We often hear “I need money now” for rent, food or bills – not an easy situation to be in. See our advice below.

Emergency Rental, Food, and Bills Assistance Programs

How to get help with rent?

At times, many families find themselves homeless, or unable to continue to occupy the premises of their choice. This may be due to fire, accident, storms or many other causes, but often it is merely a problem in paying the rent. Illness that forces a breadwinner to stay home, or loss of a job; any and all of these conditions can put a family in need of temporary assistance to tide itself over until the members of the family find themselves again in a position to pay their own rent without the need of subsidising or other rental assistance.

Agencies have been set up in many parts of the country to help in this regard. Non-profit organizations, these charities, such as The Salvation Army, as well as some governmental agencies are often able to offer emergency rental assistance for families who are being evicted by a landlord, or who simply have no way to pay their rent at the moment. Realizing that landlords, despite the old cartoon imagery of a rich greedy person feeding off the work of renters, the vast majority of landlords are not really making a profit at all on the current tenant. This is only a stopgap so that the landlord may pay the monthly house payments in the hope of some future profit if housing increases in value some years later. If the tenant can’t pay the rent, the landlord may soon find himself in the same position with regard to the lender. Lenders do not want to hear sad stories.

Although these different programs for rental assistance may be available, much depends upon the funding at the moment. Some programs quickly run out of money and are simply unable at the moment to provide further help to persons in need of assistance.

The vast majority of families in need of temporary rental assistance are those to be found in the low-income range; seniors, disable persons and children are among those most often affected. Others too, faced at one point or another with a temporary emergency may qualify for assistance in these cases.

In most cases, those in need of longer-term assistance, persons who have not been gainfully employed for a considerable length of time with not prospects for the immediate future may not qualify for rental assistance under these temporary emergency programs.

Those more likely to receive aid are persons who are able to convince interviewers of their willingness to do what is necessary to get back on their feet along with the ability to do so. Since emergency funding is considered a short-term “fix” for a crisis situation, the grants may be only issued for a few days, perhaps to defray the cost of a motel room, pending the applicant’s ability to find other lodgings.

Therefore it is important, in most similar cases, for the applicant to show the interviewer the imminent possibility to become self-sufficient.

Most non-profit agencies as well as other agencies attempt to work closely with rental assistance applicants to help them with any additional support as needed depending upon each applicant’s situation. Often applicants are further given counseling and referrals to other agencies that may be more helpful to an applicant.

In such cases, any additional services rendered are free to the applicant in crisis. This may include lack of employment and such other problems that may arise such as medical emergencies. Most agencies participate in these endeavors as well as teaching applicants the processes involved in applying for governmental programs, immediate rehousing and how to apply for Section 8 vouchers as well as information about low income housing, and assistance in paying the security deposits that are almost universally demanded by today’s rental market.

Since the goal of all similar agencies to to render aid to persons in immediate need of emergency housing and other crisis situations, the funds issued to applicants for rent or other necessities is only meant to allow the applicant extra time to deal with the emergency. However, at the same time, applicants will normally be provided with support in the long term to guard against similar future emergencies.

If you have an eviction notice or expect to be unable to pay the rent in the immediate future, or even realize that you need to find less expensive living quarters, now is the time to apply for assistance. Often with early application, money may be available to catch up unpaid rent as well as other options that may be explained to you.

Assistance may also be available to help with the security deposit, the initial rents and even moving costs. In some cities non-profit agencies may offer other emergency assistance to those in crisis. These funds are normally paid out on a one-time basis. Depending upon the location, resources that may be in place for housing crisis families can be wide-ranging.

Potential applicants are advised to find the telephone numbers as well as any other information available to them and educate themselves about the different programs that may be able to help with emergency assistance.

Not only non-profit private agencies, but many governmental agencies, are able to provide interim assistance, depending on the locality. Massachusetts has a program called RAFT, while in Texas a rental assistance program called TDHCA is available. Florida has a similar program called EFAHP and in Connecticut their program is called RAP. Many other government programs around the country also offer assistance to pay rent or a portion of overdue rent in their ongoing efforts to reduce the growing threat of homelessness in their particular communities.

Another program, called the Federal Stimulus Program is a little-known program through which our federal government provides billions of dollars across the nation to provide rental assistance for qualified applicants. These funds have become invaluable to families that find it increasingly difficult to keep up with the rising costs of rent and other housing needs.

HUD the Housing and Urban Development, agency works throughout the country as well. A number of families approaching two million are able to use this program, a program that can not only help those in need to pay their rent and/or security deposits, but HUD can issue vouchers to provide temporary housing as well as providing assistance to senior citizens and the disabled to keep up with overdue rental payments.

These programs not only offer grants to help pay rent, but the government Rent Voucher Program aids applicants to seek housing in the privately owned housing market.

These agencies can, generally, offer legal advice to those facing eviction. Every year millions of people receive free legal advice and assistance to educate them with the eviction process and their rights as well as responsibilities. The government provides funded Legal Services Corp. which provides attorneys who may mediate a solution between landlord and tenants in addition to advising tenants of their rights as well as help them apply for Section 8 or other assistance and another positive aid they offer is help and counseling on housing discrimination.

Counseling may also be provided to help applicants apply for government and/or private grants. Money is available for many of these crisis situations.

