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Brooke's Journey to a Secure Home - Urgent

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Hi my name is Brooke. 25F turning 26 start of April. This is my first time ever posting here but I am desperate and have to think about my puppies and where I am gonna go. I have not much support from family side of things. My family has alot of drug addicts, emotional abuse..my childhood was rough and I distance myself from them due to this. And I grew up in poverty so I cant expect financial aid in anyway ever from any of them. I know only 2 that would maybe help if they could. But they cannot as they have no money either.



Now heres the story I am currently dealing with. I have been bouncing place to place for the past 5 ish years. I have been struggling with minimum wage jobs and finding something I could do while battling my own demons and major depression. My current living situation has taken a massive downhill. I have currently been living here for a year and a half the longest I have been stable so far. Unfortunately I have 2 roommates who are dating and have increasingly just started to torment me, fight me and this newest time, assaulted me. I no longer feel safe so I did what I needed to do and broke the lease. The reason they have been so many conflicts is due to disagreements we have, (ex. they do not clean their cats litterbox and its putrid and smells, dont clean kitchen, are very hypocritical in most situations.) Just some of the many things that end up becoming a huge argument from me just voicing my feelings.

The boyfriend has had no job in 8 months and owes me hundreds of dollars from having to cover his end multiple times. (I no longer pay his end and told his gf she has to pay his end a few months ago, that of course ended up being a fight and her now hating me because I wouldn't cover him no more) I had told him to pay me back with taxes but he keeps dodging paying me back so I assume I will never see that money. With this newest situation the boyfriend this time put his hands on me over a disagreement and threw me at the wall, he then tried to punch me in my face but stopped himself. I did not put my hands on him at all.

The girlfriend used to be a really close friend of mine but she has sided with the manipulating boyfriend and tried to attack me as well, He held her back but this was the last straw for me. I have a bruised tailbone due to the incident and I called the cops but due to being scared because I am still technically here due to having 0 funds saved to move out I couldnt go through with pressing charges on the guy. I am too scared and paranoid to think If I got him arrested of what the girlfriend would do to me or my 5lb dogs if I was at work and they were left alone with her.

Heres my situation with why I need these funds, I had them break me off the lease right after this happened on 03/03/25. But I am given until April 11th to hand my keys. I still have to pay for my months rent at the end of March. But I have nothing saved up to be able to get a 1 bedroom apartment (First months rent and equal damage deposit/move in charges) I have no family. no close friends. Nobody will take me and my 2 pups in. And I wanna try and stay somewhere close to my job as I was advancing in my career but I uber so if I had to go somewhere far Id have to quit my dream job ( I am in training for becoming a dog groomer! )

Anything helps. I know most people live paycheck to paycheck like myself. And I feel weird asking for help myself because I have never been given help before. But if theres any kind people out there that could help me. I would be so extremely grateful for your support. Its just me and the 2 girls. (pups) And I hope I can get us in a stable home thats safe for us soon. (These funds will be used to pay first months rent and the equal damage deposit move in charge to get me started)

Thank you.
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Minneapolis, MN

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