
Urgent support for Nicos housing crisis
Donation protected
Hi, I’m currently dealing with an emergency housing situation and will go without shelter by June 1st. I’m an unemployed 19 year old in seek of support to fund a way of acquiring shelter by next month. For the past 6 months Ive been in and out of couch surfing and staying at my best friends where I currently stay at until the 1st. This situation came to be due to needing to get an apartment urgently and moving in with a friend and his partner which was a toxic environment and ended up not working out after too much was happening between that and the lease. At the time I was employed and earning a stable amount of income but was forced into couch surfing somewhere different everyday and sometimes sleeping outside in the cold which was draining my account by paying for public transportation, needing ubers to specific locations (band, work, where i was staying,etc.) About 2 weeks after being forced out and having to couch surf, I had been put in a position at my workplace where one of my coworkers that I had reported numerous times to my manager, was exploiting and sexually assaulting me while on shift and I quit my job. I would be overworked and uncomfortable everyday from interactions by my coworker that was exploiting me and already was struggling to make it on time to work everyday which gave me no choice but to quit. Ever since then I’ve been struggling to find employment, dealing with current medical issues that are just now being addressed, and struggling to find housing. The past 6 months put me in a fight or flight position where I’m struggling to be in one location to find a job, struggling to buy necessities without putting me in more debt and can’t mentally handle some of the things being thrown my way causing me to lose weight and go sleepless as I am anorexic and clinically depressed. Anything really helps as it’ll all go toward getting shelter and or needs that i can’t pay for.
Organizer

Nico Portalatin
Organizer
Orland Park, IL