You’re just wrong. No granular approach is needed. It’s not complicated at all.

Offer people housing without conditions and people do take it. Finland did this and it eliminated homelessness there.

The cousin from a rich family “choosing” to be homeless over living with family is likely “choosing” that option because he doesn’t want to take harsh psychiatric medications, have a curfew of 9 PMin his 20s, and be criticized for going out to socialize. It’s likely the “choice” involves a rejection of extremely oppressive rules and he doesn’t have decent options.

You can actually take a schizophrenic drug addict, throw them in a house, and then declare victory. Often that type of person chooses voluntarily to deal with some issues once housed. What you can’t do is take a schizophrenic drug addict and offer housing contingent upon really harsh anti-psychotics and weekly drug testing plus loss of housing if they don’t comply, administered by extremely expensive social workers who end up feeling like police. That is also what makes traditional programs so expensive.

I often think people who think homelessness is a complex nuanced issue just want there to be homelessness or buy into upper class lies justifying homelessness which keep the lower classes fearful and obedient.

Would you recommend I return or is that too risky?

Keep in mind there are many, many small rooms there, over 50 likely.

Is this an affiliate market link? Are you that cool Polish chick who talked with me in the “hell” room about that exciting investment opportunity? It sounds too good to be true, which is why I’m interested.

Seriously however, does this device work? Ozone is also hazardous and these are small rooms, many of them close together. Also, is this device something that works completely all the time? I am poor, spending more money on a wild card seems Luke a risky idea.

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There’s a manager and the stuff goes to the manager and that goes to the landlord.

I agree with what you are saying about communication and if there’s not clear communication it will never get better.

But also, I’m not sure writing them will help because they will either be dishonest or honest and I won’t be able to tell based on the email. I also put this to a vote in a post near the end (up for stay, down for leave immediately) and as of now it’s no upvotes and all 9 were leave immediately.

I’m not really able to think that well due to various mental health issues impacting executive dysfunction. I still have things I want, and can still sort of function within society, and so I still exist as a human of sorts, but something like this is super hard for me because of what essentially amounts to brain damage caused by extreme trauma and then drug use prior to a suicide attempt a long time ago, and I had expected drugs to make the attempt easier. (Spoiler alert: the attempt failed.)

So… I’m probably just going to go with the majority of Lemmy down voting this and just leave.

It sucks, my friend’s place has major problems. I may think about it more and change my mind.

Perhaps I’ll be bitten tonight leaving me with less asymmetric information?

If I can kill them by freezing, I have only 2 bags of stuff here. I can leave with two bags, buy garbage bags and 2 more bags, put the first bags in the garbage bags and the garbage bags in the second bags, and buy new clothes and shoes and socks and just have everything sealed tight. I would be able to freeze what I have, that’s easy. I came in with 2 medium bags, almost nothing, and I can just consider the mattress and sheets and pillow a loss since they are too risky to save (and were really cheap anyway).

But I have so little stuff here. I can actually purge everything except the work computer, and I can keep that frozen for half a day without it breaking.

The stuff here isn’t that valuable.

For this post only, please upvote for stay in bed bug place for another month, down vote for leave in next 24 hours if you want.

The problem with the exterminator is there are many people living here with locked doors. Doing this in just my room is pointless if this is coming from another room.

The cheapest option is leave, stay with my friend, try to get my own place despite terrible credit, but I was sort of losing it and tired from lack of sleep there. How my friend sleeps through trucks backing up and unloading stuff next door is beyond my understanding.

If I stay, I won’t withhold rent. I am only withholding rent if I am leaving, and then I can say I left because it’s not habitable. These places are cheap and the legal costs of filing suit against me would not be worth recovery. They would keep my deposit and then I’d move on. It may be the rational thing to do, to just leave immediately.

I could throw out literally everything except the electronics and freeze those. None of my clothing is nice. I need new shoes. I can’t believe it’s actually impossible.

If this really is definitely this bad, I should leave prior to paying for another month, right?

My friend knows. I was thinking of getting a gym membership first to shower at before entering. Even traveling on the bus seems unethical, even with new fresh clothes before traveling. I’m just screwed no matter what.

But I was only here a week so far. I could take the bus, buy new clothes at Walmart and change inside a restroom before going, just throwing out my current clothes. I have so little I would be taking with me and could put the electronics in garbage bags and freeze them. The only concern is the work computer, but I could use a sick day for work and freeze that for a day.

I’ve barely been here at all. There are also many people living in this building with some shared facilities.

Should I just leave today? I could do that, it’s not impossible, a bus leaves in a few hours.

Yes, I am sure and the exterminator person who stops by monthly confirmed it’s a real bed buf. I can elevate the bed if needed, but it may not be worth it, I could also just leave today.

It’s extremely loud noise, sometimes beeping, backing up noises, etc.

I’m not allowed to look into other rooms of other tenants. I get the sense that because the rooms are small, many may be cluttered.

I am not that concerned whether I am legally allowed to leave. I don’t have much, they won’t bother suing me and my credit is bad. The laws of physics allow me to walk out, go purchase a bus pass, and leave with 2 bags of stuff and be on my way.

What worries me is moving my stuff in, bed bugs get into everything, and then I become one of those people fighting bed bugs for years. It sounds awful. I am poor but work full time, I don’t want to be afflicted by constant bed bugs. I want to know the optimal choice to reduce my own suffering given asymmetric information. It’s possible just walking away is the best choice, but my finances are not good right now.

the bed bug was on my air mattress, on top of a target fitted sheet, below a larger target sheet used as a blanket. I saw it and squished it and blood came out. I don’t remember if it moved but seemed alive.

I could stay a few more days to see how it goes without bring more stuff in. But I would then need to pay this month’s rent or incur late fees and violate lease terms.

My stuff is all in a closet on shelves. The air mattress is on the ground. It could have come from another apartment. It may be that other residents know, but don’t want fumigation, hence the strange bug traps in front of a door and the white anti-bed-bug stuff sprinkled in front of another door. It could be the bugs come from the street, I slept with a windows open.

My room is almost empty so far.

The problem is, if there’s bed bugs and you go somewhere else, it’s very likely they’ll attach to your belonging and hitch a hike to your new place…

Except barely anything is here. I have some cheap clothes I could throw out, and air mattress and sheets and a pillow I can throw out. The only things I need is the work computer and electronics (can be bagged and frozen) and would need to use the work computer quickly. Is it worth it? I’ve heard getting rid of bed bugs is hell. Should I just cut my losses?