Re: Housing waiver for veteran not covering costs
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:46 am
USAF Vet with pending SSDI/SSI claim-appeal/hearing. My wife now working full time and developmentally disabled adult step-son have an Immediate need, Buford/Flowery (Hall/Gwinnett County), GA. Family Crisis, Eviction effective this friday, movers coming Thursday, but I have 24 hours and have not been able to find affordable housing in the area of my wife's FT job (Buford/Flowery Branch, GA), or any assistance with the 'move-in cost' (1st month-security and utility deposit).
We have some money but not nearly enough to cover 'move-in' cost completely. If we can't find a viable home and the funds to get into it (again we will be able to sustain on-going rent, just need help with move-in), we will need to re-direct our resources to storing our belongings Thursday before they are put on the curb Friday morning. Then the additional expense of moving it again when we do find a home will only prolong our homeless stint.
I have been in touch with local agencies, non-profits, GA Vet Services, VA Homeless Vet Hotline, and I did manage to be blessed with a volunteer work crew and a truck and trailer to move my belongings Thursday morning, but what I have got most often is 'we' don't have any programs to help you with housing or there are no funds available if they do have a program and EVERYBODY has a list of phone numbers of 'somebody else' to call who usually doesn't have a program or if they do, there is no funding available at this time, but they always helpful with a list of phone numbers of 'somebody else' to call that might be able to help. I have been trying find help for almost 2 weeks and with a few exceptions, I have met with call someone else, I'll get back to you in a day or 2, or messages not returned.
I have not found one single phone number that offered any real assistance or ESG or Rapid Re-entry program to apply more much less asked or invited to apply for. I guess by calling the veteran VA Homeless hotline, that is considered applying, but it took almost 36 hours to get a rep to call me back (after hours Tuesday evening) with the advice to go in person to Ft McPherson (45 miles), visit the Community Resource Center and ask for Supportive Services for Veteran Families between 8am-2pm.
My question is, where I can find someone who CAN help, don't waste my time with might and maybe, MY CLOCK is ticking toward crisis for me and my family. Every minute me that passes my anxiety, stress and fear grow and become more real and during the last 2 weeks have been asking and calling and spent literally hours and hours trying to find help and find answers for myself. I feel like I have failed myself and my family, and had to reach out for help and found nothing more than... 'Good Luck with that...’ If you can really find me some help, please do, if all you have is a list of numbers and websites of groups that you don't really know anything about or ever worked with or even talk too, for me to chase, please consider whether you are actually part of the 'solution' or 'problem'.
We have some money but not nearly enough to cover 'move-in' cost completely. If we can't find a viable home and the funds to get into it (again we will be able to sustain on-going rent, just need help with move-in), we will need to re-direct our resources to storing our belongings Thursday before they are put on the curb Friday morning. Then the additional expense of moving it again when we do find a home will only prolong our homeless stint.
I have been in touch with local agencies, non-profits, GA Vet Services, VA Homeless Vet Hotline, and I did manage to be blessed with a volunteer work crew and a truck and trailer to move my belongings Thursday morning, but what I have got most often is 'we' don't have any programs to help you with housing or there are no funds available if they do have a program and EVERYBODY has a list of phone numbers of 'somebody else' to call who usually doesn't have a program or if they do, there is no funding available at this time, but they always helpful with a list of phone numbers of 'somebody else' to call that might be able to help. I have been trying find help for almost 2 weeks and with a few exceptions, I have met with call someone else, I'll get back to you in a day or 2, or messages not returned.
I have not found one single phone number that offered any real assistance or ESG or Rapid Re-entry program to apply more much less asked or invited to apply for. I guess by calling the veteran VA Homeless hotline, that is considered applying, but it took almost 36 hours to get a rep to call me back (after hours Tuesday evening) with the advice to go in person to Ft McPherson (45 miles), visit the Community Resource Center and ask for Supportive Services for Veteran Families between 8am-2pm.
My question is, where I can find someone who CAN help, don't waste my time with might and maybe, MY CLOCK is ticking toward crisis for me and my family. Every minute me that passes my anxiety, stress and fear grow and become more real and during the last 2 weeks have been asking and calling and spent literally hours and hours trying to find help and find answers for myself. I feel like I have failed myself and my family, and had to reach out for help and found nothing more than... 'Good Luck with that...’ If you can really find me some help, please do, if all you have is a list of numbers and websites of groups that you don't really know anything about or ever worked with or even talk too, for me to chase, please consider whether you are actually part of the 'solution' or 'problem'.