This guest post is authored by Rutgers student Marcus Biddle. Read the whole article at his project, Camden Writes: 

Peter Bowser has accepted his reality of living as a homeless individual in America’s most impoverish city, but he refuses to allow his situation of homelessness to put him in a state of helplessness.

“I’m not on welfare. I’m not asking for handouts. I go to church every Sunday,” said Bowser. “I do have pride. I’m that type of man.”

And that type of attitude landed him a small maintenance job working with a landlord in the City of Camden. He hopes that this small job will help him to make enough money to get back on his feet

Meanwhile, he is reflecting on his time spent being homeless for the past five months, and realizes that the experience has been humbling.

“You never know when a situation will turn up in your life,” said Bowser. “You don’t necessarily have to be on drugs or an alcoholic to be homeless. Anything in your life can put you in a situation of being homeless.”

In Bowser’s case, all it took was a divorce, losing his home, not having a job and broken promises from family members that failed to help him.

Read the whole thing.