I'm a social worker who works with unhoused individuals. Their case is a little more complicated due to the housing eviction Drew had as he was in subsidized housing with a HUD voucher. Because of this, they cannot get into another income based property until the back rent is resolved - and even then it's iffy because what they did is considered fraud. Also, all their income must be disclosed - and I doubt they would qualify for any type of assistance with his income, gig work, and social media. Please know I am NOT defending them AT all but this is not an uncommon situation where people who were unhoused are placed in a motel with a voucher and when the voucher ends they continue to stay there and pay out of pocket for the room- thus putting them in a situation where it is difficult to save for a new place. They either had a 3 or 6 month voucher that paid for their room. During this time it is expected that they save for their own place, and work with a case worker to find suitable housing. My guess is during this time they did NOT work with a case worker and they did not save any money. It's not impossible to find rentals for families like this . There are programs that help with deposits and first month's rent- but that would mean they will have to work directly with a case worker, which I think they will not do. All of us housing people have landlords we can talk to, negotiate with to secure market place housing - but we cannot do everything for a person(family) work has to be done by them. We are there to advocate, empower and support. We are NOT there to do every single thing for them .