Looking for a place to live.

[surveygrabber]

Try zillow or craigslist. Those are the couple of places I would look at when looking for a place to stay.

[countrygirl12]

Well, if it does come to that, there are videos on how to live in your car.  There are people that do it because they want to.  You can move whenever you want and you don't have to pay rent.    When we do things our way and not God's way, it almost always causes problems.  Trying to tell my kids that who are having problems because they are doing things their way.  God's ways are ALWAYS, 100% of the time, best.

Just because you have a hard time or hit hard times doesn't mean you are doing things YOUR way and not God's way.  smh   And living in your care is not something anyone would want to do.  Unless you have nothing and want nothing but to sit in an upright position all the time.   And you can't get a job or even social security without an address.  A real physical address.  PO Box does not count.

[alice44]

So sad!   Isn't there a government program available to you or a church that can help you out?

[countrygirl12]

So sad!   Isn't there a government program available to you or a church that can help you out?

Every one does not qualify for government programs.  And most churches do not do what she is asking.  And no that does not make them bad people either.

[santa7]

I would have gotten child support, Medicaid, and food stamps and had my  own place.  He asked me not to file for child support because the government takes money from the man and he obviously intended to let me live there rent free in lieu of child support because he intended to turn around and sell the house for cash profit.  He could have fixed up that house to since we were living there.  Yes, he did trick me and lie to me, country girl.  What goes around, comes around. 

[catchow]

Sorry to hear that, going through something simular. land lady passed, her daughters dont want to deal with the renting, so selling, cant afford anything else

Wishing us both luck!

[countrygirl12]

I would have gotten child support, Medicaid, and food stamps and had my  own place.  He asked me not to file for child support because the government takes money from the man and he obviously intended to let me live there rent free in lieu of child support because he intended to turn around and sell the house for cash profit.  He could have fixed up that house to since we were living there.  Yes, he did trick me and lie to me, country girl.  What goes around, comes around. 

Wait, so he was living there also?  You would not be able to get child support if he was living there.  You act like he had this malicious plan the whole time.  What you are saying doesn't add up.

*If he lived there then he paid expenses so you would not get child support. You were living together.

*You have said you are in your 60's so were you in your mid 40's when you got pregnant?  Because before you made it sound like she had just turned 18.  If she is quite a few years older then he is a really nice man to let a woman he is no longer with live in his house rent free.

No matter what he doesn't owe you anything as far as letting you live in the house.  Can you not get a loan and just buy the house?  Then you can stay where you are.  Surely with no expenses all these years you were able to save at least a little money?  Yeah it is a bad situation that you don't have any where to go.  I actually was thinking about this the other day and wondered if you had found any where.  Had not seen you in here lately.

But the fact is HE owns the house and he can sell it and most likely it has nothing to do with you.  He doesn't want to have the headache of a house he doesn't live in.  I am sure you have the option of purchasing it.  I don't agree that he tricked you.  I know how child support works.  He pays based on how much money he makes.   You would not be able to buy a home of your own on child support payments.  And if you did then you would be doing just as wrong because that money is suppose to go to the child.  But that is something else entirely.

You keep saying he is selling it for a cash profit.     It is HIS house.  He can sell it.  He is not evil for doing this.  I am assuming the house is paid for now.  Was it paid for when you lived there for free?  Was HE making payments on it when YOU lived there for FREE?  Either way you are all about the free stuff.  If he had not made the offer and you got child support you were going to sit on your butt at home and not work and collect free medical insurance and food stamps.  Because IF you worked and also got child support you would not qualify for free medical insurance and food stamps.  Then again people who play this game know how many hours they can work and still get everything for free.

We have had people come in and apply for a job and either ask to be paid in cash so they don't lose their unemployment or don't mess up their crazy check. OR they tell us I can only work 15 hours a week because I also draw a check and if I work over that they take part of that money. 

How did he lie to you?  Did he tell you that you could live there until you die?  If he asked you not to file for child support and told you that you can live in the house rent free then he did not trick you nor lie to you.  You are not any worse off than if you have found somewhere to rent a long time ago.  Sounds like you got a good deal.  Not what you want to hear but it is the truth.  You are just upset because now you will have to pay rent and you are not use to doing that.

[countrygirl12]

Sorry to hear that, going through something simular. land lady passed, her daughters dont want to deal with the renting, so selling, cant afford anything else

Wishing us both luck!

