I was once going through hard times and even if I'm not yet set for life yet, I'd like to give back what I can if it doesn't significantly slow down my current life goal.
I have a place I rent that is pretty flexible on guest policy. If you are going through some tough times but you have a real gameplan to get life put together as I once struggled to, I will do what I can to provide some form of shelter so you don't have to overly depend on shelters or mustard seed ripoffs (where they charge vulnerable people more than what regular people job pay if they wanted to optimize life). I can also help with food (I still have access to food banks/other free food program that I no longer really depend on anyway). With no or very limited rental arrangement + potentially free food, it just might be enough to make a dent in life to get things sorted out faster. If we really hit it off and trust is developed, it's possible (not guaranteed) to persuade my landlord to consider you as a tenant and you have an affordable place $600/month utilities included and peace of mind knowing that you have a total stranger with wild card.
Food for thought. I'm Far Eastern Asian male in early 30s. I'm workaholic either working on my remote business or working regular job grinding as much as I can to hit financial freedom. Pretty chill, chill drama and considerate though I'd bare my fangs if you get in my way my life goal/aspiration wise.
Whether you remain as a temp. guest or more permanent roommate or somewhere in between, there are some boundaries.
1. No drugs, no smoking, no pets and no kids. I may tolerate odorless edible but only if we know each other and life has stabilized enough to the point where I can trust that you can use it recreationally and not to become an addict.
2. The place is dog friendly (I don't have a dog but the landlord does) so if you have allergies or have phobia towards dogs, this may not work out
3. I realize someone looking into this have some sort of drama, but try to minimalize it or at least find a healthy way to vent/sort it out so we can provide a more sustainable way of moving forward. I am not exactly drama free either so this is less to do with me being judgmental and more on the need to get life sorted out first and foremost. Drama would be easier to resolve the more your life stabilize.
4. Make a genuine effort and a gameplan to make changes to your life (ex. getting cheap affordable 6 CAD/month bus pass, looking for a job, learning to cook for yourself to make food expense close to zero it's not an elaborate ruse to make you my maid in case red flag flares lol, etc)
Someone took me in and helped me recover and find a meaningful way to push forward so this is a smaller version of my way of giving back. I don't need a roommate and there is no expectation for you to stay here longterm. Just making that clear.
Food for thought. Room can be shared or be private depending on the context (I'm cool with sleeping on the coach if needed) but there is only one bathroom so we'd have to share that regardless of the context.
I had FUBAR situation where I should've died. If I can somehow get out of that, you may have a better chance than you think. Hang in there.