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We need help in Idaho with our rent

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 12:01 pm
by Carol Tiny
Hi! My husband and I are in desperate need of assistance without rent this month. We were both working full-time and a string of unfortunate events the last month has put us in a tight situation.
We do live in Donnelly, Idaho. I have not had any luck finding assistance up here and the end of the month is nearing, and we have no money and are extremely concerned about how we are going to make rent this month.
He was working for Ridley's grocery store and hurt his knee at work; they filed workman's comp for him and are now disputing his claim. He has a lead on work, but even once he starts (hopefully this week), he still won't receive a paycheck for 2 weeks.
I was just let go of my serving job in McCall a week ago. The circumstances of my termination were unclear, and I believe they were just trying to cut back on employees as hours had already been cut back significantly since summer. I do not have a final check coming, the way our tips are taxed we end up with no paychecks and the only money we got to live on was what we would make each night we worked. I have applied for unemployment, however, am about 3 weeks away from getting any compensation from that. We are both looking for odd jobs, and long-term employment every day and I have only one solid lead for work but that will not start until about 2 or 3 weeks from now. We have exhausted ourselves trying to find ways to come up with rent and have had no luck. We have no family in Idaho, we are a younger quiet couple and stick to ourselves, and we have no one here we can rely on for any help. We are at our wits end and I'm hoping that by reaching out to your organization that maybe there's some way you can help or even point us in the right direction. Our landlord will not work with us and won't allow us to pay rent late. We have until the end of the month to come up with 500 dollars for rent and have just a few dollars to live on until we can both start steady work. My advantage with being a server was bringing home cash every night. We have been on a tight budget as is with him being out of work for a bit and assuming he was going to be receiving workman's comp, and with his knee injury he has not been able to work, and now he is in a position where he must find manual labor while he awaits knee surgery. It’s hard this time of year when business slows down, and my loss of work comes out of nowhere and we are just at a complete loss.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to it and hope to hear from you soon!
Brittany

Re: Moving in Idaho so behind on my rent for now

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:15 am
by Schuster
I'm 24 with two kids under the age of three. We no longer can afford to live in our current apartment, I got approved for a low-income apartment in mountain home Idaho that I can afford but I cannot afford the first month’s rent and deposit at this time. I was wondering if there was someone or some place that could help me pay the deposit, so we can get moved in asap. Please get back to me with someone I can contact to help us.

Re: Moving in Idaho so behind on my rent for now

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:52 am
by Admin - Jon McNamara
Are you locked into an area in Idaho? If not, use our site to look into everything from section 8 to rent assistance programs for all cities. As there are many programs out there. But be sure to apply way before your lease is due in February...as it may take time to be approved, screened, get funds, etc. Here are resources for the entire state. https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/htm ... grams.html
Puth wrote:I need help to pay the rent. I'm moving to Nampa, Idaho because can't pay my rent in Boise, Idaho no more as it is to high. I pay $649.00 every month and do to losing, my job because of health and other reason. I have a very hard with everything, in Boise, Idaho so I'm moving to Nampa, Idaho. Everything cheaper plus long story about everything else.
So I talk to landlord and she said for me to get out, of lease I have to come up with next which is February months’ rent and the month after all. In February to get out of lease, so if please could find some help please. I can do the part of it, which is $649.00. I just need another $649.00. I know it's a lot sorry can you please or someone please help. Thank you and May God Bless for the help you give to all.

Moving in Idaho so behind on my rent for now

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:19 pm
by Puth
I need help to pay the rent. I'm moving to Nampa, Idaho because can't pay my rent in Boise, Idaho no more as it is to high. I pay $649.00 every month and do to losing, my job because of health and other reason. I have a very hard with everything, in Boise, Idaho so I'm moving to Nampa, Idaho. Everything cheaper plus long story about everything else.
So I talk to landlord and she said for me to get out, of lease I have to come up with next which is February months’ rent and the month after all. In February to get out of lease, so if please could find some help please. I can do the part of it, which is $649.00. I just need another $649.00. I know it's a lot sorry can you please or someone please help. Thank you and May God Bless for the help you give to all.