• optional@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    How do they check if you’re homeless? Couldn’t you just rent a property and tell nobody?

    In Germany you are required to register your address with the authorities and your landlord has to register you as well. But as far as I know there is no such central registration of all citizens in the US. Isn’t that one of the reasons why there’s always such a big hassle to get enrolled as a voter?

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      Yeah that could work as long as you never change your mailing address to where you are staying but there’s nowhere you can rent for $700 in SF.