It is the goal of these agencies to prevent evictions wherever possible. The federal government as well as the many non-profit private agencies strive wherever possible to help applicants remain in their current quarters without the fear of being summarily evicted. Often these agencies are able not only to prevent evictions, but subsequent lawsuits that may be brought against a tenant. Alternatively, the agency may be able to find more suitable and affordable housing for an applicant facing eviction.

Many churches too offer funds that can help those in short-term financial difficulties. United Way and The Salvation Army are only two of the better-known charitable institutions that may be able to offer help when needed. Generally they give priority to those living in apartments and facing short-term financial crises.

A good number of other national and local charities are ready to help with the expenses of rent and other essential needs as well as providing case management and many other social services. No all charities have ready money all the time, but even those may be able to help by helping an applicant with information about other resources and assistance in applying for free grants to pay overdue rent.

Other agencies that often provide help might be, for example, Catholic Charities, Social Service Offices, United Way, the American Red Cross, the Legal Aid Society and as mentioned earlier, The Salvation Army. Aside from these examples there exist many other emergency aid agencies for those who are able to become informed.

While most of these programs provide only short-term emergency aid, they are designed for the most part to tide a family over until a longer-term solution becomes available. Often these same agencies will be able to direct qualified applicants to resources that may assist them in finding an apartment or house for more permanent security.

It is important however, during these times of crisis, to keep in touch with creditors and the applicant’s current landlord so they understand what you are doing and what you expect to accomplishment. It is important that the applicant be extremely honest with everyone about the situation and it may sometimes be possible to have monthly payments temporarily lowered, or even be allowed to skip a monthly rental payment. Other plans may be devised and put into place to avoid being evicted.

It is well-understood that not only landlords but other creditors too are much more willing to cooperate with persons who are up-front with them, honest in their discussions and show a willingness to cooperate and do whatever they can to improve with situations.

How to get help with bills?

Ask The Energy Company

if energy bills are the source of the hardship, then the energy providers’ own in-house programs are often the quickest way to help rearrange and meet repayments.

LIHEAP: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

This national program’s focus is on subsidies for repairs, weatherproofing and utility bills that families cannot afford to pay.

LIHEAP covers any energy related home repairs for low-icome families, including seasonal expenses like air cooling systems and winter heating bills. The local LIHEAP office is the first point of contact for those in need of energy or utility assistance. Eligibility varies from state to state.

WAP: Weatherization Assistance Program

The WAP is a federal grant organized by the Department of Energy that helps needy families improve their homes’ energy efficiency, and has assisted over 7 million households across many states, territories and Native American tribes since its inception in 1976.

According to the DOE guidelines, a household with anyone over 60 is eligible for the WAP, as are legally recognized disabled people. Most states make families with children eligible, and the website for the WAPTAC (Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center) can advise others if the grants are available in their area, and whether they qualify.

LifeLine Assistance: Free Cell Phones

Americans in need of a cell phone plan but without the means to maintain one can get assistance from LifeLine Assistance‘s free phone program. This is indeed a lifeline as daily life and business in particular is practically impossible without a mobile phone.

LLA is an FCC mandated scheme offering a free cell phone with at least 250 monthly minutes included. It’s available in the 49 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico, and typically requires a household income below 135% of Federal Poverty guidelines. For some states it is below 150%. Eligibility varies across participating states, with slightly different rules around qualifying income.

Other sources of help are available at state government level, or many national and local non-profit and charity organizations, and the energy companies themselves.

How to get Food For Free?

It doesn’t always require money to eat, and there are many ways to gain free food without adding to your debts or joining the 10% of Americans who have resorted to shoplifting. Ask people you know, or traders and restaurant and store owners.

Above all it’s important to explain why you are asking for food: because you can’t afford to eat. And not to be critical about what food you eat. Without a certain amount of money, there is no longer the choice of what to eat. So meat may become harder to get or if meat’s all that’s on offer and you are a vegetarian, it’s best to accept it with thanks.

Grow Your Own, Share With The Community

The most sustainable – and satisfying – way to provide free food for yourself is to grow it, and you can start with just seeds if you live in the country or with just a small space in the city. Guerrilla gardening is an interesting urban option, more organised community gardens and allotments can share space and expertise for growing, and seed swapping communities among gardeners are a good source of materials and encouragement.

Ask A Farmer

Out in the sticks there won’t be the option of stores and restaurants as a source of food, but ask any farmer and there’ll be some left on the fields that they didn’t or can’t sell. Many will let you pick these leftovers.

Food Banks

A rapidly growing movement in the United Kingdom and US is the organized and charitable distribution of food to those who can’t afford it. Most of the food is donated, and food banks are one of the easiest ways to obtain some nutritious food. Many banks have conditions for who they can give food to, but there is no need to be ashamed about visiting one.

Links to Food Banks in various countries

United States /United Kingdom /Austalia /Canada /Ireland /New Zealand /South Africa

Offers and coupons

Online and direct from the stores, many coupons are available to promote new products. And companies across the United States send out free samples of new products. They’re unlikely to provide a healthy, balanced diet on their own but could supplement free food from other sources.

Waste Food

In an affluent country there is an abundance of unsold or waste food, and a little social interaction and resourcefulness can unlock access to a surprising amount of it.

Ask at the market

Often around closing time, stall holders will sell off any remaining stock for next to nothing, and it’s always worth telling them you have no money and asking if they’ll give you something for free. You can often pick up some fruit or salad, and if they can’t offer anything, thank them anyway and ask at another stall.

