
Sol's Flooded Apartment: Need Support
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Please excuse the rant, I’ve never done this before but in times like these I’m desperate.
Hi everyone, some of y'all know me personally and some of y'all don’t know me at all. For a quick introduction, my name is Soley (or Sol). I’m 21 and I live alone in a one-bedroom apartment in Chicago. I’ve been on my own since I was 17 and have always been jumping around from home to home. Finally, last year I landed my very own apartment and felt truly at home. It has been one of my biggest accomplishments and I’ve struggled every day to keep it going. I felt as if all my prayers had been answered up until about January of this year, when all of my plumbing issues started happening. I spent weeks, no, MONTHS, documenting and reporting it all back to my landlord, in which he’d respond with lazy solutions that never lasted. It took 5 times of my sink overflowing and flooding into my apartment for him to FINALLY fix it. Shortly after that, rainwater started coming into my apartment from the back door, which I again notified him about, to which he sent his son with a broom and a salad bowl to “clean” the mess. Luckily, I caught it before it caused too much damage. Unfortunately, tonight I was not as lucky, and my entire apartment got flooded, causing my entire bed to be ruined along with my other belongings. My landlord has neglected to fix every problem in this apartment since they’ve started, and it’s starting to become unlivable. This is the last thing I need on my plate as I’ve been already having to juggle a breakup, miscarriage, and troubles at work. I have never been this vulnerable on here before and I may regret this later, but I have no other options. I have three months to move out since I no longer can live here due to water damages and potential mold. I know it’s hard in this economy, but I’m asking anyone who can possibly help me to please give any lawyer recommendations, legal advice, or donate to my GoFundMe so I can afford to move out in time. I feel pathetic and very low, but I truly have exhausted all my other options. I have no idea what to do.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this to those who did❤️
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Soley Haggard
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Chicago, IL