Help our trans friends in Brazil get to safety

My name is Julia Arce and this is my partner, Vitoria Melodie. We are a Brazilian trans couple living in the northeast of the country, and since the beginning of the year we have been experiencing several housing-related problems. My partner lives in a favela controlled by the Milicia (corrupt Brazilian police gangs) and we were coerced, our addresses exposed and we were threatened. Since then we have felt a greater urgency to leave this place. Melodie and I have been alternating between staying in the house marked by the Milicia, not being able to sleep at night, and spending some days in my mother's house, where its safer but not a trans-friendly space, having to share the space with 5 other people besides the two of us. Its the limit of the bearable.

Then, 03/31, we received the news that the landlord gave us 3 months to leave the house. After that, we couldn't buy more time for us to prepare ourselves better. Our hope is to get into a government financing program for home-ownership, in which 20% of the property value is paid and 80% is divided into installments. I, Julia, can use the entire savings of my whole life to cover the 20%, but that would make me completely financially vulnerable and if I get fired, it would ruin all of our efforts and we would have to return the house to the bank. Melodie is still looking for a formal job and I am having to provide financial support for both of us. It is hard, we have no options left, we are between having financial or physical security, and unfortunately we don't have a choice.

We have three months to prepare ourselves, and that is why we decided to ask for support in one of the most difficult moments of our lives. With your help, we can find a way out for all these problems.