Free Supermarket Food

Ask at the big stores and you’ll be too far down the chain of command: “My boss doesn’t allow us to do that” will be the usual answer. So smaller supermarkets and neighborhood stores are a better option, where you can talk to that boss. You may find warmth and generosity among Muslims and immigrants to the West who run stores.

Restaurant Leftovers

It requires some patience, a little nerve and a bit of practice, but it’s possible to get free, professionally prepared food, even a table to sit and eat it at. Restaurant districts in cities are obviously the best place to try this, and expect a success rate around 5%, so it requires persistence, but will sharpen your bargaining skills, and who knows where else that could lead?

Turn up at a restaurant after the busiest time but not too late, and explain that you have no money and ask if they have some left overs in the kitchen. It can help to have a container such as a plastic box ready in case they do have something, and if they’re friendly and can’t offer anything the first time, maybe they can put something aside the next day.

Searching and Foraging

It grows on trees, on the ground and some seasons there’ll be abundant fruit and tasty plants such as dandelions or chickweed. Even cities can produce some tasty wild food, and anyone near downtown Seattle has access to America’s first Food Forest in a major city.

Dumpster Diving

Growing media coverage of the colossal food wastage at supermarkets and restaurants has made it much less weird, and more popular, to search through the dumpsters in search of some quality food to turn into a meal.

Last Updated: July 19, 2021

Lost my job due to my mental health.

My name is Lacey.

25 years ago when I was 5 years old, a drunk driver drove through the front of my home while my family was inside and I witnessed this all while playing in the front yard.

I’ve mentally struggled my whole life and recently felt the diagnosis of bipolar disorder I was given year after year was incorrect.

I found out I’ve been suffering from PTSD instead. When I found out my diagnosis I was working my dream dog taking care of dogs in trained for veterans with ptsd.

This job was mentally exhausting because of unnecessary drama, two coworkers being let go for bullying me and I was to continue to work, weeks without a full day off to process my diagnosis or catch up on sleep.

I one day was told I wasn’t allowed to even have a half day off, so I asked to speak with a higher up..

I explained that I needed just a day to sleep because the stress had caused my night terrors to worsen and my medication was no longer helping me sleep.

After my venting about how the past few months had been very mentally tough and that you cannot deny someone a day off, the higher up told me to go ahead and take the next two days off.

Apon my arrival after the two days off, I was met by two higher ups and was told they were letting me go because they didn’t like how I spoke to them and that I needed to focus on my mental health.

They made a comment for me to make sure that I take my medications, which crossed a lot of lines and took me off guard.

My performance at work was not bothered by my diagnosis and ongoing therapy, so I still don’t understand.

I’ve been trying to get unemployment because this has unfortunately triggered me into an episode. I finally received a call yesterday about unemployment, but it was just to inform me they started a case to see if I can get assistance or not, it’s been a month.

I’ve never been in this situation and was making $15 a hour, working so hard and didn’t expect this at all.

I have no one to ask family or friend wise for assistance and I have loans for medical bills, phone bill and others I am behind on as well as almost -$100 in my account.

I’ve never asked for help and I donate my money and time when I can.

This is me finally asking for help.

If you would like to help, here is a link to my PayPal:

https://www.paypal.me/laceylemens

Thank you for reading and for any help you may offer.

Words of wisdom and how to overcome such mental turmoil also greatly appreciated.

Last Updated: July 19, 2021

Don’t know if I can take much more…

So I am very nervous and shaky I’ve never done anything like this before and if my fiance knew I was doing this he would be so mad at me. But I stumbled upon this as I was desperately looking for loans again like I do all the time and people who are in these companies probably think I’m pathetic. I’m going to give you a little bit of History I got with the absolute love of my life had a crush on him since the second grade about 18 years ago and he got very sick and broke up with me. I got a marriage where I was very abused and I was miserable and I even tried something very stupid and not long after that I got the nerve to leave and I found the love of my life again and he rescued me in life was supposed to be great. But a few months later I got diagnosed with cancer and I had to have an emergency complete hysterectomy down my stomach and I got massively infected, I was in the or four times in one week in the hospital in and out a lot for a long time. And then I got put on home health and he took amazing care of me he did things he never thought he would ever do but he did it for me. I didn’t know if I was going to live or not for a little while there I was so infected. I made myself the day after I got off of home health go to work cuz we needed it so I probably shouldn’t have been doing that that was a long recovery and then covid really hit and shut down everything and I lost my job that restaurant is still closed. And I tried unemployment and I tried looking for jobs I went to a job and they never called me back. I’ve been waiting on unemployment since February and I decided to go this route because I have a low immune system anyways and with everything going on with me it was a good idea I can’t be around people who are sick. So I just finally got the phone call today that I was approved after all this time thank the good Lord but it’s going to be a couple more weeks till I get my payments and I am elated so happy. But again it’s going to be a couple more weeks and we have no food again we both lost over 40 lb. I have to have a scope down my stomach because I can guarantee there’s an ulcer from the stress and worry. In a couple weeks is my scope. We fight and fight all the time because of the stress he’s so tired he almost wrecked his van the other day at work. I’ve tried these work at home jobs nobody will hire me I’ve tried loan after loan after loan nobody will help me. I just don’t know what to do anymore and I am always somebody who gives and helps and and now I’m the one asking for help and I can guarantee one thing if I get help, when I get that check I’m donating what was given to me plus some. I have to get him gas money to get to work next week we have none. We literally have nothing to eat tonight. But I’m so stressed out and anxious and all these emotions I’m not even hungry and that’s been my life lately. Last night he went to bed hungry and I cried so hard because I don’t know what to do anymore. I tried to get help from the government I called that 211 that we have around here for emergency help they gave us vegetables and stuff but he can’t eat any of that stuff cuz he’s allergic to everything. But I am very grateful for their help we got shampoos and stuff from salvation army but again we’re out of all that now I have no body wash the bath with tonight. I’ve just never thought we were going to live like this I think the good Lord because of what he makes we are able to make most of our bills we had to put off a lot of things but we’re not worried about that we’ll catch up. We’re just worried about some food some household stuff and some gas that’s all until my check comes in a few weeks and then it’s my turn to help somebody pay it forward. Thank you so much. God Bless you all!!!!