IF my parents had rental property, which they do not, if something happened to them, I would do the same thing.  I would tell the tenant they had to move and I would sell the property.  Why anybody would want to deal with renters is beyond me.  Some are good tenants but more are not.  They don't pay the rent.  They destroy the place they live in that isn't theirs, constantly complain yelling about their rights.  smh  Not saying you are like that.

I guess if you are going to rent you need to find a place in an apartment complex where they aren't going to come up and want to sell it.  But I don't think the daughters in this case are bad people either for selling a house they do not want.

[countrygirl12]

I would have gotten child support, Medicaid, and food stamps and had my  own place.  He asked me not to file for child support because the government takes money from the man and he obviously intended to let me live there rent free in lieu of child support because he intended to turn around and sell the house for cash profit.  He could have fixed up that house to since we were living there.  Yes, he did trick me and lie to me, country girl.  What goes around, comes around. 

Oh and btw what goes around doesn't come around.  First he is not doing anything wrong but second the karma thing is not real.  I see people do evil all the time and nothing bad ever happens to them.  I would look at the housing projects in my area.  If you have to be out by the 31st you are kind of out of time.  People keep suggesting churches.  Churches don't just give you a place to live.  I don't know of any that have places people can live.  And as far as handing out cash most don't do that either.

We don't.  We will buy somebody something to eat or a tank of gas but won't just give them cash.  The last one that came to the church wanting money a deacon told him he would take him up to the store right up the road and buy him a tank of gas and something to eat and the guy said ok.  They start down the road and the deacon pulls in to the store and the bum went on down the road.  We have helped with electric bills but we go to the electric company and pay the bill.  We don't give people cash.  And most churches are the same way.

I would like to think if you have to be out in 6 days that you have your things packed and have made some sort of arrangements but I kind of doubt you have.  I would have things packed and ready to move to a storage unit if I did not have a place to go yet.  And depending on where you live if it is cold I would look at a cheap motel I could rent by the week until I could figure out what I was going to do.  I also realize most people wait til the last minute to do things.  At least a motel you would have a place to stay, free cable, free internet, free toiletries, clean sheets, and whatever else they offer.  Some offer free breakfast.  There are place in my area you can rent for around $100 a week and most rental houses are more than $400 and you don't get electric, cable, internet, and all that other stuff included.

If you stayed in a motel and had transportation and are really desperate you could also drive to a soup kitchen and get a free meal there.

[dwiley11]

goo to a place with low taxes

[santa7]

So terrible.  But glad that you got  out of there.

My situation was asked landlord for repairs to leaking roof. He came to look saw a bunch of empty coke bottles in some trash bags which I cash at the local supermarket for money. He tells me it is trash and I told him its not. Later that day i asked him to reconsider as it is illegal in MA to evict someone requesting repairs. Then he shoots a text saying he wants his daughter to take my unit. I researched that and you cannot win in court over that. Most a judge could do is give you more time to move out or if in bad mood he or she can order eviction. I had no choice but to move. But landlord doing this is shady. You cant even trust them.

[santa7]

Been there done that in years past.  My husband and I lived in a tent for over a year because in Orlando FL you could stay free for two weeks in any county park and there were several so every two weeks we packed up and moved to the next one until we circled around there was no limit to how many times you could stay in a park just had to leave for a certain length of time and not be there beyond two weeks.  We also lived in a tiny travel trailer at one point.  Well best of luck to u finding a new home that works for you.

You look familiar to me.  I'll bet you may even be my neighbor.  Could swear that I've seen yu around here in Orlando.

[santa7]

also, put your belongigns in publix storage if you can affors it as well or leave them with a relative. I got a 90 day noitce but moved to a relative and could not get my own apartment in that time. Had to put stuff in public storgae and pay mthly. Luckily, I work but moving is a hardship.

I put my stuff in storage but have so much stuff that in going through everything, sorting out for donations, trash, or to keep is so much, kiinda of feel like just walking away from the boxes stored in closets and porch and just go somewhere else.  Too much stuff.  Will never want to hoard again!

[tantricia44]

Wow! I hope you get better luck in the home arena in the next few months.

[mrisha]

The first mistake you made is not having your name on the house.  Wrong time of the year looking for somewhere to live.  Hope you have some luck finding a place to live.