
Help Brian Overcome His Financial Crisis
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Hi, My name is Brian. I'm 43 years old living in Paramount CA with my mother and twin brother. I'm setting up this GoFundMe simply because I can't afford rent, even now as I'm writing this I feel like the biggest failure in the world. I have never in my life asked anyone for money outside of medical emergencies, even when I was homeless back in 2018 I didn't ask for any handouts. I always repay my debts no matter how long it took because I relied on my own strength to work harder but this time I've ran into a perfect storm and I really don't have many options left to explore.
I do work a full-time job but I was recently on medical leave and just returned to work last week. I have both heart and kidney disease that's really been kicking the hell out of me and to make matters worse my daughter's mother applied for a government assistance loan that helps single parents because I fell behind on child support payments due to going in and out of the hospital and missing work. My daughter is my world and the reason I became homeless in 2018 was because she was a newborn so I gladly gave whatever money I had for her and would do it all over again if I had to.
However her mother didn't think my issues were that important to consider and went on ahead to apply for the aid and by her doing this not only I would be the one to pay the government back for her aid but the agency opens a child support case on her behalf according to their policy. So at the end of the day I'm only taking home a little over $1,100 a month and my portion of the rent is $900. After that I have to pay my other bills like cell phone $100, storage (had to get it because of the homelessness) $115, car insurance $100, electric which is under my name; the price varies between $100 to $300, then food, gas, and other little things that's here nor there.
The garnishments started last year in May and I have been behind on everything ever since, I had to use the disability money during my time off to catch up with all my bills but since I'm back at work I need to build back all my time and that will take about a month to a month and a half. I'm just asking for some help just to pay my portion of the rent which is $900, if I could get $1800 for 2 months that would be perfect but to be perfectly honest I'll gladly take whatever you can spare.
As you can probably guess this is the hardest thing I ever had to do and that's coming from a guy who had a heart transplant, I hate asking people for anything because I know there are so many scammers out in the world taking advantage of people plus there's others out there who need the help way more than I do but I'm asking this for my mother and brother's sake. I don't care if I become homeless again I've lived through that, but it's not fair to them so I have to do this for them. I'm also trying to get a second job working Door Dash but that might take some time.
I seriously can't thank you enough for taking the time to hear my story, it's a lot longer than this but I don't want to bore you with all the details and whatever you can give even if it's just 50 cent I appreciate you greatly. Thank you Thank you Thank you so much.
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Brian Hunter Jr
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Paramount, CA