Last Updated: July 18, 2021

Trying to escape a violent marriage

I am currently trying to escape a terrifying relentless marriage, full of hatred & animosity, once again. I had already escaped the marriage, only to be relentlessly hunted down and found by him. My husband of almost 20 years, decided to do meth and proceed to come home & take his pent up anger out on me, on April 9th, 2019, he broke my face, leaving me with multiple fractures and nerve damage.. On that day, I decided the marriage was no more and there was nothing to fix or forgive; As he blames me, for him doing the drugs to begin with, and me making him hate me enough to even want to hit me. No matter what the situation, I did not deserve to be hit, it was NOT my fault and I refuse to be stuck in this marriage until, as he says, death do us part. But he refuses to give divorce, advising me that I am stuck in this hell that I have created and must endure this right along beside him. I don’t wish him dead, just want to be free from his intimidating ways and stop living in fear of the unknown rage that could be released upon me.
I have 2 daughters, ages 12 & 13, in the middle of all this turmoil and they deserve better as well. They are also depressed by the negativity that Dad holds for Mom so deeply. They hear it everyday, day in and day out. It is not healthy for them, as they are growing up hating life, if this is the life they must be made to endure. I am failing my daughters as a mother, keeping them in this negative environment, but they also know the difficulty of getting away from Dad. They actually have less compassion for their Dad, than their mother here does.
This past February I was able to purchase a 1984 Winnebago RV camper (28ft), with the help of the AMVETS & DAV. They heard my story through word of mouth about wanting out of marriage and the girls here in the middle of it all. This RV was to be a way to escape the marriage, to be on the run continuously, always to be on the road, home schooling girls, so not to be found by him. But as with any vehicle and this RV being so old, it has been continuously breaking down. It is currently in the garage being fixed, with unknown bill and unknown how to even PAY the bill.
My problem at hand other than the RV, is the money that I don’t have for the hotel stay while we are not able to stay in the RV. It is costing damn $200 daily that I don’t have at this moment. I honestly don’t know what I am asking for. Maybe just some help with a little money to get by on a daily basis. Trying to save money is not an option at this time, as all my efforts go into just keeping safe, sane, fed and keeping the hatred at bay. I honestly don’t know which direction is the correct path to take. Just want out of this marriage as smoothly and safely as possible.
I guess the safest thing to do would be to ask for a large lump sum of money to be able to either fix this RV or buy a newer one that won’t need constant work, so we can have some stability here. I appreciate any who have taken the time to read my story and any amount of money graciously given here, would be of help to escape this bad situation that am drowning in here. Please find it in yourself to feel my pain and see that I desperately need help here. Again, thank you for taking time out of your day to see my story.

Paypal:
https://paypal.me/psychotikcat

CashApp:
$Psychotik4ever

Last Updated: July 18, 2021

Need help with deposit – broke due to events that don’t happen to normal people

Two months ago I started a new job as a nanny on a ranch. Part of the “nanny package” was a four bedroom house on 5 acres a couple miles down the road from the ranch. They offered to have my husband, my self, and our 4 kids move into this house and live there, free of charge with utilities covered for the duration of the time I worked for them. Before we made the call to move we expressed to the ranch owners that if we were to make this move and for some reason things didn’t work out we would be out a home for our kids and that was our biggest reservation. They reassured us that we wouldn’t have to worry about not having a place to live even if things didn’t work out, so we went for it. Two weeks after we took residence in this place, the ranch owner and my husband got into a disagreement about lifestyle choices and he kicked my husband and kids off the ranch, and moved me from the house included in my employment to a one room studio cabin 100 yards from their house. Leading up to this move, we did notice that they were trying to keep me busy late into the night, and it seemed like they were slowly trying to separate me from my family. My husband is a disabled vet who gets disability, and based on the fact we dropped everything to move onto their property, we agreed that I needed to continue working for them until I could find something else because we needed the income. About a week after moving into the new cabin, and working 18 hour days, and going a week without seeing my family, I got a phone call from my boss one night about 10 o’clock asking me to come to their house for an “employee meeting.” Upon arrival I was greeted by my boss, a fifth of crown down, and he drunkenly informed me that one of the ranch hands popped dirty on a drug test and he “needed my help teaching him a lesson.” He loaded me and the ranch hand up in his truck and drive us to his cabin where he stationed me by the front door to “supervise” and he led the ranch hand throughout his house, instructing him to take everything he owned outside and to place it on the lawn. Once his cabin was empty, boss man put all of his clothes in a pile, and proceeded to light everything else ranch hand owned on fire. I packed up my stuff that night and left before they woke up the following morning.

