
PLEASE HELP!! Family of four wrongfully evicted.
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Hi, my name is Monica. I am 40yrs old, married for 17yrs to my husband Matt and we have 2 kids. A daughter who is 15 and a son who is 12. I'm starting this fundraiser because we have nowhere else to turn and will be homeless come May 1st if we fail to meet our goal. Yes, we have tried every type of loan there is, but unfortunately we were scammed by one of the loans we applied for. Which caused our bank account to be wiped clean of any funds we had set aside for one of life's emergencies. We have been renting our current residence for almost 6 years. Prior to living here, we rented our last residence for 7 years. We only moved from there because the home went into foreclosure, due to the owners using our rent money to pay other bills rather than paying the mortgage. We have always paid our rent as well as our utilities on time if not early every month. Throughout the 6 years we became very close with the landlords, because they lived next door. Anytime they needed help with something no matter what I was always willing to lend a hand. We very much became a part of each others lives and family. I was referred to their 2nd daughter and told they loved me and I was a blessing brought into their lives. I dedicated a lot of my personal time to them as they are older and I get joy from helping others, it is who I am. Just to give you a little idea of how much I was involved, I took care of their animals every weekend from the time we moved in, they left on weekends to their lake home, I cleaned house for them, did laundry, including hanging it to dry (they did not use a dryer), providing assistance to doctor appointments, running errands, giving pedicures. I also helped and took care of their granddaughters 2 mini horses, 6 ducks, and 12 chickens, while they had them for 9 months. I did enjoy it, as I am an animal lover and my son also got involved. Christmas time, birthdays, every holiday we always celebrated together. Fast forward to now, the landlords and my husband had a few disagreements as it was taking me away from my family alot, responding to their every need. Even calling me sometimes up to 5/6 times a day for something. Sometimes I'd have to go on the internet researching for hours for them as they did not have a computer or know how to use one. I was told that if I couldn't be a friend when they needed they no longer wanted us living at their home. They had our electricity shut off in January and after paying $1400 on Feb 4th the following week we received a termination of tenancy letter giving us 15 days to be out. We were in shock and in a panic. We looked at places for rent, we didnt and dont have the $5,000 it takes to move and that is just for the deposits and first month's rent and other moving expenses. My husband only gets paid once a month, and end of month at that. We have no family in any position to help, or any close friends that have the extra cash. We have fought this all the way through the court to the point that we cannot ask for any more extensions. We don't want to live here anymore anyway but like mentioned earlier, due to being scammed recently and this eviction coming out of nowhere, we are completely unprepared and on May 1st we will be homeless. My husband works remotely but from home and has to travel for his job. So if this happens then he will lose this job for not being able to work effectively while livinig out of our truck. Please if you can, any amount of a donation will help and be greatly appreciated. Thank you from all of our hearts.
The soon to be homeless family
Organizer and beneficiary
Monica Hines
Organizer
Zephyrhills, FL
Matthew Hines
Beneficiary