A St. John’s man on the brink of homelessness is facing the possibility of losing his son due to a lack of housing options for people with kids.

Tristen Keats, who turns 27 this month, lives with his mother and his three-year-old son, Jacoby, in a small basement apartment that is advertised for only one person.

“Here we are now with people living on the side of the street in tents,” Keats said. “Me and him are just about there now, right? We got a couple months.”

They are running out of time, as his mother’s landlord has given them a few months to find a new place.

He and his son are among the many people caught in the housing crisis that is sweeping across the country and hitting Newfoundland and Labrador. Social housing and emergency shelters are in high demand, leading many people to take the only home they’ve known for months — a tent — and station themselves in public spaces around St. John’s.

And if facing homelessness is tough, when children are involved, the struggle can be worse.

  • aubertlone@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s so funny you describe me as blinded by hatred.

    But apparently a struggling man that happens to have tattoos and a young son shouldn’t be allowed to live with his mom due to zoning laws.

    I unfortunately have taken the time to read your comments. You’re so full of shit.

    You had one shitty tenant, but apparently that means that everybody struggling is evil and wanting to rip you off. Dude please

    You have every right to limit who you rent. But the kind of shit you’re saying, everybody that has tattoos is a gang member etc etc…

    I hope you never fill that property and it continues to drain your finances.

    You don’t have to rent out to people you don’t want to. But all the other hateful shit you’re saying is so far off the wall.

    And last but not least…

    I don’t hate you. I don’t wish you harm.

    I just don’t care enough about you to spend that much energy being emotional over some random conversation with an internet stranger. Sure, I’m annoyed by all the stupid ass shit you’re saying.

    But hate is just not worth the energy, especially for someone I am never going to meet in my life.

    • Smk
      1·
      8 months ago

      The point of social media is to engage in meaningful arguments and to understand another point of view. All you are doing is just not understanding anything, insulting and being a piece of shit.

      All I said, is that if you look like a shit head full of tattoos, life will be harder on you. A landlord won’t risk to get his shit broken because they pity this guy.

      I don’t understand what’s so hard to get in this. It’s the same thing with job opportunities. If you look like a shit head, you won’t have a job. That’s it.

    • Smk
      1·
      8 months ago

      Also, all you are doing is virtue signalling. It’s important to understand what could be the reason someone like this dude can’t find anything. One of those reason is the potential risk he may be for a landlord. That’s how it is.

      What should we do to fix this ? Coop housing seems like a good idea.

      • aubertlone@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 months ago

        I’m not virtue signaling anything. You’re just saying random shit to try to get a leg up in this argument.

        • Smk
          1·
          8 months ago

          I’m only exposing a viewpoint that represents the reality of how a lot of landlord see these people. That’s why I shared my experience with my shitty tenants which provide a reasonable explanation of why a landlord wouldn’t want to risk taking someone like the guy in the article. And yeah, that sucks but that’s how the world is right now.

          You are telling me that I’m a motherfucker because you think that I think that because he has tattoos, he deserves not getting an appartment?

          What are you even bringing to this conversation asides from probably saying that landlords are “leeching the society therefore, they shouldn’t exists” ? You are virtue signalling and you are a piece of shit for doing it.

          • aubertlone@lemmy.world
            1·
            8 months ago

            You are just putting words in my mouth now!

            I skimmed thru every comment I made in this thread just in case.

            I never called you a motherfucker. I said you suck and have out of date views.

            I only ever even started being rude after i shared an admittedly slightly off-topic meme and then you said something along the lines of “can’t you read?”. At that point I was like if this guy’s being rude I guess there’s no need to hold back.

            And last but not least, no I’m not virtue signaling. I would rent to someone who has tattoos.

            At the same time, no I wouldn’t rent to a gang member. No the two groups aren’t mutually exclusive. There is some overlap. But it’s just crazy to say “hmmm this guy has tattoos he might be a degenerate”. There’s so many more ways to ensure that you’re getting an honest renter.

            Like, maybe a credit check? I imagine a gang member would either have bad credit or no credit.

            I’m pretty sure it’s legal to do a background check as well. At the very least, it’s possible to include a clause in the lease that the renter has to pass a background check based on your specifications before the lease is valid.

            So, in summation:

            I am NOT virtue signaling. I think you’re being a dumbass and using stereotypes to exclude people. Why bother? Like seriously there’s economic and legal reasons to turn away potential rentors. I will never argue against that. That is your legal right as a landlord.

            The article that this post links to talks about a young man and his son getting kicked out his mom’s apartment soon due to zoning laws. We have gotten so far off the point originally talking about…