Opinion: Toilet paper scarcity: Denver homeless hotel diary

Toilet paper scarcity is one of the most distressing ways that poverty manifests itself. Surprisingly, this necessity is seldom provided to people who are homeless or poor. When I experienced homelessness in Denver I had no income. I would not panhandle and I was far too psychotic to work, not to mention I had no ID, no address, no place to take a shower. The only place I knew of in Denver that actually gave out toilet paper was The Denver Give at Union Station, operated by Denver Human Services.

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