Tennessee rent help

[Spot Smith]

I just need help financially and no one's helping me in Tennessee.
. I am dire need of moving out of my ex-husband's house before I become homeless. I have an opportunity to move in with a friend of mine but I need $500 in order to move otherwise I'm going to become homeless and I am scared to death of that.

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

Hi Kelly,
That is horrible about the building burning down. As least you are safe/healthy, as many do not make it through events like that. But look here for help with rent in TN. https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/htm ... essee.html

Hello, my name is Kelly and I am now homeless.

[Sandralot]

Hello, my name is Kelly and I am now homeless. On March 27th the building Patten Towers (an income based apartment building) I lived in caught on fire. Since then they have moved everyone out. I am at a hotel in Tennessee. We are not on a bus line and even if we were, I work from 8:30pm until around 1am. I'm part time minimum wage. I have a 2004 Honda Accord, but it's not running. I'm unable to get to work, I don't get disability yet. I've applied for it. I really need help as technically I am homeless as the apartments burnt down. Patten Towers is just down the street from my work. Now I can't get there. I found out recently that floors 8-11 are getting to go back in the next couple of weeks, then floors 6-1. I was on the seventh floor across from the apartment that caught on fire. Management is saying that the seventh floor will be the last to go back. I don't know what to do. Can you please help me?

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

You ran out of money when you got to Tennessee? We have no idea what that means but it sounds very messy to say the least. Why move if you have little/no money and no job? Horrible decision. But maybe try TN rapid rehousing programs.

I was wonder if your organization would help my husband and I get into an apartment, we are looking into an apartment in Louisville TN in Blount county and do not want to be homeless in Tennessee.   Any help or information would be grateful.   We just moved here from Vermont and wanted to start over, but it was harder than we thought to find a place to live, we got here on September 26 and ran out of money, I can only contact through email.  We ran out of money once we got to Tennessee and just need help or information if possible.   Thank you very much
Barbie

[Malone]

I was wonder if your organization would help my husband and I get into an apartment, we are looking into an apartment in Louisville TN in Blount county and do not want to be homeless in Tennessee.   Any help or information would be grateful.   We just moved here from Vermont and wanted to start over, but it was harder than we thought to find a place to live, we got here on September 26 and ran out of money, I can only contact through email.  We ran out of money once we got to Tennessee and just need help or information if possible.   Thank you very much
Barbie

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

Sorry to hear about car accident of spouse. Sad. That is one of those random events that are uncontrollable and can happen to the best of us. There are rent assistance programs in Knox County you can try. Maybe grants or loans are issued.

Immediate rent assistance in Knoxville Tennessee. It is just my spouse and I, and I was in a severe auto accident last year.

[DeniseRadford]

Immediate rent assistance in Knoxville Tennessee. It is just my spouse and I, and I was in a severe auto accident last year (2015). My spine is now supported by titanium rods and hooks due also to a deformity in my spine. I have tried to work since, attempting 3 jobs, failing at all of them due to pain, mental limitations, and physical limitations. I desperately need help.
My spouse is employed but makes very little. We rely on foodbanks for food, and our church paid our rent for one month but that is all they could offer. Our eviction court date is September 15th and we have no place to go. I'm in the process of selling everything that we have a value just so we can survive. I need help applying for disability, rent assistance, and assistance paying our utility bills. This is a cry for help I do not know what to do is there somebody that can please guide me or help me.

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

Most places in Nashville will only offer rent assistance to those with a job. So you are right about that. Can't you (or your girlfriend) go back to school for that education? If not, it will be very difficult to get help, if not impossible. And you will more than likely struggle for years in this competitive economy. But find agencies in Nashville for rent assistance.

[C Boyd]

I registered on the forum, but I'm also going to post a message here, mainly because my situation is an absolute emergency and I really don't know where to start. This is all new to me....I've never had this much trouble getting my family dug out of the hole, so to speak. But with the combination of my physical health, my mental health, my Wife's physical health, and frankly, just a lot of bad luck, things have gone from bad, to worse, to absolutely terrible. And now to add insult to injury, as of this coming Tuesday at 10:00AM, we will be homeless in Nashville Tennessee, and I just don't know what to do. If anyone could give me any guidance at all, I would be so grateful, I can't begin to put it into words. Thank you and God Bless you for everything you do.

[Paige]

I need help to find a place to stay in Nashville TN. I am 20 and trying to support my girlfriend. She is still in high school and I am enrolling back in to get a education, but it is very hard to find a job if you don't already have an education. Our living environment now is very unstable as we don't have the things we need.

[Caroline Maddy]

Hello,
I am writing in regard to see if you have funds to assist with paying rent or can you direct me to someone who does or can in Memphis. I am a single mother with a six year daughter in great need of help. I thought that a certain agency was going to help in this matter but they never did or contacted me after they said they would take care of things now I have been sent to the attorney and the eviction process has started. Please if you have any information or resources that would help in this matter it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time out just to respond. May God bless you abundantly?

[helper]

Try the Tennessee Housing Choice Voucher Program, and apply to it. The Tennessee housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the disabled , and the elderly and afford decent, safe and sanitary housing in the private market, and can help pay for rent, security deposits, and more.
http://www.thda.org/hcv/hcvcover.html

[clmnjames]

I have recently fell on some hard times in my life. I need assistance with my utility bill and rent. If you could help any kind of way, I would be grateful and forever thankful of you

[helper]

I am sorry to hear your story. Nashville and Tennessee does provide a significant amount of homeless and housing assistance programs. You can find shelters, short term rent relief, and a wide variety of other aid.
http://www.hud.gov/local/tn/homeless/shelters.cfm
Is a good resource to find more info on the various housing programs.

[wrightla44]

To: Whoever Can Help A Homeless Family.

June 16, 2009

My name is Miss LaShonda and I’m a single parent of 6 children. Two of my children are now grown, one of my children just graduated from high school and is preparing for college, one child is deceased, and I have two that’s still considered minors. I also have 2 grandchildren (ages 2 and 4 months). All of these children are my “gems” and we all truly love each other very, very, very much!

The problem I’m having at this present time (June 15, 2009) is that we have become “HOMELESS” and in need of some permanent housing ASAP as well as other things. I know you may not know me and I may not know you all on a personal level but I’m still asking for your assistance in some kind of way. However, I have enclosed with this letter a few photographs just to “put a face with a name” so that you can at least see the person that is asking you for help and know that this is a real situation.

I am a Christian woman that attends a church here in Nashville , TN. I have requested help from my church family in the past and they have already helped me the best they could financially and I really appreciate them, however we are still HOMELESS and really need a place to call our own (our own home).

If you are willing to help us we would be truly grateful and no donation/amount is too small. We would be more than happy to receive gift cards, certificates, vouchers if you don’t want to send us money. But we are in need of clothing, shoes, belts, toiletries, personal items and food. I’ve enclosed some of the sizes below.

Your immediate attention is appreciated and I’m thanking you in advance. The BIBLE tells me that “I have not because I ask not” so I’m asking for your help. Please help us.

Sincerely,

Miss LaShonda
14 year old girl - 16 slim in shirts and pants and size 7 ½ in shoes.
18 year old son - 32/34 in pants and tops and size 10 in shoes.
1 year old girl - 18 – 24 months in clothes, size 4 diapers and size 5 in shoes.
42 year old mother – size 8/10 or medium in clothes and size 6 ½ in shoes.

Please Help Us. Please, Please, Please.

P.S. The 18 and 42 year old do have jobs we just can’t make ends meet right now.