They have had very bad experiences staying in shelters (having had things stolen from them, been threatened, etc.) so they are afraid to do so. Also I don't think they'd be allowed to bring all of their stuff and they don't have anywhere to store anything.
They are in contact with SHC (from Bri's post): "We are working with the Somerville Homeless Coalition and also getting in touch with Home Start; it doesn’t seem like SHC can do much to actually help us with our immediate need, but we are cautiously optimistic about Home Start."
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They have had very bad experiences staying in shelters (having had things stolen from them, been threatened, etc.) so they are afraid to do so. Also I don't think they'd be allowed to bring all of their stuff and they don't have anywhere to store anything.
They are in contact with SHC (from Bri's post): "We are working with the Somerville Homeless Coalition and also getting in touch with Home Start; it doesn’t seem like SHC can do much to actually help us with our immediate need, but we are cautiously optimistic about Home Start."