Help Grem not be homeless... Again?

Hey.

Sorry to do this. Normally I do a birthday post n catch folks up on things in my life. But, this past week I recieved an eviction notice. I have to be gone by January tenth.

What did I do to earn this? Well in the UK we have section 21, which is a fault free eviction. These are being abolished next year, so my landlord decided to move now, punting my housemate and I out onto the street so they can renovate and sell it, as a number of houses on our road have been recently.

So, an issue is, I don't have a deposit.

My housemate was good enough to cover me when we moved in, as my prior landlord screwed me out of a lot of money and left me crippled by debt and abandoning many dreams I'd held dear for years.

Since then I was fired mid pandemic by a shitty boss for things I didn't do. They could afford a barrister who screwed me on a technicality.

So I'm in a bad way.

Bristol, I've realised for a while is a place of profound trauma for me. Having been taken advantage of by landlords and employers, having been verbally, physically, sexually, emotionally abused. I'm anxious all the time. It's not a fun way to live.

I'd love to leave Bristol. Which is why I've set my goal on this so high. If I can't afford to leave, I'll invest in finding somewhere in Bristol. But if I can afford to, I'll invest in leaving. This city has grown to feel like a prison to me. One that keeps grinding me beneath it's heel. I need to leave.

And so I ask you all to please help. Ideally I just want to put all my things in storage and find somewhere to live. But right now on my own, that all feels impossible.

Please.

I'm sorry to do this.

But I'd appreciate any help that folks can offer.

Any work you have for me.

I'm terrified.