I live in, what used to be, an affordable apt above a business. It’s a dive with leaking ceilings, bad electric, splintering floors and home to critters (in the attic space), but I can live with quite a bit of inconvenience for the low rent. The lease renews on Sept 1st and they want a lot more (they hadn’t repaired anything) and worse, I don’t have any work.
6 months of searching, but being disabled (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome & chronic back pain) and 58 – I can only work from a reclined position (pain relief), so 99% of work available I cannot do – is difficult to say the least, though not impossible. I just need a few more weeks to drum some income from other areas, like online help desks, but currently have about $30 in the bank. I was a website developer for many years and it worked with my disability (been working remotely for 19 years), but lost ALL my clients between 2020 & 2022 (by 2022, my clients either closed permanently, filed bankruptcy or stopped providing work to tighten their budget – all small businesses). This, in turn, cost me my house (which I was able to sell in 2023), my perfect credit is in shambles, I sold everything of value I had, now, after a year, have nothing left (made a little money) now facing homelessness. My long time friend (female) has a job, but really only has enough to pay for food, utilities, phone and gas (restaurant work) and I always paid for mortgage and rent (this last year of rent was paid for by my home sale and there’s no more).
I know something will crop up soon (hopefully), just need funds for September 1st (up to the 5th) or we’ll both be evicted. This prospect I can’t imagine (if I were young, perhaps, but at this age w/my disabilities …). She will hopefully have another job in the next week to make up for the difference. I hope I’m not asking for too much. If you can help, please, please, do! Even a little bit!
I do have a PayPal account paypal.me/DaveNuss