I had a job interview lined up last Saturday for a bartending position. Last Friday night my husband and I were in a car accident at 12:13am in which we rolled our car 6 times totaling it, and fractured my arm..needless to say I had to cancel my interview as I’m no good tending bar with a broken arm. I have my next follow up appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on Monday, but after leaving a job I don’t qualify for financial help, and with 4 kids things are very tight until I can go back to work. My husband is picking up side gigs when he can, and I have found a job I can do for the time being until my arm is healed, however I won’t get my first check until the 21st. We found a small place to move into that will be available in two weeks but we need help with the deposit. Right now we are living in a motor home in my father in law’s driveway until the house opens up. I’m asking for $1,000 to help us with the deposit, and to help with some groceries to get us through until I get my first check.

I’d love to follow up with photos of my children, the car after the accident, my arm in a cast, whatever details I can find to paint the picture of what happened.

If this happens to be seen I appreciate your time, and any help that follows.

My account is in the negative and it will not let me link PayPal but my Cashapp is: $sloanehawkee

Sincerely thankful,

Sloane

Last Updated: July 17, 2021

Trying to Hold on to my child

Hello my name is Bryanna Rogers I’m a single mom from Chesapeake, Virginia. I have a 2 year old daughter who is the sunshine of my life. My mom died and I lost my car trying to focus on paying for her funeral. So now that i lost my car I cannot even afford to get back and forth to work which means that eventually I’ll lose my job as a nursing assistant. No job means no rent which means I’ll eventually become homeless after this month. I’m honestly up here hoping for a miracle, i don’t usually get them a lot but I’m hoping this time around there is an angel. I have no family left and my daughter is all I have. If I become homeless I’ll lose her indefinitely to the system and I cannot let that happen. I love her and I’m trying my best to fight for her even if it means I have to have a little faith in humanity. I’m honestly only asking for $2000 so I can get a down payment on reliable and decent car. Nothing more. Please help, I just cannot lose my daughter, she is my everything.

https://paypal.me/BRC1997?locale.x=en_US

Forever grateful,

Bryanna Rogers

Last Updated: July 16, 2021

Need help with my grandmothers home.

Hi everyone, I’m really not used to doing this type of thing. I don’t feel comfortable with asking for help from anyone, but I’m in dire need of assistance. Last year my grandma passed away in October. I lived with her all of my life and she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and kidney failure in January 2020. I was previously employed but I took a leave to take care of her. I struggled for months with no help and no money. I eventually had to find placement for her in a nursing home. Unfortunately, by the time she got in there she didn’t have very much time left. Once she passed I took over her house and all of the bills. The house is not in good shape at all. The roof and the outside porch stairs are basically falling apart and there is no house insurance and I have so many bills to pay. Including the taxes, water bill and gas and electric. Im asking for help because Im having a hard time finding work and I really need a place to stay but my family is talking about selling the property if it’s not kept up. I would really appreciate any help that comes my way. I would hate to see my grandmothers home on the market. She worked so hard for that house and I know she would want me to be okay. I don’t want to be homeless . I promise I will pay anyone back with interest once I get back on my feet.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/paigemorris1512

Last Updated: July 15, 2021

Depression and job transition

Hey everyone, thanks for clicking here I’m actually unsure of how to do this. I’m a 22 year old male , i made too many mistakes financially and now I’m stuck in an area I’m unfamiliar with and having problems getting to my home in Washington. I had a wife who drained not only my bank account and credit cards but also my motivations to push forward that i had. I ran up credit cards and used whatever money i could to keep her happy but it just caused me to develop severe depression and anxiety. I took out personal loans just to scrape by at times and can barely pay those off as it is. Paying for the prescriptions are hard enough but also rent is awful. My car blew a head gasket and I’m unable to travel. I have no savings left. And my wife is divorcing me. I’ve never been this low and I’ve always been a person to do everything without asking for help, but i don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve tried asking family members for help but they also struggle financially and i can’t accept money knowing they also struggle. I struggle daily with mental problems and stress about what’s going to happen if i can’t do everything to keep myself going. I’m close to being on the streets. And I’m inbetween jobs at this point. Anything would be helpful. Even the slightest bit helps. I’m trying to move from Hawaii back to Washington but it’s difficult.

https://paypal.me/DominicTarterrife?locale.x=en_US

Last Updated: July 15, 2021

Worst day of my life

Hello my name is shakena,

This was the worst day of my life I hate telling my story of what I went through this hurts so bad the picture you see was my first apartment in my life I worked hard to get this apartment from the shelter missing days of work hoping I didn’t loose my job at the moment while fighting to get where I wanna be I had a studio apartment in the basement of this private house and it burned down to the ground, everything of ours is gone me and my family have nowhere to go we are both homeless with a small service dog at the moment we taking it day by day tryna get through this horrible pain that happen to us, this messed up our lives now we have nowhere to go we struggling to get food so we can eat we have no clothes but the clothes on our backs. luckily nobody got hurt everybody is safe all we is asking for is what you can send us from the kind of your hearts nothing more anything helps as long as we can eat shower and sleep at night. now we are struggling to get our second apartment people refuses to help us. we pray everyday hoping everything will be alright can you please find it in your hearts to help my family get through this terror anything you send we will appreciate it I’m just tired of being in the streets with nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep im praying for us everyday and night that we can make it through this we are alone in this with no help from no one our families don’t want nothing to do with us we always get let down by them I never been in so much pain in my life thinking my family would help me that’s what hurts the most and makes me wanna cry every night I really thank you for your help.

