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#Introduction

I am a single childless cat lady in Australia living in a tent with two rescue cats. Deliberate government policies forced me into homelessness.

But I am also resilient, self-reliant and resourceful, and I have decades of outdoors and solo-travelling experience. I want to take my existing experience and my new skill set and share it here so that anyone on the cusp of homelessness can benefit.

My advice will be skewed towards older women who are the fastest growing cohort of homeless people in Australia and who may lack the skills for living an itinerant life but there will be something for everyone.

I have a thread library to assist anyone who may find themselves homeless. Bookmark this post to easily find it and favourite it to be notified of any edits:
https://mastodon.au/@Jacquetta/113155747580097990

These threads may be useful if you’re camping or if you’re in an emergency weather situation. A lot intersects, and you’ll find posts within threads that may have a hashtag and/or link to another post/thread.

My hashtags:
#EatingMyRent Life as a homeless person
#HouselessCats Life on the road with homeless cats
#JacquettasKitchen Everything related to food and food preparation
#JacquettasCamping Gear reviews and hacks using stuff not usually associated with camping

Hashtags I use:
#Homelessness
#Camping

I rarely use content warnings. I want the ugly reality of my life on full display and content warning my own life doesn’t sit well with me. Homelessness shouldn’t be sanitised. I make full use of the ‘Australian vernacular’ as we are a nation that indulges in fruity language. This may bother you, but I hope not as much as being forced into homelessness does.

Please come along and enjoy the uncomfortable ride. Embrace being shocked. Start conversations about what it’s like to be homeless. Shut down the blame factory. We are all one awful life event or one bad decision away from homelessness.

Housing is a human right. It shouldn’t be a government-assisted Ponzi scheme.