Help Us Secure Housing

Hello, my name's Anthony and my boyfriend Candles and I need help being able to pay for a security deposit and lease fees. We're both trans (I'm trans fem while he's trans masc), autistic, and we have trouble with communicating but we both mean extremely well. I'm really sorry if my grammar isn't up to snuff!

We have been living in a very run down home with our roommates that the property managers and landlords don't care about, and Candles have gotten sick from the outside mold slipping through the cracks of our room due to wear and tear. The management company doesn't care about the home at all so we all agreed that renewing the lease on May 31st isn't an option anymore, especially fearing the house will collapse or become too infested with mold spores, rodents, or insects to live sustainably.

For the past year and a half, we have been hopping from sublease to sublease to sublease, and it has been taking a huge mental toll on the both of us, especially with how shaky some of the roommates have been in the past. We are very afraid of getting ourselves in an abusive situation again, because we've been gaslighted, emotionally manipulated, and physically beaten in the past. We have been trying to secure a healthy place for what feels like forever, a place for us to finally heal, without risking running into another group that take advantage of us..

I'm really sorry for writing such a long story, I have never done something like this before and we're both out of options. It hurts a lot just to even write this, and I feel so awful and guilty.. and especially so late when we're just two weeks away from getting kicked out with nowhere to go. From being abused for most of my life, I'm so scared of backlash but I don't know what else we can do. We haven't received a home as of yet as much as we try, and soon we won't even be able to do that.

Whether you donate or not, I would just like to ask for suggestions in securing a home in hopes that landlords don't reject us as much, or anymore... We live in Richmond without a car, so the most that we can rely on is public transportation or using uhaul. I couldn't thank you enough for just taking the time to offer advice!! From the very bottom of my heart, thank you so much for taking the time to read!!!! Thank you so much...

I don't know how gofundme works too much when making a fundraiser, the goal is supposed to be $1,200. It says it's $600, but any donation regardless is huge no matter what!

I don't know how to add this on, but Candles have gone through a legal name change too and that hasn't been updated with credit bureaus properly even after sending documentation of their name change to them to get that fixed. It leads to some situations where trying to apply together results in both of us getting denied instantly because of mismatched name information. If you know anything about getting through this hurdle, that would help so much!!