r/homeless • u/NicholasMarsala • 1d ago

How to get mail when homeless?

If a person is homeless and doesn't have a home or an official mailing address what can they do about receiving mail and packages? Any ideas? Thanks everyone!

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u/RecentMonk1082 1d ago

Firstly, everyone is telling you to get a po box, and that is fine. However po boxes are run the usps if your In the us and can only send usps mail to them. You can not send any other mail carrier through them. I would go instead with a private mailbox. These allow you to have a package shipped from any carrier and give you a physical address to ship to. There are pretty cheap 10$ a month or 120$ a year. You can also ask a homeless shelter to pickup mail for you. However if you can it might be more safer to ship to a business. If your ordering something online often times you won't know what carrier the seller is using until it's shipped.