
Support a Family in Crisis: Secure Housing
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Hello!
I'm not sure where to start and writing has never been my strong point, but here goes...
I could write a novel with everything our family has been through this last year. To make a long story short, we went from permanent housing for almost 3 years, to temporary, to now being homeless since August 1st all because my partner unexpectedly broke his foot. As a result of this, he lost his job and us our place to live. Since then, we've been going back and forth between staying in our car and motels (from kindness of the community as we cannot afford it). As of right now, a wonderful woman paid for a couple nights in a motel but come Thursday, we will be back in the car.
Our family unit consists of myself, my injured partner, and our 1- and 2-year-old.
I have tried everywhere (housing authority, housing access, 211, churches, shelters, rental assistance, DHS, various housing services) to try to get help with housing or into shelters. Nothing has worked out as everything has an incredibly long waitlist. They can't even give a timeline to a possibility of when we can get into anything. So with that being said,
I'm looking for help with a place to stay. Whether that be a night or two in a motel, all the way to help with the deposit and first month's rent to somewhere. I don't know what else to do, or where to turn, so I'm asking my community for help.
And before anyone says or thinks anything about a job, I have been taking care of my partner recovering from surgery (he is currently waiting on a second one because the first one didn't work) and my two little ones. I just got approved for childcare to find a job, but I don't see that being obtainable living in a car, unfortunately. So with all of that being said, I'm praying we have a breakthrough soon so I can start bringing an income in and we won't have to be in this situation again.
Thank you and God bless!
Organizer and beneficiary
Jenna Winters
Organizer
Oregon City, OR
Rodney Winters
Beneficiary