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Hi Debi

You are welcome..

On the link go to the directory and your state and call the number for South Carolina. I called and got answering machine since closed call early EST time and contact your senior citzen center. There is no neighbor or friend, relative anyone who can take you in for a while?? Keep looking in the free classifieds to for a roomate situation. You can google.com and put in free classifieds for your city and state..

Good luck

Starshine

Hi Star,

Again ty for the info.. yes I trade writing to the shared housing 2 times! The address for SC the email got kicked back both times as undeliverable mail. :(

I will try once more or call, I only have a cell and my amount of calls are very limited. That way because I can't afford a big cell bill. For my pets, this is awesome and will surely try to contact someone to take them. They are both the sweetest dogs, and plus they both love each other so much. Placing them not together will be a crime in itself.

Thing is I don't have time to be placed on another list HOPING to get housing. I have started to pack up what I can as I expect the bank here any day to say ok move out.

Contuines to try...

Hugs,

Debi

Hi Debi

Don't feel bad posting here please. 

Have you tried this for housing 

http://www.nationalsharedhousing.org/

The above place has help others who had no where to live move in with another family or two. It is worth checking into. 

and ****call your local senior citzen center to see if there are seniors who need a roomate. 

Even check craigslist.org for roomates. I have and almost moved back to the beach but she had 3 cats in a 3 bedroom and with mine too much cat hair...

It really saddens me how our older citizens are treated and people in general when we live in the richest country of the world. I just heard about all the giving to Haiti and food that was brought down there in January is still sitting where it was dropped off. That was on ABC news last night. Forget about the efforts as it is just stupid food has not been distributed there and people suffer.

As for you pets

CLICK HERE

FOR Pet food banks

****and yesterday I listed no kill shelters telling one lady to take her pets to Pet Co for adoption fairs better than the pound...

http://www.nokillnetwork.org/

Click on your state to find a no kill shelter in your area I hope.

Have you put your pets listed at craigslist.org and becareful who you turn them over too.

I would check at Petco and around to see if there is a foster home for your pet. You might have pay for their feed and there are work from home jobs womenforhire.com and tinalynnlove here at Aidpage has a list granted it won't solve the immediate situation but worth a try..

Best of luck Debi

Starshine and I hope some of the information helps

Updates from previous:

Sadly even from the information that was given, there has been no help. I am really pulling on strings here. Now tomorrow I must take my 2 pets ( dogs) to the local SPCA. I have had them both for 8 years. I can't even afford to feed them now. This will break my heart probably as much as a mother losing her own children. Extreme? No... when they have been your source of comfort for so long.

I found a place but they want 500.00 deposit, then rent of 450.00$ the of course utilities.  I called housing again begging please, but they say emergancy is fire, flood etc. being homeless ISN'T a emerg! esp. at age 53.. it's honestly sad, when I have shown everything to them to prove what my husband did, have proven medical issues. Still no help.. just " Your on the list"!

I have no family, and medically I would not be able to stand a shelter.  Please any help is appricated here. If anyone knows even someone that might have a room, I can help with $200.00 a month food, even pay a small rent.

Reads all the other post and see's so many in worse shape then myself I feel almost horrible even posting here. God bless you all, and I do wish the best and hope your world becomes a better place.

Debi

You are welcome very much Debi1214. I would seek out an attorney as much as I don't care for them, just to be sure. Find an attorney with a low consultation fee or a free one.

Here is a link but I have never used this 

 http://www.lawhelp.org/?gclid=CMO277Oy5aICFSL6iAodPAldww

and here is free legal civil help but not sure if this will help but can't hurt to look

 http://www.lsc.gov/map/lscprogramdirectory.asp

I would start looking for another place to live with the information  I gave you. I am sure you will find temporary and hopefully permanent living with another kind person who needs a roomate. 

No one likes to think of this but it beats living on the streets

 http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/southcarolina.html

You can look at the above link for a shelter for women and see if there is one for our age group seniors

Wishing you the best and keep on trying don't give up. You are doing the best you can. And if need be try to close your eyes and repeat a mantra or Amen for 10 minutes a day to start to quiet the mind and calm the body

Good luck and a lot more

Starshine

Starshine, thank you for the awesome information! I will surely check all this out. Keeps my fingers crossed, but I am really getting worried each day. I haven't gotten any notice from the bank yet not sure I will even know until they come knocking on the door. He is keeping everything so private.  Sad after 8 years of marriage. But this I can not focuse on, my own well being is at state atm.

