[giraffe_lady]

It's not good advice. Being homeless in the US is a brutal, dehumanizing experience, partly intentionally. Connections to people who care about you for your own sake and treat you like a person are incredibly precious and not guaranteed by any means. I was homeless for many years and I have known a great many homeless people. The ones that can maintain human connections, especially with "normal" people not living on the street, have the best long-term odds.

Frankly most of the people who do "make it out" accomplish that because someone had the resources and decided to use it on this, for them, out of love or obligation or simple charity. I believe very very strongly, based on my experiences and observations directly, that you should never advise people facing homelessness to break any ties that are not actively harmful to them. Even then it's not always clear.