Ron and Carlo Eviction Emergency
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This campaign is to help my dad and me raise the funds to cover the first, last and security deposit for an apartment lease, along with money to hire movers since my father is 73 and I'm disabled. The rest of the amount is meant as a buffer for any unexpected expenses that come up, including the possibility that we'll need to stay in a cheap motel while we look for a new place to live and maintain the treatment plan for my disease.
Update: We were given another stay until June 1st, but this is likely the last one we will get.
I haven't updated this page in a while because my health took a bad turn (respiratory infection, intermittent fevers, and pain exacerbation), including hospitalization, which was likely due to the immunosuppressants used to treat my disease. I'm finally doing better, but my dad and I are still stuck without a new place to live because, so far, no one wants to rent to someone living in a foreclosed home and because of my father's credit score from the foreclosure.
It still makes no sense to me how more help isn't available to people like my father after risking his life as an officer during the Vietnam War. So much for America supporting its soldiers and veterans in our pursuit for a world of never-ending wars! You can bet that will worsen as our climate crisis progresses and people begin fighting over clean water supplies. Oh wait, that parts already happening.
June 1st may be the last extension the court will allow us. We have no idea what is going to happen after that point. In the meantime, my dreams have inspired me to look more into disability law to make sure that we have really exhausted all the legal avenues available to us. If anyone knows anything about that and could offer some advice, we'd appreciate it a lot. Now I just need to find the nearest law library and hope and pray my health remains stable so I have time to do the research.
Sidenote: We are not the only family--particularly where one member is acting as a personal caregiver--to have applied for public housing with little hope for a timely placement. We won't be the last. You can help other people in similar situations by getting involved with organizations on the ground like the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials who "are calling for an increase in state support for the more than 160,000 Massachusetts residents on a waiting list for affordable, safe and decent housing."--Attleboro area authorities back request for $72M...,The Sun Chronicle, Published March 10, 2019. We need to push for housing stability as a basic right in this country especially since studies show that it's more cost-effective than leaving people homeless.
-Carlo Baca
Update: We were given another stay until June 1st, but this is likely the last one we will get.
I haven't updated this page in a while because my health took a bad turn (respiratory infection, intermittent fevers, and pain exacerbation), including hospitalization, which was likely due to the immunosuppressants used to treat my disease. I'm finally doing better, but my dad and I are still stuck without a new place to live because, so far, no one wants to rent to someone living in a foreclosed home and because of my father's credit score from the foreclosure.
It still makes no sense to me how more help isn't available to people like my father after risking his life as an officer during the Vietnam War. So much for America supporting its soldiers and veterans in our pursuit for a world of never-ending wars! You can bet that will worsen as our climate crisis progresses and people begin fighting over clean water supplies. Oh wait, that parts already happening.
June 1st may be the last extension the court will allow us. We have no idea what is going to happen after that point. In the meantime, my dreams have inspired me to look more into disability law to make sure that we have really exhausted all the legal avenues available to us. If anyone knows anything about that and could offer some advice, we'd appreciate it a lot. Now I just need to find the nearest law library and hope and pray my health remains stable so I have time to do the research.
Sidenote: We are not the only family--particularly where one member is acting as a personal caregiver--to have applied for public housing with little hope for a timely placement. We won't be the last. You can help other people in similar situations by getting involved with organizations on the ground like the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials who "are calling for an increase in state support for the more than 160,000 Massachusetts residents on a waiting list for affordable, safe and decent housing."--Attleboro area authorities back request for $72M...,The Sun Chronicle, Published March 10, 2019. We need to push for housing stability as a basic right in this country especially since studies show that it's more cost-effective than leaving people homeless.
-Carlo Baca
Organizer
Carlo Baca
Organizer
Attleboro, MA