Again thank you!

Please any other help is so much appricated!

Debi

Hello

I was reading your story of your life and it is terrible your husband left you. I am sorry. I know what it is like to be in the 50's and you would like to find some place that is affordable to live in. I would suggest before the budget cuts yank it as another member mention to me today as I love this idea it is called national shared housing. Here is the link for it

 http://www.nationalsharedhousing.org/

You look at the above link for a list of people wanting to share houses, apartments and rooms. 

I would also contact your local senior center to see if they have a list of helpers and or people looking for roomates to cut the cost of living. Another option and you always have to be careful in any roomate situation is to look at craigslist.org, backpages.com, kulgi..com for roomates or a room with kitchen priviledges and bathroom priveleges. They do exist as I have checked them out. 

As for needing work here is a great source for work from home ideas. I have gotten a few emails from Tory Johnson. You can check to see if something is available for you here at:

 http://womenforhire.com/

She has changed the site but I know where things are and click on work from home and see what interest you. She has a really good list of work from home jobs. And I check the online classifieds for work from home and for me that is telemarketing as I set appointments for chiropractors for many years and did data entry at the office for half of the day then worked at home doing the calls. 

Here is another source of work for people disabled

 http://www.nticentral.org/

 Find Work-at-Home Jobs through NTI
NTI provides job opportunities for Americans with disabilities who require home-based work.
Who should apply?

If you're an American who is disabled and would like to work from home, you may qualify for an online job in customer service, technical support, medical transcription, quality control, or many other types of work.
Legitimate part-time jobs

There is a little bit about them. Click the link to find the different jobs that are open now. 

That is too bad about the house. Unless your spouse puts you on the title of the house I guess you don't stand a chance. You could always check with an attorney for low consultation fee about it. Sometimes better to move on and start anew and I know how challenging that can be!!!

I will throw this in case you need it, it is a list of free medical and free dental clinics in your stare. And here is the link in case you need it

http://www.freemedicalcamps.com/vcity.php?stateid=SC

And like you I am waiting for Los Angeles housing authority for a place. If I knew what lie ahead when I gave up my apartment and moved back home to be with mom, then she got lung cancer and bless her heart it was great to be with her those last few months but you still wish you could forsee what lies ahead to some extent as I wish I knew about applying for Los Angeles housing authority. But I never thought I would need it until years later after mom's passing my sister in the long run got everything monetary due to both of us. 

Good luck and Blessings to you. 

Starshine

Thank you khogan for the words. It is even harder when you can't get around well. Then to be 53 also doesn't help.  Sure that is still considered young but not when you have major back issues. I can only pray my disablitiy is approved but I still have months before that happens. In the mean time I have 0 money to even get a place. Govenment housing here says 6 month -3 years.. I have searched til there is no where else to search.

I wish you and yours the best also.. many hugs and thank you.

I wish I knew what to tell you.  I am disabled due to extensive cancer surgery and my 22 year old son is disabled due to Crohn's Disease.  There are times when we are both in pain and do not feel good so we just do the best we can.  My son filed for SSI benefits in 1/2007.  He had a hearing in 4/2009 and was denied benefits.  I got a copy of the transcript where the judge listed the reasons he was denied.  I was in the room during the hearing with my son and I know what was said by my son and the judge.  The reasons for denial were lies.  The judge said that my son had a girlfriend and that they went out on dates to movies and to Church and out to eat every week.  My son has not had a girlfriend since 2006.  He has not left the house during the past two years except to go to the doctor.  He is undergoing a capsule endoscopy on Tuesday 7/13/2010 for further evaluation.  I almost started crying in Walgreen's a couple hours ago when I went to get the prep for this test and they said it was $60.00.  His SSI has still not been approved and he has no health insurance.  I have been in the emergency room almost every weekend with him for over eight weeks.  His medications have done me in this month.  Today is 7/11/2010 and I only have $70.00 left to get me through the rest of the month.  I guess I might have to go stand in parking lots and beg for help by the end of the week.  I have been told that the State of Tennessee is very helpful to people relocating there,  I am going to check into it.  Alabama used to have plenty of government apartments available but I don't know if they do now since so many homes have been foreclosed.  We lost our home to foreclosure in 11/2007.  I wish you luck and will pray for you and everyone in the United States.  If something does not change in this couintry, I don't know what any of us are going to do.