Help Paige and Eli Stay in La
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From Eli and Paige-
My name is Eli and I have been living in LA since February w/ my partner Paige. While it has been a struggle for us, we had managed to stay up on our bills until my car was towed and I did not have the funds to get it back at the time. This left us with one car to be used between the two of us. My partner, Paige used the car every day for all three of their jobs which were delivery and drop-off gigs for different companies. Paige worked 13 hour days most days and then at night I would be able to use the car on the days they weren't working late (not often) to drive to my cash-paying job.
I recently picked up a W-2 position that pays me every two weeks but it does not cover my living expenses. Recently, because things got so desperate, my partner took the car with them to a job in northern california where they live out of the car in the middle of the wilderness working a farm job and to save money and not have the daily expenses that living in LA requires. Without a car, I barely have enough money to eat and I don't have the means to pay for ubers to and from my other job that pays most of my bills.
As I was switching to a W-2 job, requiring most of my nights, I was falsely promised a position that would have been able to cover my expenses. My partner then left with my only means of safe transportation and I have fallen behind on being able to pay my portion of rent. We are a month-to-month lease which means any slip can lead to eviction very quickly.
We need to raise 2,500 in three days to stay in LA or we are being kicked out on Tuesday. We've tried so hard to make it work but the gap between having housing and being houseless is very small in this city. We've considered giving up and calling it a good try but we also just got started here. We already lived in our cars for six months to be able to save for this spot. We worked so hard to be here and to see it slip away so easily would be the most defeating thing possible. We would immediatley leave for home 3,000 miles away and the chances of coming back would be slim.
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Eli Prier
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Los Angeles, CA