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Help Aura & Rob end the cycle of homelessness

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My name is Aura, my partner is Rob & we've been together over 7 years. I am a disabled chronically ill Indigenous Two-spirit individual who is currently trying desperately not only to get disability benefits (they obviously like to take forever) but also, to heal my inter-generational trauma, my own personal trauma of being an abuse victim all my life & start thriving + being able to show up a lot more for my community.
Our lease is up on July 11th. We currently live in apartments we are not able to afford. We are fundraising for moving costs & the cost of a down payment for an RV for us to live in as a permanent residence. We have found a few RVs that would work for us at about $10k (that's why it's the goal). We figure $3k is a great place to start for a down payment & the cost of moving into the RV as our home. Anything helps.
In the 4.5 years we've been in so-called Washington state we've moved 4 times. This will be #5...

More information about being houseless:
Exactly a year ago, one of those times resulted in us being houseless. The apt we moved into directly after that was run by a literal slumlord (what apartments aren't these days?) & they refused to renew our lease after 6 months, so we faced being houseless yet again just last December (6 months ago), right before we moved into this current apartment. We've been pulling resources from Rob's parents & Aura's grandmother to help with the total rent expense & bills. They're unable to continue providing help for us to live in these apartments or anywhere else we are unable to afford rent, which is everywhere at this point. We have SNAP benefits for food as well since this time last year. I've found very very few places for rent that are under even $800 that we could actually move into. They want us to be able to prove 3-4x the income & we just don't make that much money. I have not found anything solid under $1000 (for 1 bdrm/studio!!!). Rob is able to work & has been working at a temp agency that had regular hours up until a few weeks ago. They've completely cut hours, resulting in no work at all. He is still actively looking for work (companies hate it when you don't have a stable place to live apparently) & is going to walk in to another temp agency this week to try to get some more hours. Other than that he is still applying for anything else that will help us with the cost of living expenses. All the money Rob makes goes to us surviving & our well-being. When he is not working he is taking care of me, Aura. I'm disabled & find myself currently unable to work. I was diagnosed 10 years ago & have been struggling greatly with Fibromyalgia since, & have also struggled with chronic pain, chronic illness, inflammatory issues, IBS type stomach issues, panic attacks, severe anxiety & self harm as well as suicide ideation. I am currently alive & in treatment thanks to Apple Health (WA state funded insurance). I see a therapist once a week, a psychiatrist once a month for medication, & I'm currently trying to manage my physical health as well(chronic pain, nerve pain, etc).

It would make the biggest difference in our overall health & well-being, if we are able to have a stable place to live without the risk of a landlord busting in for random repairs when I'm sleeping (yes, that really happened) or risk of being houesless again because Rob doesn't make 3x the rent of a place nor can afford over $1k just in rent(we currently are paying $1,165). This will be the last month Rob's parents are able to help us with this staggering amount of more than 80%-90% of our income. We are asking for support in raising enough funds to make a down payment on a RV for our permanent residence &/or enough to purchase our home on wheels.

Thank you so much for reading! We greatly appreciate any & all support, even reposting makes a huge difference!
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  • Emily Purington
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    • 5 yrs
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Aura Warren
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Lacey, WA
Robert Warren
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