*update 6/27/26*

I've now over the hump from the shingles. I've lowered my goal because the money that I initially have gotten on here, I used to pay the bills that I had. My internet and cell phone bill. So everything from here on out is specifically for rent.

*update 6/18/26* The stress has caused a shingles flare up which I've never had before. It's on my face and into my eye. I am in pain and now I'm contagious. Isolating so I don't spread chicken pox to people. The medication has some pretty rough side effects. Just further making it even harder to function.

Hello, my name is Elmira. I'm a 40-year-old trans woman with autism, ADHD, CPTSD, Major depressive disorder, a spinal cord injury, untreated MS. Just a compound of issues that aren't being treated well that I'm trying to get help with and get stability to treat. I recently lost a little income that I did have and was able to get. I'm working on other ways to gain an income. I'm working on the process of getting my food stamps back and applying for other services. I have applications in for housing assistance, but there is just an astronomically long waiting list for not only general housing assistance, but emergency housing assistance that I don't know when it's going to come. The housing assistance that I did have is coming to an end this month, and I haven't been able to get a new source of income. I'm working to go through things to see what I can sell, but it's no guarantee that I'm going to sell things in time to make rent. I'm not sure what's going to happen when my lease ends and my co-signer, which is the only reason why I can get an apartment, is no longer going to co-sign for me. But I figure if I have money ready, I can at least convince my landlord to go month to month. While I've get things figured out. One plan I have is going back to college this spring to get student aid and pay my rent that way. I just need some training to learn some things like modeling software and stuff like that because I have access to a ton of things that I could use to help make myself money. I just need the stability to be able to focus on those things so I can learn them without just being terrified of figuring out how to survive at every moment. If I lose this apartment, I don't know where I will be able to rent another one. I don't think I will find another place to live. And I will go homeless. So it's absolutely imperative that I keep my current living situation.

The funds that I'm looking to raise are for rent, cell phone bill, and internet.