How Homeless College Students Get by at California's Humboldt State | NowThis

Comments · 16K

• AK

  @AkilisMusic · 7 years ago

  The worst part of it all is that once they do get that degree, the real struggle to find a job in their field begins.

  25K

• BO

  @boratsagdiyev262 · 7 years ago

  "It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."

  18K

• GO

  @goldbristow7239 · 6 years ago

  it's like they're being punished for getting an education.

  8.9K

• PR

  @Princess-Lavender · 3 years ago

  I went through this as well last semester at CU Boulder, where a housing crisis is occurring as well. Luckily I had a kind, caring friend who let me crash on her couch for a bit so I wasn’t sleeping in my car. What’s not mentioned in this video is how incredibly hard it is to complete schoolwork and focus on academic success when your basic needs aren’t being met. It’s depressing that when those of us without generational wealth try and get an education to set us up for a better future, we are met with these incredibly hard obstacles that many of our peers do not even have to think about. College should not just be for the wealthy, or even just for the middle class. We all deserve an equal opportunity to access education and housing.

  847

• SH

  @shinlanten · 5 years ago

  <i><b>&quot;They don&apos;t know how many students apply for housing assistance&quot;</b></i><b></b><br><br>That&apos;s a problem

  2.1K

• SY

  @symbolic503 · 6 years ago (edited)

  slept under a bridge for 4 months last year while attending college. never gave up and now im 1 year away from a bachelor degree.<br><br>edit: wow i totally forgot making this comment. for anyone wondering, i became homeless again during covid but was still able to graduate in 2022 and have almost saved up enough to get off the street for good 👍🏾

  9.2K

• HI

  @HinataKpeach69 · 6 years ago

  I was homeless in college with an abusive family. When I tried getting help, people laughed at me. I listened to well off kids make fun of &quot;dirty homeless people&quot;. All the homeless women I met hid it from people.

  624

• ZA

  @zaylahx1319 · 3 years ago

  Something I’m proud of with my university is when one of our dorms blew up over the summer and students didn’t know where to stay for the fall semester they literally rented out 2 entire hotels for students to stay at as the dorm was being rebuilt

  754

• CO

  @counterking4565 · 7 years ago

  when that guy said, &quot;Actually your my first house guest&quot; man my heart broken into pieces.

  1.4K

• DO

  @domzkee25 · 6 years ago

  Slept on an abandoned building 1.5 kms away from school. I was the only homeless person in my university so they don&apos;t even know i was homeless. I graduated 4 yrs ago and now I can afford a three-bedroom apartment all by myself and my dogs. Never give up on your dreams.

  4.5K

• CI

  @cierraseghetti1195 · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck-89phIXsM&amp;t=344">5:44</a> &quot;we&apos;re basically putting a student in debt at times to help them&quot; that really doesnt sound like a solution at all, and only adds to their problems.

  334

• ME

  @merk6809 · 3 years ago

  Currently attending the school, and a part of Student Government. This is still happening, the college is evicting students to make room for freshmen and transfer students. Students cannot get housing and even if they have the money, finding a place is insanely difficult. I&apos;ve applied to 7 places in total that I can afford, yet still, no one is accepting students for housing. Can&apos;t believe this university is doing this... (February 7 , 2023)

  24