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Urgent Help Needed to Pay Rent & Prevent Eviction

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2024 has been a hard year for many, certainly what with the events of the last month. It has particularly been so for both me & mine. My father has been in & out of the hospital since exactly Christmas Eve last year - he now resides in skilled nursing. Then the sudden & unexpected loss of my closest friend & companion mid-July - days before her 43rd birthday. She had been ill since January, severely so since April, and had been in a lot of pain & torment. Still, at age 43, and after such a well-travelled & active (it is not a stretch to say ‘athletic’) life, this was not supposed to happen.

To complicate matters my rent has effectively gone up by over $400 since July. This is due in part to my landlord's decision to contract with a property management firm, thus ending my position as caretaker - a loss of $300/mo (for 3 of their properties) – which I pretty much needed as while I am employed, full-time, i am making nearly minimum wage. They then increased my rent by $115, forcing us all to sign new leases. (And on top of this, my meds now cost at least twice as much as before, due to a change in my company's insurance.)

So anyway, long story short, I've basically been $1100 behind rent since August. I have been able to forestall my property manager thus far, but fear doing so again - i fear i've taxed their patience enough. I have looked into all sorts of potential relief, but it appears i am not in enough of a desperate situation to merit relief (any rent relief seems to require an active eviction notice - something i hope to avoid). Likewise, Minnesota now forbids payday loans, so that is no longer an option.

All of which leads me here. Like i said, my need is at least $1100 – which will cover rent. I know this appeal is rather late, given rent it is already Dec 1st – but my hope is that if I can promise to have it paid in full by the end of the month, and keep paying down the amount owed throughout the month, I will have made good. I would then be able to pay January’s rent in full at the beginning of the year.

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David Bayliss
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Minneapolis, MN

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