[hluska]

I’ll hijack this a little with a question. Why do you think you’re qualified to tell OP to ignore 95% of the comments? That’s a lot of ego to bring to something so important…especially when you give the most superficial advice.

[null_name]

Probably because programmers aren't generally also social workers, who help people like this day in and day out, with essential local context. Source: my partner does social work, I'm a programmer, and I'm now aware of how little I know here.

[tarkin2]

Great, thanks. I would have valued your post more if you'd stated this. Unfortunately it just looked like you said "All these people are idiots and I'm right".

[selcuka]

Those comments were written by two different accounts.

[kelnos]

Not the person you're replying to, but I think most opinions here on what to do (including my own) won't bee that helpful. While there are some people who post on HN who have been where OP is now, there are not that many, and those of us here who are financially secure and have never been close to homelessness probably have no idea what we're talking about when it comes to finding stable housing after having lived in your car for a while.

[thatcat]

Accurate in Utah, large Mormon population. My car broke down there one time and spent a few days hanging out with the locals - very nice people.