My link is-https://www.paypal.me/ShakenaShuler

Last Updated: July 14, 2021

Needing A Blessing

Hello,

Thank you for clicking on my short story. I am a 28 year old Wife and Mother of 2 young boys ages (2 & 5 months). I am a stay at home mother, because we can’t afford daycare and have no one to keep our children. I however do love being able to raise them.

Due to Covid, my husband’s job was laying off people in order to reduce the amount of people working. So he finally got another job after 4 months. The down side of that is, he took a major pay cut.

We were almost evicted but came up with $2000 dollars for that by the grace of God. Is the only way I see it. But now we are struggling really badly. That money was our savings and we have no one to lean on and ask for help.

We need money for our car that’s needing repairs, rent, and formula and clothes for our children. I wrote a book and published it myself on Amazon, Titled: Pieces Of Me:A True Story by Micheala Sitton.. however people have to buy it to make money. I also try to do surveys to make a little money here in there. It’s not alot, but sometimes it helps.

I feel like I came across this website for a reason. I truly I hope so. As we are in need of a blessing, miracle, or something. We do our best, but at times life gets hard. If anyone out there feels it in their heart to give, trust me anything will help and go to great use. & If not, then please keep us in your prayers. Either way, I thank you.

Also, I didn’t put a pic of my family, because I don’t really know as to whom is truly on this site. But if there’s any other way I could confirm. I surely would/will!

Thank You For Considering.

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Last Updated: July 14, 2021

Domestic abuse Help me move from current house and city

Hello .My name is Matilda .I am here as a matter of desperation and as a last resort as i want out of this “prison ” life style like yesterday.I would like to kindly ask for donations to help me and my 8 year okd daughter leave the house and city where we currently live with my abusive estranged husband who has been emotionally and mentality abusing me since we married in 2010.
The marriage started well and looked like what i desired and thought i would be happy and thrive in love and everything but it became a living nightmare and i was controlled to such an extend that it was more like a maximum prison and not a marriage. I gave birth to our daughter and i expected a change however it was only a dream .I stayed for years hoping that somehow things would work but nothing changed and infact things got worse.He would calculate the amount of time i spent in a supermarket, he checks my mileage on car and calculates the journey,stopped from having friends or meeting them,stopped from attending events,my phone is monitored and he checks and calculates the times i spent on calls. When i decided to move out in 2016and i was bidding for a council house secretly and he found out ,he then started to threaten to kill himself and do even worse.I was scared and stayed however i kept on bidding for more than a year and i never got a house under band 2 criteria .We use separate bedrooms since then and he seems ok with just seeing me here under his control and emotional torture.I have reported him to police couple of times before after he started to be violent and infront of daughter, police just cautioned him and advised me to move .
I have been working part time because of childcare issues and been struggling to leave .Now i have come to the end of my resilience and i just want out of here to go to a different city where i can start a new clean life with daughter and regain my sanity.
Your help with donations will help us to get a house even council house (most of the houses i heard are unfurnished and no floors) so will need carpets or floors, washinng machine ,cooker,kettle ,daughters bed etc.
All this will be against his will hence we will just pack clothes and leave then will take it from .Once we settle i will find employment .
For now a start of £5000 would help us move and kick start us .
Thank you

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I am here as a matter of desperation and as a ladt resort as i want out of this “prison ” life style like yesterday.I would like to kindly ask for dinations to help me and my 8 year okd daughter leave thd house and city where we currently live with my abusive estranged husband who has been emotionally and mentality abusing me since we married in 2010.
The marriage started well and looked like what i desired and thought i would be happy and thrive in love and everything but it became a living nightmare and i was controlled to such an extend that it was more like a prison and not a marriage. I gavr birth to our daughter and i expected a change however it was only a dream .I stayed for years hoping that somehow things eould work but nothing changed and infact things got worse.He would calculate the amount of time i spent in a supermarket, he checks my mileage on car and calculates the journey,stopped from having friends or meeting them,stopped from attending events,my phone is monitored and he checks and calculates the times i spent on calls. When i decided to move out in 2016and i was bidding for a council house sectretly and he found out ,he then started to threaten to kill himself and eben worse.I was scared and stayed .We uwe separate bedrooms since then and he seems ok with just seeing me here under his control .I have reported him to police couple of times before after he started to be violent and infront of daughter, police just cautioned him and advised me to move .
I have been working part tije because of childcare issues and been struggling to leave .Now i have come to the end of my resilience and i just want out of here to go to a different city where i can start a new clean life with daughter.
Your help with donations will help us to get a house even council house (most of the houses i heard are unfurnished and no floors) so will need carpets or floors, washinng machine ,cooker,kettle ,daughters bed etc.£5000 would help us move and settle
I am here as a matter of desperation and as a ladt resort as i want out of this “prison ” life style like yesterday.I would like to kindly ask for dinations to help me and my 8 year okd daughter leave thd house and city where we currently live with my abusive estranged husband who has been emotionally and mentality abusing me since we married in 2010.
The marriage started well and looked like what i desired and thought i would be happy and thrive in love and everything but it became a living nightmare and i was controlled to such an extend that it was more like a prison and not a marriage. I gavr birth to our daughter and i expected a change however it was only a dream .I stayed for years hoping that somehow things eould work but nothing changed and infact things got worse.He would calculate the amount of time i spent in a supermarket, he checks my mileage on car and calculates the journey,stopped from having friends or meeting them,stopped from attending events,my phone is monitored and he checks and calculates the times i spent on calls. When i decided to move out in 2016and i was bidding for a council house sectretly and he found out ,he then started to threaten to kill himself and eben worse.I was scared and stayed .We uwe separate bedrooms since then and he seems ok with just seeing me here under his control .I have reported him to police couple of times before after he started to be violent and infront of daughter, police just cautioned him and advised me to move .
I have been working part tije because of childcare issues and been struggling to leave .Now i have come to the end of my resilience and i just want out of here to go to a different city where i can start a new clean life with daughter.
Your help with donations will help us to get a house even council house (most of the houses i heard are unfurnished and no floors) so will need carpets or floors, washinng machine ,cooker,kettle ,daughters bed etc.
£5000 would help us move and settle .

