Urgent Help Needed to Secure Safe Housing

I am very close to homelessness and I need your help to prevent that. In March of 2024 I became unable to work. I had to stop working for both physical and mental reasons. Physically, for my entire adult life I have had problems with my spine, which causes standing and walking to be painful. I had to leave work early many times due to my pain, and I called off regularly because I was in so much pain. Mentally, I have both OCD and PTSD. Basically, this means other people feel unsafe and my brain won’t let go of that nearly constant fear, to the point it became unsafe for me to continue going to work. These disabilities continue to inhibit my quality of life, making it hard to even do things I enjoy, let alone make it through an entire work shift.

I was fortunate that my current job had private disability insurance. That was able to cover my basic costs of living while I received it. However, in April 2025 they determined I was no longer eligible. I had just switched psychs, and the new one wasn’t comfortable signing off because she barely knew me. So without her signature they dropped me. I’ve been working on an appeal for months, and we’ve finally got everything submitted. The appeal process can take up to 45 days, which would put us in mid-October. Here lies my problem: My lease is up on October 22nd, and without any income I am unable to even apply for apartments. So there is currently a high likelihood that I will be unable to get a new place in time, which would cause me to end up on the streets.

On top of that, over the past 3 years I have lived with someone who is emotionally abusive. Controlling every single aspect of my life by shaming me if I ever stepped out of line with what she wanted. My mental health has deteriorated significantly while living together, to the point where I spent time in a mental institution. If I’m unable to afford new housing I will have to return to the psych ward to avoid homelessness. I don’t want to go back there.

So I have been at the behest of the disability company. I’ve taken loans from family and friends, and applied to financial and housing assistance programs. I’m doing whatever I can to stay afloat, but I feel like I’ve stopped floating and started sinking. There is an end in sight, but that end may not arrive before I’m out on the street. Please, please help me survive and move in time into a place where I will feel safe.

The following is a breakdown of what I am asking for. I will still have to pay September and October rent and bills, deposits and whatever else required to rent an apartment, moving costs, and home essentials like cookware, a shower curtain, things like that.

September rent and bills: 950

October rent and bills: 950

Outstanding bills: 200

Deposit and fees for renting a new place: 1600

Moving costs: 1500

Home essentials: 400

Total: 5600