I'm 65 years old and my dog and I were evicted in April on a trumped up charge. We were homeless for a while. How can I get help?
I receive a monthly disability check for bipolar. I'm physically healthy..not even close to being in assisted living or nursing home. I have no vehicle or any mode of transportation. I have a lot of possessions in storage. They constitute a home..furniture,kitchen accessories,bathroom accessories,etc..quite a lot of stuff. Audio,video equipment and cd's and all my late fathers stuff. His guitars and more. I'm a music ,+ tv show movie fanatic. Those are my pass times as well as hanging out at coffee shops in the a.m. side of the night. I found a place to live temporarily. An RV but too small for me and my possessions. The state told me they'd help me move into something affordable. I looked into their meaning of affordable. A high crime area and ghetto via HUD. I moved in to the senior complex I lived in to purposely escape that kind type of area. I want to live in another senior community as they are quiet, no crime and people in my age bracket.the state isn't helping me accomplish this. They want me in a HUD area and APS woman even suggested assisted which is absurd. I'm active and stay fit. I can walk 3 miles top pace and not get breathless. But I can't walk to the stores in the heat of summer and freezing cold of winter. I live in texas. I need the state or some agency to help me move into a low income senior complex, but I'm finding nobody who will help. The state suggests absurd resolves like selling my stuff in storage, I asked why..I need an apartment..a home..and my possessions ARE my home as well as any pass time I have!! Do I have to be completely without for the state to help me?? I need to move as I need a home again. I need that security emotionally and mentally. Having my possessions back play a huge part in that as they are my home so to speak my parents belongings and my dogs stuff too, is a part of that home and in storage at this time how can I get the state or some agency to help me on the terms that make my life better instead of worse by expecting me to sell my stuff or expecting me to live in a ghetto? I just want the kind of life back that I happily lived for 10 years before eviction in April. I was very happy, expectations of the state to make moving easier for them, like getting rid of my dog or selling all my possessions,and living in assisted living are out of the question and ridiculous imo. I may be 65 but. I have never felt the progression of age, extremely healthy. As healthy as I was in my thirties, according to a recent physicaI. I'm not even near ready for a cane or walker, etc.but I need help to move otherwise. If I can't get satisfactory help from the state where else can I seek help from? I need to move asap..the trailer isn't large enough for my stuff in storage. I'll my wash cloths, towels, hygiene stuff is in there.. bedcovers and sheets, pillows etc.. Stuff I need and haven't had all these months. My clothes.. I'm wearing, washing the same two pair of pants and shirts daily. I need an apt and my stuff big time. The state is being ridiculous. I'm 65 and living like a recluse in this trailer park, is getting to me both mentally and emotionally. I'm in the country, on the lake, miles from any store, restaurant, or coffee shop and no transportation. I don't know why the state isn't doing something to help me. I've been calling the APS representative that I'm familiar with. She brought me a months worth of groceries the first week I lived here, as I had no food or money after I paid rent. She hasn't done anything to help me since. Only suggests I sell my stuff, go to shelter with my dog, etc. He's 11 years old and my emotional mental support. I don't want him put in a cage. He would see it as punishment! I'm stuck here in an RV in a small populated town of 900 people. East Tawakoni Texas. Why won't the state do more to put me into an apartment? Can you suggest another way to get help other than APS, as I'm not being helped..should I talk to a different APS Agent?
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I think you might need to reconsider the AL offer, particularly if it's an AL that allows pets. Most people with bi-polar require some occasional help remaining stable. I have a life long friend with bi-polar who remains employed and stable for years and will then go through a rough patch for a couple of weeks or sometimes 2-4 months where she needs some help. I think you may have gotten evicted during a similar rough patch. The AL could provide the support you need during your own rough patch periods. Many ALs provide transportation to shopping centers, theaters, and doctors for their residents as well as have in house activities. Although you are physically healthy, you still might be able to make some friends among the other residents who are not. The AL apartment often includes a kitchen, sitting area and bedroom. It might not be big enough to bring all your things but maybe enough of them to give you comfort.
The state can only do so much and you say you were evicted for trumped up charges, is that why you can't get senior housing? Were you tried and convicted? There is more to this than you are sharing.
You should have a Social Service Dept. in ur County. Maybe they can set u up temporarily someplace. HUD vouchers usually are applied for at a certain time of the year. Only so many allowed.
You have two ages, 65 and 61 on ur profile. Try Office of the Aging. See if they can help.
You should also report the APS worker to their supervisor, she is supposed to checking up on you regularly.
Do you have a Dr's excuse for an emotional support pet? If this is not the case, then I would look into getting one. Where I live (Wisconsin), it's against the law for a landlord or landlady to turn you away because you have a emotional support pet. I figured that HUD and APS would leave you alone, once you get that emotional support pet excuse from the doctor.
As for moving items into a apartment or RV, then I would look into churches that can assist you with things like that.
Best wishes.