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Thank you

Last Updated: July 13, 2021

I need help

Hi, my name is Krystal and I need help with money to move out of state. I live with my boyfriend in his moms trailer. I am 22 years old and I got kicked out of my moms house because of her boyfriend. He stoled from me and my boyfriend the money we were going to use to move out. It took us 6 months to save. He told my mom I was lying so I got kicked out when I had video proof he did it. She didn’t believe me. My boyfriend and I have been trying to save again but his mom only gave us 1 month to save then we have to leave and we’re going to end up homeless. We really wanted to move out of state because we wanted a better life for us since we have nothing here but we lost our money. We just really need help. We’re trying so hard to save. Please Anything will help.

My pay pal is https://www.paypal.me/krystalarostigui and cash app is $krystalarostigui thank you for taking the time and reading this.

Last Updated: July 13, 2021

Help me to make ends meet:(

Hi, i am Naika Geneus and i am a university student, 1st year. School will start soon and i have no idea how i am going to contribute to fees. I need to pay my credit card, and it’s 3,000$. I have a part time job at a restaurant but it doesn’t help because i can’t even make 1,000$ per month and i need to pay my credit card in like 2 days. I searched online all the way possible that i can do it but nothing is working. I got no one to help me, i can’t even buy food, nor pay for the bus because every little penny i have i try to put it towards my credit card. I just need help to be able to pay and get control of my life because it’s really affecting me. I can’t even sleep, i am crying every day, praying to find help. I know that’s it’s not a bad situation but if I’m asking it’s because for me it’s killing me inside. I never ask anyone for anything but this time I’m swallowing my pride so that i can find some help. Please help a girl out, it would mean the world to me and you will be blessed. Anything helps. Please, i am begging and thank you.!

Last Updated: July 13, 2021

Paying my Debts back Home Country

I am currently in a huge debt of $35k and really need some help to tide me over each month’s payment. I’m going to be very frank with my figures and I really hope anyone of you who took the time to read this can help me in some way or another as i am father of 3 child as well. I am very depressed to get money that i came on this site and asking for help.

My current salary is only $1.5k and I have to pay off each month for my debt. From the past 9 months i am suffering to get even basic needs, which is not sufficient for me to pay both my rental and living expenses (about $600). I have eaten into savings and it is now bare. I really need help to tide this through and even $1 would be useful for me in my current situation.

A little backstory to how I landed myself in this situation. I always try to help people out of the way and placed my trust in my friends who by seeing my savings and good job came to me give me a business proposal for working in Forex markets. They show me the profits of their fake works and trades that my mouth started watering and during the COVID-19 wave, where everyone was suffering with pandemic and financial problems i planned to work on higher investments and i took loans from 3 banks, thinking that my saved money work itself and grow and that I would be able to get it all back within 6 months and pay it off and invested my own 10k dollars which i had saved in a long period of 10 years and invested with them first out of my own money they gave me 500$ in 2 weeks but afterwards they flew away and when after so many calls i reached their homes, their parents told me that they had done the same with 10 to 15 people and also took their money and flew away to other countries.

I have made a police report but all in vain as after passing 10 months none of them returned back from where they went. However, the current situation at hand needs to be resolved or I risk losing my job and a place to stay. I have been trying to take up more side jobs to increase my monthly earnings to sustain myself but I am still not earning enough even to meet basic needs of mine and my family as well.

I had made up my mind now that i had made a huge mistake now and this experience has taught me a lot. I hope any kind soul who took the time to read this story would be willing to help me in paying my debts as well as to fulfil my basic needs along with 3 children and a wife. I just want to request you people out there to please help me getting out of this situation, no matter big or small.

Here’s my Bitcoin address: bc1qep4kzk8vtulz2catvcuqe882tqy3vwugfwnymq

As in my country i can’t make Paypal.

If I ever make it big, I hope to be able to repay all the kindness I receive, please send an email to my email address after sending kindness that i can be able to return this kindness back to the ones who help me in my tough time.

Last Updated: July 13, 2021

My homeless herd

Hello, my name is Heather and I’m here to do something I’ve never allowed myself to do before. I am begging for money.

