Nine Years Ago
The first time I was homeless was when I ran away at seventeen. I never had to think about food or shelter, I just stuck out my thumb for seven months my shelter was the car or truck I was in people were nice enough to feed me. I was too dumb to be scared. Yesterday, I got a letter in the mail, telling me that my name was near the top of the list for a low income apartment. I put my name on this list, NINE YEARS AGO! Nine years ago when housing market was getting really tough. I was nearly 50 years old, disabled and my son was still in high school. Nine years ago After my divorce and my mom's death I knew I would lose the house I couldn't pay the mortgage on my own The bank would not even talk to me about lowering the payment because only mom's name was on the paperwork and she didn't leave a will. Nine years ago I applied for the few apartments that were in my price range but so did dozens of others. Did you know they charge 30 dollars per person to pro