Help Ariana find stable housing

Hi, my name is Ariana and I'm fundraising to move out early from a roach-infested apartment.

THE SHORT STORY

My apartment has a bad roach problem. I've tried everything I can to get rid of them, but they keep coming back. It's affecting my mental health in really awful ways, and I need your help. It's not legal for me to break my lease, so I am required to pay rent for the remainder of my lease term (which ends June 30, 2022) while I find another apartment. I need help paying the remainder of rent + moving costs, including realtor fees, application fees, movers, etc. I am trying to raise this money by the end of November.

I am working with very tight finances right now due to an expensive cross country move and furnishing my first apartment. Anything you can give is much appreciated, because I can't do this without you.

THE LONG STORY

I moved into this apartment in June, immediately following a traumatic breakup and cross country move, which was already incredibly expensive and exhausting. I was looking forward to starting fresh in my own place and finally having some peace. BUT, I've been dealing with a consistent roach problem in my apartment complex since I moved in.

When I noticed the roaches the week I moved in, I contacted my local tenants' union to see if I could make a legal case for getting out of my lease. The answer was no. So I tried to make my apartment comfortable: I paid out of pocket for professional carpet cleaning and 4 pest control treatments over the last few months. Nothing has stopped the roaches for good. I find them every day in my unit. My apartment complex is very old and the buildings are falling apart -- every time I step outside my unit at night, I see roaches in the stairwells, crawling into the cracks of the buildings. I do not cook in my apartment anymore; I take out the trash every night; I wash all my dishes immediately; I keep a can of Raid in every room; I do a sweep for dead roaches every other day; I have intrusive thoughts about them when trying to sleep; I have found them dead and alive in every room of my apartment. I am tired of dealing with this.

My apartment complex is very strict and will not give me any leniency. My lease is 77 pages long and airtight. I cannot withhold rent because it is illegal for tenants in Texas to do so. Basically, I'm screwed.

I am in a really bad place with my mental health. I need to get out and I have no other options.

I have found a roommate and am in the process of searching for an apartment together, to move into sometime in November. I need your help to pay back the rest of the rent I owe at my current apartment complex, as well as moving costs. These include realtor fees, a reletting fee for my current unit, application fees, movers, and money for takeout (since cooking in my current apartment just attracts more roaches).

Thank you in advance for your help.

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