Our safety net system is so fucked up

[ladyslipper]

7. Please feel free to vent here. You make me feel less alone.

I have been on your same path and am on a slightly different one now. I have a low income, I have a credit rating; I have some savings. I got suddenly bumped out of my housing by a sale of the building and found I do not qualify for anything but subsidized housing or a roo mate situation and boy is that a gamble when you are already stressed out.

Using my savings as a hotel hobo while waiting for subsidized and looking for somethink cheaper. A couple of disastrous hotel stays in the last few months. Trying to learn how to van camp when that runs out because affordable housing is 18 month lists here and I have only been on one list 2 months. A long way to go. I was told I could speed that up by going to a shelter but I have held onto my Dad's now 12 year old cat. She gets me up and going. So sorry about your dog.

Kids have their own struggles and because I have always managed they think I will now too. I am not so sure this time but I will stay strong if you will. Things change. Hopefully soon. Most people really don't know how bad it is but things eventually work out most times.