Next step will be to provide totalled cars for students who are homeless AND can't afford cars. They'll be dropped in these "safe zones". And then ask for a rent…
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A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: a parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars
(hechingerreport.org)
Tbh as someone who had to sleep in her car a few times in college, it would have been a nice thing to have. Like, yeah it's bad that it's needed, and an indoor option like some benches in rooms that are unused at night would've been also desired, but the most important thing was being able to know I wouldn't get in trouble for sleeping somewhere.
I get that college is expensive, but I think this hits more closely at the lack of social services and the inherent instability in the lives of people new to adulthood. They don't have the financial backing to get a hotel for a night, especially as they're putting in a full time job of their education (though they may very well be working as well).
They're also just more likely to be in unstable living conditions. Compared to adults 5-10 years older they're far less likely to be in stable long term habitation of their choosing and instead are far more likely to be living with roommates, parents, or a partner of only a few years or even less with whom they have little commitment beyond a lease. These situations are more volatile, especially in ways that can lead to needing to sleep somewhere else for a few nights.
I feel bad for Edgar but he needs to learn how to touch type.