I am the only one without a new place to live
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
May 28, 2012 1:51am CST
Okay last year this time, myself and my friend Bev wer looking for a place. Bev needed to buy a house because her family moved to a different state and I needed to get out of here because of the electricity problems and I needed a cheaper place to live.
My other friend Sally wasn't even thinking of moving yet.
Well Sally and family got an offer they just could not refuse and now they are moved into a beautiful new home.
Bev is offline now because she has made the move and she is still not hooked up to the internet yet.
I am the last one and there is no sign of when I will get my low rental, it could be 5 years from now for all I know. I keep getting bumped lower down on the list every month.
I am not making as much money writing as I used to and I really need to get into a cheaper place.
I am happy for my friends they needed new places too, but I am sad that I don't even have any word as to when I will have my low rental.
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8 responses
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
2 Jun 12
By low rental do you mean section 8 or rent assistance? I would say check into various localities in the area. Depending on where you want to live, you can apply in different places to be on the waiting list. I know here it's a city section 8, the city a grew up in it was rent assistance, I wonder if you can apply to more than one place or desired city so you have a better shot on that waiting list?
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
3 Jun 12
low rental is low cost housing, we don't have section 8 that is an american thing. You don't look around for places, you apply the the city housing and they find the place for you here. This is how it works and I am on the waiting list for one of their housing units, I just have to wait until they have something for me.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 May 12
well it won't be any day when 265 people are ahead of me, but it could take up to 5 years
@dodo19 (48182)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
28 May 12
I'm really sorry to hear that things are going so well for. It can be difficult to see your friends being able find places of their own, while you aren't able to do the same. Hopefully, things will change for you soon though. Things will change.
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@celticeagle (189932)
• Boise, Idaho
29 May 12
Well, lucky for your two friends, huh? I think it is unfair that you have to wait so long. I can remember when you were telling us about the electrical problems and wanting to get out of there. Still nothing. Why do you keep getting bumped down on the list? I can see if the military coming back does it but not every time. I hope it comes soon for you. We have lived in this three bedroom for eight or more years now. It needs pain and is sort of depressing because it is in need of that. But its a place to leave. I keep wanting to ask about painting it and so forth but I don't think I will get a very positive answer back.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 May 12
there is not much military returning here, we have a small military. No this is not veteran housing. I guess there are new people applying that are more disabled than me.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
28 May 12
we as your friends here really need to get together with praying for you. im so sorry. its like you are stuck in a crappy place and cant get out. i will pray for you. dear. i sure hope it gets better for you. its tough here being in one little room , sharing a bath with 3 other people. but at least i can go into a large kitchen and front room if i want at times. so, i have it better i think. i will pray.@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 May 12
thanks so much hon, I truly appreciate it and I will pray for you too
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
29 May 12
I do hope that you will be able to get into a cheaper place soon. I read your other post about being sick and the weather bothering you. I hope that you get some sort of relief soon. Too much stress can really make you sicker. I will be praying for you.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 May 12
thank you Shellyann, I will pray for you too. It will be on meltdown the whole summer because I just can't think straight for writing in this weather. I am also experiencing a burnout where writing is concerned.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
29 May 12
Finding a suitable house is really a hard task. You have to take time to compared the houses, then prepare things for moving in. It is easy to find a cheaper house, but it is hard to get a beautiful and save environment at the same time. You need to take more time to think about it. If it is only money problem, you can find some way to make more money, so that you can stay in your present house.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 May 12
I am waiting for a low rental, I cannot afford housing in montreal it is not cheap.
@ryanong (9664)
• Vietnam
29 May 12
I am very sorry to hear your situation now. Money is the big problem issue and we can get many troubles after that.
Currently i rent a house too, and its prices are high too, Inflation in my country are high so that everything is expensive too, including electricity, gas, food, etc..It is really hard but we should pass it.
Be stronger...and i hope you can get out of this situation soon.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 May 12
it could take 5 years before I get a low rental, I am on the waiting list.