My spouse, 2 children, 3 pets and myself recently found ourselves suddenly homeless when a basement wall in my home imploded. I live in Missouri, and recently we have had torrential rain and flash flooding. My home was my Memaw and Papaw’s(grandparents) house and was built in 1901. The basement wall was cinder brick. We have clay for dirt in Missouri, it doesn’t absorb a lot of water. So all this pressure built up behind the wall and at 2:15 am on June 26th, 2021 there was a loud BOOM and the house shook. I ran downstairs and saw the wall all over the floor and earth pouring in from outside. It had thankfully missed the gas line by about half a foot, but had indeed hit a main water pipe. I was home alone with my kids and animals. I frantically called my spouse at work and told him to high tail it home FAST. My parent’s recently lost their car so I was letting my father borrow mine for the night because he had a heart doctor appointment in the morning. So I had to call him, also frantically cause I mean, come on, to bring me my vehicle and that I needed to evacuate my children and animals ASAP.

THANKFULLY my parent’s have a house, so we were able to come here. We are currently all staying in their basement/my dad’s mancave/bar. My spouse and I are sleeping between a pool table and a stripper pole. My eldest is 17 and trans, and youngest is 8 and autistic, they are both currently sharing the only room with carpet that isn’t painted black and doesn’t look like a discotheque. We have two dogs and a cat. The cat was allowed in the basement, but the dogs, who have always lived inside, are outside. One dog, Gizmo, is tiny. The other dog, Castiel, is a half black lab, half pit bull and all big baby.

The house has been deemed a hazard and we will never be able to live there again, which shatters my heart because it was my grandparent’s home. My little family and I moved into the house 12 years ago. I had had a apartment fire where I lived, and had to move in with my parents. Two weeks after that my parent’s got a foreclosure notification to vacate their home because my Dad had broken his pelvic at his job and could not work. So we did what we could to make the house we just lost decent fast for my parents and my spouse, eldest child and I to live in. I was the only one working at the time, my spouse had just come home with a broken arm from his second tour in Iraq and then the fire happened. We moved into our long term home 3 days before Christmas.

I had poured every dime into the place to make it decent to live in because it had been left empty for 4 years. My spouse and I had to pay $6,000 in back taxes that no one in the family had bothered to pay to keep it off the auction house steps. My spouse and I tried repeatedly to get the house in our name to take out a loan to fix it proper, the family bickered and denied us again and again. We couldn’t get a bank to give us a loan to fix a house that wasn’t ours. It was a stalemate.

We fixed what we could as we could, but it wasn’t anything major, because we also help take care of my parent’s financially because they’ve hit rough times in the past 10 years. We were never able to save up to move or anything.

The DREAM? A forever home for my children. A place where they feel safe and that can’t be taken away from them. A place where I could possibly watch grandkids(if either kids want to have kids of their own) play and grow, and if I’m VERY lucky, to watch my great grandkids play and grow. A place where I can have my children’s and my furbabies. It’s about impossible to find a 3 bedroom rental in my town that allows pets, much less our big dog and not cost a arm and a leg every month.

My spouse is the only one working at this time. When Covid hit, suddenly the kids were home all day, everyday. A adult was needed, I wasn’t going to make my eldest, who was already having a hard time mentally with stuff, be a secondary parent to my autistic child who was having issues from his whole structured routine not only being broken, but thrown out the window. So I stayed home and became Mrs. Mom. Teacher, Para, Speech Therapist, Janitor, Lunch Lady, Principal, and Counselor. And we continued with that for this past school year as well. I have virtual schooled both my kids for the past year and a half. So money is low. The past year I have had many health issues arise. I have interstitial cystitis, aka, painful bladder syndrome. I also have NAFLD (non alcoholic fatty liver disease). Along with back issues and reoccurring migraines. So even when I CAN get back to work, I’m not sure how much I’ll physically be able to do.

I’m attempting to get enough for a down payment for a home. If you can and desire to help me, PLEASE DO. I am grateful to any who donate or even read all this. Thank you and have a wonderful day/night.

-Heather

Last Updated: July 12, 2021

Life’s Hurdles & Debts

Thank you for taking time out of your day to read my request. I appreciate it.

These past three years have been difficult trying to keep up with paying all our bills and loan payments. Getting new loans to help make the payments just added more payments that need to be made. We have the monthly income, but when you get caught in the cycle of paying some bills and not paying others each month, it eventually catches up to you and your credit score/report suffer due to late payments, charged off accounts, etc. Payday loans kill your budget.

My story of how things got this way lays squarely on me the wife, as husband knows nothing about it. His depression/anxiety could not handle it. I was finally forced for my health to retire from my job of 20 years. My boss who had been there for 7 years had harassed me from day one. I do not know the reason but his boss wanted me gone. The employees actually had a pool going on how long I would last. The longest time was a month. I lasted seven years with this boss because I did an excellent job. They never wrote me up for anything just keep accusing me of things with no explanation. I am no coward and I do stand for right and wrong. I speak the truth and do not shy away from telling them my side of the story. I believe this was a problem for them because I just didn’t “be a good girl” and stay quiet. My parents, especially my father, did not raise me to not stand up for myself. So after things kept getting worse and my doctor treating me for anxiety and depression, I retired at 60. I lost money but my health was more important.

Through all of this and some medical issues after retirement I am unable to get a large enough loan to pay everything off and have just one loan payment. I need at least $100,000 to fulfill all obligations including catching up on my utilities that have not been paid for several months. I also intend to pay off the charge off loans, especially for a vehicle that we wish to keep. I believe in paying my obligations and with great meds and doctors I am stable enough to move forward.

Now I am here asking people with kind hearts for help if they are so inclined. I appreciate you if you have read my story and can give, but if not, your prayers would be most welcome. ~~~LMB

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