I have an urgent ask to keep my family and I housed.

Hi, I’m Sinnamon Love—a writer, cultural worker, and independent scholar committed to telling the stories mainstream institutions ignore.

Thank you to everyone who helped with fundraising for the writers conference back in June. I had an extraordinary meeting with a literary agent, and he provided me with some homework to help flesh out the book.

Then, my grandson Art had four (4) extended hospital stays between July and September.

This year has not been easy. The first week of January, Art was placed on a ventilator for 2 weeks after a virus attacked his body. Within 24 hours, he was septic, his lungs collapsed, and he tore the lining of his belly, causing him to vomit blood.

The toll of Art's frequent hospitalizations this year has made work nearly impossible. Compounded by the current administration's defunding of academia and non-profits this year, my family and I have been living, but barely paying our bills.

That said, we have an urgent need.

This morning, while preparing to speak at the Adult Industry Forum in Berlin, where I am presenting the film Olivia tomorrow, I discovered that my landlord is trying to evict my non-binary daughter from our apartment.

We have been in housing court with my landlord for over two years, after he withheld rent when an unmanaged leak caused our power to go out. Despite paying $23,800 in July 2024, this year set us back tremendously, causing us to break our stipulation agreement. According to the court, because my 28-year-old did not sign the stipulation, and did not respond to the original 2023 court filing on their own, the landlord can separate them from our housing case to evict them separately in civil court, regardless of our waiting for the current trial court judge to set a new court date.

When my daughter went to court this afternoon, they discovered that the landlord had received a judgment, without our knowledge, back in March 2025, after the trial judge had adjourned our February return date.

My daughter lives with ADHD and depression. I'm currently helping them navigate filing a response, from a distance, along with supporting their mental health. I'm planning to fly home early from my trip, rather than staying in Berlin for the duration of the conference, festival, and planned writing time to complete the homework from the agent that will help flesh out my book.

If you've ever dealt with bureaucracy, shitty ass landlords, and rude government workers, you know how angry and helpless I was to hear my child on the other end of the phone having a panic attack because the clerk kept interrupting them, ignoring their questions, and was unreasonably rude to them as they were trying to ask questions.

Tomorrow, they go back to court to file an Order to Show Cause. They will get a 5-day temporary stay.

And so, here is the ask:

I need to raise $13,837.36 within 5 days to satisfy the judgment.

Then, I will need to raise an additional $23,294 to clear the balance by November.

I know it's a lot.

I know everyone is struggling.

Often, I have avoided asking for support because my experience has been that people will support my labor but not my survival.

I saw proof of this when Arthur was on a ventilator, fighting for his life, and people still wanted me to show up for unpaid community meetings.

But, this is different.

I have to have faith that enough people who have supported my writing and fundraising for others in crisis would also want my family and I to stay housed.

And so, here I am, asking for help.

Again.

Thank you.

5 Days.

In Love,

Sinnamon