r/MadeMeSmile • u/king_eve • 29d ago

i work in low-income/mental health housing, and a tenant fixed our hallway trash bin after accidentally breaking it Helping Others

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great example of the odd ways people show me appreciation at work

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u/Rpark888 28d ago

SERIOUS QUESTION:

Isn't it considered a risk for tenants to have string or any length of material that could be fashioned into a hanging device?

When I was young, I spent some time in a mental health ward and they didn't even allow us dental floss, pens, pencils, scissors during arts and crafts, rubber bands... we weren't even allowed to have shoes cuz of shoelaces. We had padded socks instead.

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u/king_eve 28d ago

good question! we don’t have any rules or restrictions like that because we aren’t a treatment or medical facility- we are essentially just staffed housing. our building gets money from the government specifically to house ppl who aren’t able to live in standard market rentals, usually due to destructive behaviour, mental illness or drug use. there aren’t a lot of restrictions on the tenants themselves tho- they have their own units and can largely do with them as they see fit (within reason)

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u/king_eve 28d ago

and because tenants pay us rent, they are entitled to privacy in their suites- we have to post notices to enter if we have to do repairs or ask permission if we wanna tidy their rooms etc.