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# Watch: homeless people each share one surprising fact about themselves
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/watch-homeless-people-each-share-one-surprising-fact-about-themselves/
- Published: 2014-08-12T10:08:25.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:07:25.000Z
- Author: Transformation
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 17:02

What do you think when you pass a homeless person on the street? If you have never been homeless, it's all too easy to ignore rough sleepers, or to think that they must have done something to deserve it. In Orlando, Florida, the [Rethink Homelessness](http://www.rethinkhomelessness.org/?ref=opendemocracy.net) project asked rough sleepers to each share a fact about themselves. Their responses may challenge the way you think.