Alas, it has come to this. I am now housing insecure. I can't quite make my rent payments, and the waiting list for a place I can afford is six months minimum. I can almost, but not quite, make the rent and other expenses to stay off the street. In the middle of winter, the street is no place to be.

So I'm asking for help to make ends meet, until I can get that cheaper pad. Hopefully only six months, but maybe longer -- waiting lists are unpredictable. I throw myself on the boundless kindness of others to reach that goal.

Eric Hammer, aka Malthaussen to many.

(The reason my location says "Leitchfield" is because that's where my bank is. I've always just kept using it, since I pay all my bills with my debit card anyway. I'm physically in Pittsburgh PA)