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A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: a parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars
(hechingerreport.org)
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025
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This is not a solution it's a workaround. Sleeping in cars is typically hard sleeping, which is still the problem.
Don't call it a crisis, sell it as a new hip lifestyle on social media! #vanlife
ugh. Living in vehicles can work-I've done so most of my life-but not in a fucking toyota corrola
Yeah but it still sucks and is expensive, unless you own a better motor home: No toilets, no shower, no fridge, no power, must pay at laundry to was clothes, limited cooking without fridge and enough space. Parking in city center is expensive, parking outside the city needs public transport. Parking in a good area and residents call the police on you, park in a bad area and you get your car stolen or broken into.
I was homeless for about 2.5 months and slept in the parking lot of 24 hour fitness in my honda civic.