America Will Never Fix Homelessness, Because Homelessness Is An American Value

On how homelessness is a key component of capitalist exploitation and fear-based motivation.

The first time I was ever homeless, I was 18 and pregnant.

The second and third and fourth times were in my early and mid-20s.

The last time was August 1, 2024.
I was 37, and leaving New Mexico.

I’m still 37.
I left New Mexico.

… barely.

When I got to Portland a few days after that, I lived in a hotel I couldn’t afford until I desperately signed a lease handed to me by another predatory, dishonest landlord who intentionally concealed numerous things about the property, then acted as though I was the problem when her problems became mine shortly after move-in.

Just like the one before her had — a man who had taken a lot of cash from me under the guise of selling me a house, yet who drug me through multiple New Mexican court systems after illegally turning my water off, then stalking and harassing me when I followed the rules of enforcing the lease I had with him… and the laws governing that lease.
I had 646 pages of evidence. Nine videos. Six audio transcripts.
I also memorized the Uniform Owne…