tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11440161.post113569109684813489..comments2023-12-18T16:07:56.906+00:00Comments on Jamie's Big Voice: Answer to the suns a dossier is for life not just for Christmasjamiesbigvoicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888626289011290109noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11440161.post-1135855103882036812005-12-29T11:18:00.000+00:002005-12-29T11:18:00.000+00:00Hi Jamie - I am homeless (not street homeless and ...Hi Jamie - I am homeless (not street homeless and I won't lie to you - I have actually been taking care of a nice flat over Christmas, which has been wonderful) I went on Christmas Eve and yesterday to COC, which I describe in my blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/indigosurvivor/. Unlike you I am very cynical about Crisis as an organisation and the homeless industry in general - there is a vast amount of empty housing in the North (and yes, some day I may get there - I would think about going tomorrow if someone actually made an offer) but it suits the homeless industry to keep people homeless so they can make money out of them. The "solution" that the homeless industry offers to homeless people is to put them in a hostel so they can make money out of them, but once there they have control of you and mess you about - not to mention the benefits trap that hostels cause - it can be better to stay out of them. I don't know why you say that no-one at COC is paid - I know for a fact that a lot of people get paid large sums there. Just to give one example, two Christmases ago I was waiting for a martial arts workshop and Helen (ex director Crisis Skylight) said I don't think much of them being late after the amount of money I paid them - and this being Helen it must have been a fair sum - it means that all the providers of workshops get paid - last year the maintainance technitians were on £250 a day.<BR/><BR/>DonnardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com