Get Us Out Of This Dumpster Fire House

Hello. I'm not using my real name due to unfortunate relatives of mine who are not only not of any help but would likely verbally or financially abuse myself and my parents, which should already tell you a lot about this situation. The house we are currently living in has been broken down for years, with no real means of contacting the landlord and constant refusal of said landlord to do anything about it, with the courts inevitably being of no use. Recently, a hole has developed on our ceiling, which probably makes the place extremely condemnable, but given it takes roughly $800 of my dad's paltry $1000 social security to just rent the place and all of my own money goes to other bills, it's also currently inescapable save for eviction, which would leave us completely homeless. It's a lose-lose sort of situation.

Now, we have made attempts to save what little we could-- the stimulus checks, pathetic as they were, gave us some hope-- but, to quote the Castlevania cartoon, God constantly shits in our dinner with sudden medical expenses or car breakdowns, usually leaving us right back where we started. I, for one, am sick of it, and my parents have opted to be utterly useless in their misery, so I'm turning to the internet for help.

(Yes, I do plan to leave them once we get into a new house. My own escape route is reasonably secure, but nobody wants to see their parents and cats starve on the street. I'm pissed, not heartless.)

The $10,000 dollar goal is enough to pay for closing, downpayments, and moving fees, which is all we ultimately need to escape this dismal circumstance-- the houses we are looking at are cheap, but nice, and their payments and utilites combined wouldn't be as much as JUST the rent on the house with a hole in the roof and no shower. I won't complain if we pass our goal, but we must at least meet it or we're screwed. Any amount you can spare will be a big help.

Thank You,

Lea Kane