Help Stephanie's Family Avoid Eviction

My daughter Stephanie has almost given up hope after everything that has happened to her since January. So I have created this GoFundMe to help her not give up. She has fought a long battle, trying to keep her head above water.

On January 13, 2024 my Daughter and her 2 children, London and Maxim lost everything when a natural disaster destroyed their home, deeming them homeless.

The town did not declare it a national disaster so no resources were provided to the hundreds of victims.

She searched and tried to find help to get into a rental in the middle of winter hoping to not jeopardize her children's lives or schooling any more than it already had. The resources for rental help were used up after covid and there was no help from the city or state.

She was forced into an apartment in a toxic environment. All work in the winter was limited. Still She saved everything she could and was able to move into an apartment in Portsmouth. I don’t know how she commutes her kids to school in Hampton every day to not uproot their education in the middle of the year.

The apartment she rented was with her “then-boyfriend” to split the costs and make it manageable to get back on her feet. She put all of her savings into getting this place but instead of helping split the costs, the boyfriend instead lived there rent-free! He became emotionally abusive.

By the time she was able to worked up the courage to tell him to leave, he left her with a pile of debt. Now with less than nothing, she's facing eviction from a home she just moved into months earlier.

While this all was she developed carpel tunnel in both hands limiting her ability to work the hours she used to.

She tried other outlets and means to support herself and her family. She had exhausted the few limited resources she could, and any job leads she had fell through.

She hasn't been unable to pay any other bills which has destroyed her credit in the process, so if she was evicted it would make it nearly impossible to find another home with an eviction and poor credit.

Her last hope fell into the hands of a listing from a man hiring experienced painters for incredible pay.with the promise at the jobs end. She thought this would be her saving grace and thought she could finally breathe again. She worked hard for 3.5 weeks, every day 7 days a week in the heat wave, late hours. She missed time with her children and focused on getting out of the hole she was put in. He hired another worker as well. The mans behavior became almost manic as the truth began unraveling; she and her coworker discovered the man who hired them was a con artist with multiple restraining orders on both people and properties. He was homeless, sleeping in his car. He made an ad with attractive pay to lure desperate people like Stephanie to work. What they didn't know was that the jobs that they were completing were debts already paid from the months and years prior. He had no means to pay them. When they confronted him the man ghosted them.

She has given up weeks of her life.

She lost time that could have been used to find real work, believing this guy would be her way out. Instead, she's even farther behind crying, "Why is this happening to me?"

She is so physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted from this domino effect. she wants to give up.

This entire time she has never asked anyone for help.

Please help my daughter survive, and prove to her that the world isn't such a horrible place. That there's always hope, that she can get through this. She needs a reset. She's an amazing mother, who does everything in life for her children. Everything she has worked hard Is lost

I am asking for help for my daughter Stephanie. She lost everything in the flooding this spring. She pulled herself up and moved to a new apartment with her two children. She was hired by a con artist and now is on the verge of eviction! She is struggling to stay out of a shelter. Please, anything you can spare to keep this family together ❤️