What she found in her crawlspace is enough to make your skin crawl. “Someone’s been living under my house,” an Oregon homeowner announced to a Reddit community of more than 67,000 stunned spectators. The woman, known only to her online audience as “Springchikun,” was tidying up the yard earlier this week when she noticed that … Read more
A Reddit user who told his father he was now “effectively homeless” was completely in the right to do so, said other users of the website. “AITA for telling my dad that he’s effectively made me homeless?” asked “OkNumber787” in a Friday, August 16 post on Reddit’s “Am I the A–hole” (AITA) subreddit. In the post, OkNumber787 … Read more
The housing market is booming, baby. As the cost of living remains dangerously high, and chronic loneliness continues wreaking havoc on singletons nationwide, Baby Boomers have devised a pennywise strategy towards combating both epidemics. Becoming “boommates.” The “boommates” trend sees members of the Baby Boomer generation move in with one another to combat the inflation and … Read more
Emily Webb is homeless, but according to her, she’s so hot that it doesn’t matter. Ms. Webb, 25, lives on the Gold Coast, Australia. Currently, all her most precious items are stuffed in her car while she rotates between couch surfing with friends or going on dates to find a good place to sleep for … Read more
Dr. Phil spoke with property owners about how squatters are using legal loopholes to occupy properties, but one real estate agent argued it can be justified because of a history of “colonization.” Wednesday’s episode of “Dr. Phil Primetime” featured one guest named Kristine, a real estate agent who “doesn’t think adverse possession is immoral,” but … Read more
Being a resident of the Big Apple can really bite. Sure, living in the city that doesn’t sleep has its perks — access to world-renowned art, first-rate restaurants, a vibrant array of global cultures, to name a few. Yeah, yeah. That’s all great. But being a New Yorker isn’t all Tony-winning shows on Broadway and late-night … Read more
Folks never know what lies in store while scrolling through social media. While some influencers are busy boasting over the newest addition to their Stanley cup collection, other tastemakers are schooling boomers on proper Gen Z workplace etiquette. But one trending couple isn’t going viral for their buzzy baubles or their grasp on haute lingo. Instead, they’ve … Read more
They don’t have a house, but they’re still happy campers. A single mom who lives in a tent with her two young children is showing off her unconventional living quarters, claiming they’re perfect for raising her family. Lucy Aura, who hails from Queensland, Australia, was forced to move into the tent with her offspring after … Read more
With the country gripped by a homelessness epidemic, community-minded students at one high school in Detroit are volunteering their time to ensure dignified burials for homeless and unclaimed veterans in their city. “It’s a reminder that every person, especially in the Christian religious tradition, is made in the image of God and is deserving of … Read more
An Airbnb “superhost” said her short-term rental apartment became a literal “s—tstorm” — one that left her in $300,000 of debt. The San Francisco woman, who goes by Coach Erika on X, said she ended up pregnant and homeless after guests in the two-unit building she used her “life savings” to buy flooded her apartment … Read more
An animal shelter wrote an open letter to a dog owner who had to make a “ruff” decision about her furry friend. LifeLine Animal Project shared photos of a dog named Milo alongside a note from the 8-month-old pup’s owner in an Aug. 25 Facebook post. Milo was left outside of one of the shelter’s … Read more
What was hiding in this Southern California woman’s crawl space is enough to make anyone’s skin crawl. When Ashly Guardino was woken up by unusual noises at her Lake Elsinore home last Saturday, she assumed it was her landlord, making needed repairs to the roof. But much to her chagrin, rather than finding the property … Read more
Barney Chapman had been homeless off and on for about 17 years until two months ago when Kate Monroe found him living under a tarp in Oceanside. But where California and its billions of dollars earmarked for homeless services failed, the local activist took action, providing Chapman with shelter and reuniting him with a sister … Read more
The text from her son Randy that Heather Bacchus received at at 1:26 AM on July 17, 2021, seemed like good news. “I’m quitting weed for good and want to surround myself with healthy and happy people,” he wrote. “This has been too much for me and for you guys.” Less than an hour later, … Read more
Former “Baywatch” star Jeremy Jackson’s ex-wife Loni Willison was spotted rummaging for food in a dumpster, showing just how far the former swimsuit model’s life has spiraled since their breakup a decade ago. Willison, 39, has been living in homeless encampments in California for nearly seven years, often spotted with her ragtag possessions in a … Read more
Mat Steinwede has gone from being a homeless drug addict on Australia’s Most Wanted List to amassing a multimillion-dollar real estate empire and becoming one of the country’s most successful real estate agents. It’s a rags-to-riches story that feels like a plot ripped from the pages of 10’s Underbelly series. Steinwede, 50, landed his first … Read more
Squatter ya gonna do? An Australian woman has gone viral after posting a series of TikToks detailing how she discovered someone was living in her garage when she was moving out of her house. “So we had someone living in our garage and we had no idea,” social media influencer Kate Dood said in the … Read more
A UK woman has gone viral on TikTok for claiming she’s been homeless for over a year, sharing her journey of staying in a motel as she works a full-time job. Kayleigh Lindon, who says she is employed as a home care worker, often details her daily routine to her nearly 40,000 followers on the … Read more
From Foo Fighters to fighting for food. Dave Grohl made a surprise appearance at a Los Angeles shelter last Wednesday, making meals for hundreds of hungry, homeless people. The 54-year-old Foo Fighters frontman spent 24 hours at Hope the Mission‘s Trebek Center, cooking up 450 dinners. The rocker’s cook-up was confirmed by the Mission’s director … Read more
She’s making her-story. “Six” star Hailee Kaleem Wright revealed Monday that she overcame homelessness twice before she achieved her Broadway dreams. “It’s taken a lot of strength,” she told People magazine of landing the role of Catherine of Aragon in the Tony-winning musical. “2022 was so many firsts,” Wright added. “It was like all of … Read more