Evicted during Pandemic temp. Housing Fund
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Hi all. I know this is a terrible time for everyone, so thank you for taking the time to read about our family's situation. It means a lot. :) I'm here today because we are being evicted May 1st and face homelessness during a global pandemic. Because we have special needs kids, my self and two of them are immunocomprimised. Because we have devoted service animal pets. Because we are scared.
For those who don't know me, I'm the mother of five kids, 2 with autism/depression/anxiety and processing disorders, 3 with depression and anxiety, and we have had the worst string of luck the past couple of years! I'm also an author of children's books and p/t home care worker for the elderly, currently living in Maine. We are low-income and live paycheck to paycheck like many, and now that our landlords want their house back (for their oldest child in need of housing) during a pandemic of epic proportions, we are desperate for a house to house 7, 2 dogs, and a few cats. We've searched for month to month housing near the kids' schools, but have found none we can afford.
***and we don't qualify for the no evictions during pandemic thing because it's not due to non-payment or anything they did; we have a month-to-month lease, so as far as I know in maine anyway they can still give us the boot.
School for my kids is out until April 27th and there's no way to know now when/if they'll go back this year. But I'd like a place close enough to my kids' schools to drive them if/when it returns. The only solution I can come up with is to rent an AirBnB for us and pets until mid June when school would potentially let out for summer, which would cost at least 6300$ from May 1st to June 22ndish. Until we can find a house to rent, which would be fantastic! In that case, we'd need first, last, and security, which would amount to about the same.
If we don't find housing here, two things could happen:
*we'd have to take my immunocomprimised family to the Covid 19 capital of the world, NYC, to stay with my mother in law until her house sells. Which would mean we'd have a dangerous chance of getting the virus, and if school returns, my kids would not graduate as they'd be in another state. My husband would need to stay in Maine (somewhere??? but that's a problem for another day) and the family would break up.
*or, we would be homeless and have to give our pets away. :( I just cannot even think about this, because we're so stressed about getting sick AND about being homeless AND about my husband losing his job AND about literally everything. It's just been too much. My kids and I have been panicking about so many different things. My autoimmune diseases are flaring out of control.
Like I said, I know this is such a stressful time for everyone, so it means a lot that you're here reading this now. I just never dreamed we'd be homeless again, especially during a pandemic where citizens are being told to stay home--but we can't without a home. :( So, if you have the means and wish to help a family about to split up and lose everything, my kiddos and I would be so, so, SO grateful!
Thank you from Me, Bob, Michael, Jonah, Liam, Ava, and Indy.
Be safe and well.
xo
For those who don't know me, I'm the mother of five kids, 2 with autism/depression/anxiety and processing disorders, 3 with depression and anxiety, and we have had the worst string of luck the past couple of years! I'm also an author of children's books and p/t home care worker for the elderly, currently living in Maine. We are low-income and live paycheck to paycheck like many, and now that our landlords want their house back (for their oldest child in need of housing) during a pandemic of epic proportions, we are desperate for a house to house 7, 2 dogs, and a few cats. We've searched for month to month housing near the kids' schools, but have found none we can afford.
***and we don't qualify for the no evictions during pandemic thing because it's not due to non-payment or anything they did; we have a month-to-month lease, so as far as I know in maine anyway they can still give us the boot.
School for my kids is out until April 27th and there's no way to know now when/if they'll go back this year. But I'd like a place close enough to my kids' schools to drive them if/when it returns. The only solution I can come up with is to rent an AirBnB for us and pets until mid June when school would potentially let out for summer, which would cost at least 6300$ from May 1st to June 22ndish. Until we can find a house to rent, which would be fantastic! In that case, we'd need first, last, and security, which would amount to about the same.
If we don't find housing here, two things could happen:
*we'd have to take my immunocomprimised family to the Covid 19 capital of the world, NYC, to stay with my mother in law until her house sells. Which would mean we'd have a dangerous chance of getting the virus, and if school returns, my kids would not graduate as they'd be in another state. My husband would need to stay in Maine (somewhere??? but that's a problem for another day) and the family would break up.
*or, we would be homeless and have to give our pets away. :( I just cannot even think about this, because we're so stressed about getting sick AND about being homeless AND about my husband losing his job AND about literally everything. It's just been too much. My kids and I have been panicking about so many different things. My autoimmune diseases are flaring out of control.
Like I said, I know this is such a stressful time for everyone, so it means a lot that you're here reading this now. I just never dreamed we'd be homeless again, especially during a pandemic where citizens are being told to stay home--but we can't without a home. :( So, if you have the means and wish to help a family about to split up and lose everything, my kiddos and I would be so, so, SO grateful!
Thank you from Me, Bob, Michael, Jonah, Liam, Ava, and Indy.
Be safe and well.
xo
Organizer
Kristin Reynolds
Organizer
South Paris, ME
