Help HOMELESS IN OKANAGANBC?man&wife&2 rotties are tierd of DISCRIM.can youhelp NO  we wont lose our dogs?
954771
Feel for you bud. About the only thing you can do is find yourself a hotel/motel room and sue your landlord for those costs as well as your paid rent. May take you a couple of weeks and then the landlord has 30 days to appeal but if you can prove what you say, they will be responsible.
182980
I am currently living in Kuwait and the weekend days are Thursday and Friday in here so the weekend is over for us :( \n\nI hope you have a nice weekend and find a good home for your foster dog. (Read your info. We have 3 dogs and a cat)
768971
i dont have the answer to this but i wouldnt be best pleased if i were in your shoes. Give the Citizens Advise Beureau a call they will be able to help
1137621
you probably wont get any guarantees.apparently they dont care about the dog's welfare .I would not return the dog.
858838
well that's not a good idea. most homeless people are homeless because they screwed up their life. they do not deserve a home of their own.
644360
It sounds as if this squatter is attempting to establish adverse possession of this property.  The rules vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but if this person is living in this place scott free and the owner knows, there is a period of time of doing so after which the squatter will be declared the legal owner of the property.  The owner must involve the police and child protective services.  This will establish a paper trail that demonstrates that the owner did not just know and accept her occupancy, but actually took measures to stop it.  The owner is unlikely to get in trouble for allowing this mom and her small children to live in his home up to now.  Clearly, though, it seems that these children might be better off in foster homes until the mom can get her act together and provide a suitable home for herself and for them.  I do not believe in creating homelessness situations, but I have given you the state of the law on the topic.  Best of luck to you (and the owner).
758480
Some people are dubious as to wether or not they are actually homeless or actualy have a BMW parked round the corner and are doing this as a way of making loads of money.  Other people think that they should get a job and make money that way.  My personal opinion...I don't always give money, but most of the time I do, esp if they are selling the Big Issue, it shows that they have the get up and go to actually do something and try and make something of their lives.  I'm also a sucker for animals, so if they have a dog with them I give something, even though deep down I know it's probably gonna be spent on beer rather than pedigree chum! ;)
304224
Okay, let me ask you something.  Have you ever gone to feed the homeless yourself?  Have you ever been homeless?\nI have gone on compassionate missions to San Francisco, LA, downtown Tacoma, Portland Oregon, and Seattle to feed the homeless, and to give them blankets.  I can honestly say that many of them are alcoholics and/or drug addicts who don't care to better themselves. \nThe church I attended for several years offered some of them jobs, in exchange for food and shelter.  The homeless that we offered jobs to wanted the food and shelter, but didn't care to work.\nAs for the second part, for two weeks in '99 I chose to spend all my time with the homeless kids in downtown Tacoma.  I squatted with them, "spanged" (begging for spare change), and observed them closely.  What I saw was that they spent their money on drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes instead of getting their clothes cleaned, taking a shower at the YMCA or YWCA, or getting a hotel room.  I saw heroin, crank, and prostitution for said drugs.  I saw overdoses, disease, and degeneration.  I also saw that they were apathetic to change their situation, and that even with the numerous homeless shelters, they chose to stay in abandoned buildings.\nThe fact that there are homeless is a neverending problem, but it's also an abstract idea to those who speak out against it.  They have no idea, they haven't seen it firsthand like I have.  There are government programs to help these people, and they don't take the opportunity.  Therefore, if these people really want to help themselves, they do so, and they don't stay homeless!\nI know this sounds cold-hearted, but I really do feel for the homeless...just not as much as I did before I tried feeding them.  And I have even less sympathy because I saw it as closely as one can.\nEdit:  I commend the people who volunteer to work in soup kitchens, and in food banks.  But just WHAT is the government supposed to do?  Honestly.  Throw some money at the people?  How are we supposed to sort out the ones who want to better themselves from the drug addicts and alcoholics?  There are homeless shelters, food banks, soup kitchens, low-income housing, churches with good people who try to help...\nAnd I'll tell you what.  In those two weeks that I ran with the homeless, I never went hungry.  There were always people giving us money.  I think I made more money in those two weeks than I have at ANY job I've had...and all that without resorting to prostitution.\nAs I said, there are government programs.  They can help themselves.  Throwing money at them will solve nothing, except putting us even further in debt.\nOne more thing, my sister has five kids.  They live in a four bedroom house, and the rent is $850 a month.  Not bad for Washington State.  She and her husband have a monthly income of a little over $1500.  Their electric bill comes every other month and is usually close to $400 even though they conserve.  One more thing:  My sister has yet to use Welfare.  Those kids are well-fed and cared for.  \nThe unfortunate thing, as I said, is if the government put more money into programs for the impoverished, there are too many who would take advantage of it.  Do you know who would wind up paying the price?  The taxpayers!\nThat there are homeless is tragic.  But there is nothing the government can do.
628799
Well, in my town, they usually hang around Wal-Mart. Burger King is right next to it. There are not a whole lot of homeless people though. Most are veterans who are missing limbs, so I always feel really bad for them. I don't like just giving them money because you just never know what their going to buy with it (like booze or drugs). However, I hate to see people going hungry. So, I usually stop by Burger King and pick them up a meal. So, if your able to do this, that would be my suggestion. Or, you could point them in the direction of the nearest homeless shelter if you have one in your community.
