There are two things which, according to Joseph Kant, helping him to stay strong in his faith in God and hope that his children will not remember that.
By this he means the problems with living in the Joseph and 5 children. «I never thought that would happen to me something like that, but what worries me the most is the fact that children also have to go through all this,» says Kant. «But fortunately, they are small enough to probably not remember it.»
Cantu of Pontiac Michigan – the homeless. After the wife left her husband and their children, in the last month, they had to leave the common home. To provide the family a place to stay overnight, dad went to a number of temporary solutions. «For several nights we spent the night in the van. Several times we were able to sleep in a Motel room thanks to the people who donated us the money.»
However, the trouble Kant go further. Until recently, the father of the family had a job. But given the fact that there is no one to look after the children, of which only 2 go to school, he lost his job.
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Now he constantly receives questions from your kids that ask when they can go home. But the house was a real challenge for families. A natural solution for them would be a shelter. But then another problem arises. «We are waiting for when we can move into a shelter, but unfortunately, here in Southeast Michigan, some shelters for men with children,» he explains.
Despite an unusual case where the only parent in the family is the father, Cantu became a part of the new trend of modern homelessness, which consists of elderly and families with too high costs, which do not have the ability to pay for them.
Recently he found a way to send their children to kindergarten, knowing that he has that right in the Department of health and social services of Michigan. But until he can find a permanent place of work, problems in families will not end.
«I’m a professional polisher. After the car leaves the booth for painting, I’m the last one concerns her, that is, I need to buff it out, finding the smallest flaws and fix them,» he explains.
