Help a 19 yr oldblack couple find a safe apartment
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Um hi everyone, some of y'all may know me as a micro content creator, but just like everyone else I do have my own issues going on as well so here's a rundown for y'all to grasp why I'm making this go fund me. So basically my family home living w/ my parents and little sister was a very abusive environment, I was abused emotionally, mentally, & physically there so I went to go live with my grandparents and my Uncle, Aunt and little cousins there but was unhappy b/c since I didnt go to post secondary, they always thought i was lazy/unambitious when in reality i was busting my ass to content create and pursue what I love which is beauty and content creation. There I felt really unhappy and depressed because I couldn't do what I loved freely. I also moved there to get my mental health together but in a Jamaican family mental health is so taboo and looked over I never recieved the support and help I needed. Because of this in fall of 2019 (pre corona ofc) I began creating a financial plan as to how I would save enough money (I work pt) to successfully move out in an apartment with my boyfriend of 4 yrs in the summer of 2020. Unfortunately my family learned of my plans to do so and gave me an ultimatum to leave the house now so that's what I did because I was tired of the abuse, the gaslighting, not getting the support and help I needed, being called lazy while trying to support my dreams. I got kicked out in November and my boyfriend left his mom's house to be with me the same night. I left with not a lot of money to my name, but me and my boyfriend were both working so we were able to save enough to move into a house w/ these crazy landlords who evicted us in a cold winter night at -19 degrees. We ended up staying w/ my boyfriends brother, his girlfriend, daughter & other brother, they had issues with their previous roommate and we moved in their place. Ever since we've been here there have been so many petty issues, the house is always dirty and when I tried to address that, I was met with being called rude etc. Keep in mind, we all pay the same amount of rent. They held us being evicted over our head, basically we have no say here, especially me because and I quote "I don't have kids yet" , The whole dynamic has shifted here. It's the middle of a pandemic, money is tight, and now apparently they're planning to kick us out. I recently just started back working but have been missing out on shifts because I go into work and keep having anxiety and panic attacks due to so many other things going on in my life as well that has been affecting my mental health. I don't have my parents in my life currently for those wondering, my grandparents provide so much emotional support but are on a pension so I don't ask them for money. My boyfriend has been so providing since the day I got kicked out, honestly though coronavirus has depleted all our funds. I know everyone is also on hard times but if y'all can help in the slightest we're grateful. I kinda feel ashamed doing this but the money is rly needed right now. God bless you if you read this with good intentions and thank you.
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Faith Reynolds
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Ajax, ON