But you also imply close to homeless and when I google the county has a resource hotline too https://www.boonecountyky.org/departmen ... ources.php
Elias Haddad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 24, 2025 3:26 pm I will try to make this as short as possible, but there’s a lot I would like you to know. I am 57 and disabled and live in Kentucky. Mine is a birth defect. I do not have Medicaid here, which I qualify for, but I was told I need a permanent address.
I tried to work off and on my whole life, but due to the skeletal conditions I live with, I never lasted long, so I only qualify for SSI. My husband is a disabled veteran and only gets $108 a month after they keep $25 a month toward all his medications. Then, in July of 2023, he started SSD. After 2 ½ years of dealing with Social Security, they kept the 2 ½ years of his back pay, which would have put us on top again. He now gets $1,645 from Social Security.
Unfortunately, this money goes to trying to survive and a storage unit in Oregon, which we could not afford to bring to Kentucky. We also have one in Florence with things we could get here. We came here with an offer from a family member to help us get on our feet again, but it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. Just words. Now we rotate between living in our car and living in a very horrible motel.
Boone County Housing Assistance said we qualify for help if we had a place. We found a place in Florence KY — a trailer. It is an old one, but in good condition, and it would work out for us. They want $3,500 as a down payment, and that is what we are having trouble coming up with. All we need is to get into a place before the cold weather sets in.
We would love a little extra to get our stuff here from Oregon and get a month ahead on our storage here, but just getting help with the down payment would be the most wonderful thing in the world. We are good people. We are not looking for a new place in an upscale community. Just a nice place in an older community that we know we would fit into. The trailer is a 1965, so like I said, we are not wanting help with something above our means. If we could rid ourselves of the storages, we would be just fine.
Please, tell us that you can help. Please. We are just so worried about our car situation. It’s having a lot of problems, the tags are going to be expired, and insurance is due on the 9th. We are willing to get insurance with one of those really cheap places. We just need a home and a place to park.
Thank you so much for any help you can give. To most people, $3,500 isn’t much, but to us it is no different than $35,000. And to think this sort of small amount would get us off the streets, let me get insurance, and get my 3rd total hip—it would give us a second chance at life. I thought I would try you. I heard this is the type of case you deal with.
God bless.
Would you also like me to prepare a condensed version of this letter? That way, if you’re sending it to charities, churches, or housing programs, it’s easier for them to read quickly and respond.