Many people across the US have it rough, as insurance premiums and everyday goods prices have shot up over the past two years. But some people have it even rougher, such as one 26-year-old Washington man who is employed yet homeless. He moved from Houston to Seattle at the start of 2025, as he was originally from Washington state. With around a decade of customer service experience and a background in audio engineering and music production, he still struggled to make ends meet in Texas.
However, after moving to Seattle, things didn’t get any better. Posting to r/SeattleWA, he shared his story about starting at a pet hotel, which didn’t pay too badly compared to Texas, but “That job is exactly why the system had nothing for me,” he explains. Every organization or resource in the city for homeless people “runs on a schedule that assumes you don’t work.” In other words, he couldn’t get the help he needed because he had to work to support himself. “That’s not a scheduling conflict, that’s being locked out completely,” he exclaimed.
Employed, Sober, Functioning, and Homeless Experience…