I used to be among the invisible homeless due to life-threatening illness and a family that was...er...un-supportive to say the list (and to say the most, directly responsible for the ill-health). For a long time, I had a what I would consider marginal housing. First-hand, I am familiar with this nightmare, and how it can *keep* folk in a bad place...and how uncaring and dismissive so many people can be.

Thank you for your post, and have a very wonderful, love-filled new year yourself.