Urgent Help for Emma's Family Facing Homelessness

Hello! ‍

My name is Emma, I have a wonderful husband, Jason, and my two amazing daughters Serenity and Griffin.

Since last year, weve been struggling with homelessness and housing. Having to move unexpectedly from the house we rented for 4 years in Pennsylvania, when Covid happened, it drove the housing market up and the landlord decided he wanted to sell the house, having never renewed the lease and just paid the rent (on time every time) we had no way to having a fighting chance of staying.

Since then, we've lived in the forest in a tent in Pennsylvania, then we moved to Tucson to escape the winter, lived in a camper and then a box car shipping container.

Eventually we were offered a part of a house in a shared living situation for 600 a month from an elderly couple in Arkansas who weren't using the 3 back bedrooms of their house. Unfortunately things have not worked out well, and it lead to the elderly man shoving me and slapping me so needless to say, we were trying to get out of here.

We both work full time at a restaurant.we thought we had a place to go for the last month and a half in Missouri until we realized that was not a safe option.

But unfortunately we came to that realization 10 days before we are supposed to be out of here and we had an eviction notice served the same day

Were still working but literally every place we can afford is so dangerous it's not safe to live there. Like your car or house will get broken into and with having kids, living in a dangerous neighborhood because it's cheap just isn't an option. I would never forgive myself if something happened to them.

We now have 6 days left, half our check coming up is accounted to bills.

Were running out of time and have nowhere to go.

I've called for housing vouchers, hotel vouchers, I've called programs out of state, I'm willing to relocate almost anywhere as long as I can find a job.

We can't afford to get a hotel on a weekly or monthly basis on the income we make.

We could really use any help possible.

I make art and jewelry and dream catchers and I'm willing to make those for people who donate, if anyone knows of ANYWHERE that's renting a cheap space, of any kind, please contact me.

Were going to put our stuff in storage and try to sit here as long as we can but I'll have to bring my kids to work and have them sit at a table until we're done because they have nowhere else to be.

It's going to be nearly impossible for all 4 of us to sleep in the car but hopefully we can figure it out somehow.

My fear is the cold. It's warmer than some places right now but it's almost November and it's going to start getting cold at night. Otherwise I'd buy a tent and go camping.

I'm just not sure what to do.

I'm trying so hard, working as much as we can, but everything is so expensive.

I wouldn't make this if I thought there was any other option. .

If I seem desperate, it's because I am.

I just want to keep my kids safe and healthy.

Funds will be used for gas money, toiletries, bills (car payment, phone bill etc ) hotel/housing as we need it (see update) clothes for the kids as they've outgrown most of their clothes.

I will post receipts to show how the money is spent as we use it so people know it's being used for its intended use.

Thanks for listening to my story.

Any help/prayers/good vibes is appreciated. Also sharing this to social media helps the right people see this.

Thanks again!

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