811787
My uncle was building a beach house on the Oregon Coast and I decided to drive up to see it with him so he could show me his progress.\n\nWe got there really late at night because of traffic, me, my uncle and his dog.  As soon as we got there his dog, Bailey, started acting really strangely.  She seemed very agitated and she started growling and the hair on her back was up.  At first we thought someone had broken in the property, but when we went inside it was completely empty.  The dog followed us into the house.\nMy uncle checked the house to make sure it was all locked up and no one had entered it which would explain the dog's strange behavior.  The house was nearly done, but it was empty of all furniture...so we turned on the lights and he started showing me around the place.\n\nWhen we got to the dining room, the dog (which was with us the whole time) began whimpering and growling all at the same time. \nHave you ever seen those cartoons where the dog is standing with a paw in the air, the tail stick straight, ready to go hunting?\nThat's sort of Bailey looked like.  She stood very stiff, looking at an empty wall in the dining room, the hair on her back was up but her eyes were moving, following something that neither I nor my uncle could see.  \nWhatever she was seeing seemeed to be going around the room, like in a acircle and she just followed it with its eyes, growling the whole time until "it" (whatever it was got really close to my uncle.  Than Bailey pounced on it...except to us it was thin air.  She literally jumped through the air and crashed against the wall.  She got up sort of dazed and looked around but whatever it was she had felt or "seen" was gone.  \n\nIt was the weidest and freakiest experience I have ever experienced.  Even though I din't see anything...\n\nThe dog was just acting so weird...like there really was something in there with us.  Whatever it was, she didn't like it.
813241
http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/policy/policy-6435.cfm\n\nI hope this helps...scroll all the way down to the bottom, there is a phone number...what a kind offer artic ranger who answered above gave you....
357529
I don't know what's available in your area, but in mine there are soup kitchens, shelters, outreach programs...  One of the churches here even provides the homeless with a directory of what's available, with hours of operation and what to expect when they go in.  There are a lot of people who are concerned with this issue.  If you look, you may be surprised to see how much is available.
817110
Hello,\n\nWell, I am not sure if it is the owner's responisibilty to disclose this information. Maybe it is up to you to ask all these questions.\n\nI searched under California Coastal Rental Disclosures and could not find anything at all. Not even somthing about PETS having to come in or out of the home. \n\nI would recommend you contact the BBB either online or on the phone about this issue.\n\nSorry. Sorry your 2.5 month old baby was bit. I would not be happy at all.\n\nHope this helps you.............................................   :-(
798273
Quite frankly, I wouldn't trust a non-animal person with my money and my critters.    There are just no guarantees when it comes to individuals and responsibility.   You might have a wonderful nephew, but he could marry a gold-digger who decides Lassie is getting too much attention.    You never know with family and friends.   Situations change, and  the dogs aren't able to speak or look out for themselves.   \n\nThere are many excellent non-profit animal organizations who would care for the animals, keep them together, and have volunteers to spend time with them.   I have several acquaintances who are involved in rescues, one of whom specializes in taking in older dogs from elderly owners no longer able to care for them.     She gives older dogs a quiet place to "retire."   \n\nLegitimate rescue organizations have a lot of contacts in several states, and are practical about what they do.    Some are huge, such as Angel Canyon in Utah.    Some are small, like my friend.\n\nBeware, however, of the fakes and flakes.   I'm in a rural area, and lived next door to a woman who had 70 dogs and 90 cats.    Several dozen of them belonged to people in nursing homes.   The woman was taking payment from the old people in exchange for taking care of the animals.    The living conditions were horrible, both for the animals and the woman, as she wouldn't turn down any animal, and had many that were dangerous, diseased or aged and in pain.\n\nShe was finally busted, and the animals were confiscated and most were put down.    She has since gone elsewhere, and is doing the same thing again.   She is also affiliated with a legitimate non-profit whose soft-hearted CEO can't figure out that this girl is a nut case.  \n\nSo please do some research, or hire someone to do it for you, and find a truly legitimate place, with caring people with a good history.   There are many who would be grateful for your generosity, and would insure your "babies" lived out their lives without harm and in peace.\n\nGood luck to you.
558848
If this is a elder person, Have the family pitch in to clean up then suggest that y'all take turns coming on specific days to help keep things in check. If this home belongs to someone who is physically able to do something about it, I would volunteer to help clean it up again, get the animals outside, have the city check the back up in the pipes, and let them know, if things don't stay cleaned up, you won't allow the children to visit anymore. If you think it is unhealthy, let them know. If you don't do something, someone else will. Better to hear it from you, than have the authorities kick them out of the home.
371779
I would contact the proper authorities(DA or equivalent) in Toronto. Write them a letter. I expect they'd like to resolve it also. Perhaps there is a nolo contendre plea there. Good luck. \n\n ps..I loved your answer to the young bride with the mother wanting to move in! Cheers
1115330
Why don't you tell her that you will not take care of the dogs anymore.... She wagged them home, let her take care of them!  If you don't want them inside, you might have to invest in an outside kennel.\n\nFrom now on, when she brings one home, meet her at the door and take it right back outside, and tell her it will stay outside until she returns it.  If she doesn't get rid of it in a timely manner, you will have to be the one to return it or take it to a pet adoption center.   Or you can place an ad in the paper giving the dogs away to good homes.   She might see you mean business if you get rid of them when she brings them in.\n\n**You are the man of the house and you should put your foot down.**\n\nBy allowing her to keep them (and in the house, no less!), you are condoning her behavior.\n\nI'd say ONE inside dog is plenty, providing you have enough room and the house is kept sanitary.\n\nIsn't there a law in your state as to how many dogs you can have anyway??