination against unhoused/homeless people.” the last bullet point reads “The material or idealogical discrimination against unhoused/homeless people.” End ID]

[chronicallycouchbound]

I often think about how quickly my health took a nosedive while homeless that led to be becoming physically disabled and unable to walk and I had multiple doctors orders to be on bedrest and I had no bed to be in. I couldn’t even lay to rest on benches in town because they’re all hostile.

I got a simple infection, which led to permanent disability.

We know that homelessness and disability are very linked, and we know homeless people are often disabled or become disabled.

I wonder what my health would look like today if I wasn’t forced to always be moving, and to never be able to rest. If even I could’ve safely laid down for a few hours every day. Maybe I would’ve made a full recovery. Who knows.

"Le repos du fakir" (2003), Stéphane Argillet and Gilles Paté

[mightyoctopus]

[ID: A public libraries restroom rules. Arrows have been edited onto the photo, pointing out problems.

Restrooms may not be used for bathing. Houseist, ableist.

One person per stall. Ableist.

Time limit of 15 minutes in restrooms. Ableist.

Don't have tobacco, cannabis, or e-cigarette products visible. Don't smoke anything on library property, inside or out. Discriminates against unhoused people who use drugs.

Sale, use, or possession of illegal drugs in the library will result in a one-year criminal trespass order. Discriminates against unhoused people who use drugs.

intimate contact in the library will result in a one-year criminal trespass order. houseist.

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Library posts on here have me so conflicted.

On one hand, libraries can provide a lot of value to a lot of people, and it's good to inform people of this. Like, I was recently talking to a friend (grown man in his 40s) who didn't know that you could read books for free at a library. The more people are informed about this matter, the better.

And of course, some libraries also provide other services such as movies, board games, internet, printers, 3D printers, cheap coffee, meeting rooms, courses, etc. Talking about this is also good, because many people can benefit from these services! Especially people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them.

But (and here comes the but), I feel like some people on this site are really insistent on claiming that all libraries offer all these services for free, always. And that no library has any flaws at all. And that anyone can access a library at any time. And if you don't, you're a traitor for not supporting your local library.

And like... there is so much wrong with that. First of all, not all libraries offer all these services. And if they do, they might not be available in minority languages. (Spanish in the USA, Turkish in Germany, etc.) And if they do, they're not always free. And this can vary greatly on region and country, too. Not the whole world is the USA. There's places where libraries are rare and spaced very far apart. There's places where libraries are "mobile", meaning they're a car filled with books. Or sometimes a donkey. I think it's great that mobile libraries exist! It's great that people in villages near me can get free books that way. But also, it's absurd to claim that they have the same type of access as someone from a big city. It's absurd to claim that they're class traitors and it's their own fault because they didn't "create demand" and "support their local library." They do not have a "local" library. Not everyone has a local library!

And even if there is a library near you, it's very possibly inaccessible! Most countries do not have laws regarding accessible design, and if they do, they're rarely enforced. Before you go on praising how all libraries are perfect and wonderful, ask yourself, how many are accessible to disabled people? Which disabled people? Wheelchair users? Blind and visually impaired people? Immunocompromised people? There's so many of us. Yet we are so often left out.

Some countries have libraries specifically for disabled people, but most often you need to qualify and prove your disability. I have a membership in such a library. A lot of them will only accept visual impairment and no other disability. I was lucky I was in occupational therapy at the time of my enrollment, because my therapist could approve my paperwork for me. Otherwise I might not have been able to join. It's online only and costs money. It's not free. A lot of books are region-locked since I'm not in the USA. And yet I am so grateful everyday for this opportunity, for this access to books. I know many disabled people aren't so lucky.

My point is not that libraries are bad, but that libraries are very diverse. Pretending like all libraries are not only perfectly alike, but also perfect, helps no one. Libraries can provide vital services, but they do not provide these services equally around the world, and they do not provide these services equally to all people.

If you truly love libraries so much, fight to make them better, fight to make them accessible. Don't silence those of us who are left out.

[chronicallycouchbound]

Caleb is now also on this list.

My heart hurts. My community is grieving.

I think a part of the collective trauma of homelessness often overlooked by housed people is how many of us have known dozens of fellow unhoused people who have died.

Peter, Abby, Kali, Ryan, Sierra, Sarah, Kari, Lucky, Irish, Joy, Anita, Hazel, David, Ariah, Jesse, Hunter, and I could keep going.

These people were my street family members. Most of them were people of color, and most were a part of other marginalized communities. These are just the people I was close to who have passed-- dozens of other unhoused people have died in just my community alone who I didn't know personally or were before I was around.

We deserve better.