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help, possibly homeless???
my boy friend is living in louisiana right now with his family.. he cant work because he was born with a fatal heart condition but they keep denying disbaility to him. they are on food stamps. they just got a forclosure notice today from their laywer. are they going to be homeless? they cant really stay with family they all live out of the country, all his friends have families and are stuggeling anyways.. are there any organizations or anything to help? im scared he will be homeless and i cant get him home right now.. or anytime soon because my dad wont let him stay with me (even though im 18). so anything anybody is there anything they can do??? thanks so much
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Hello there,
There is so much that can be done, it is almost unbelievable.
The first thing I would do would be to get the SSI Disability business taken care of. If they denied him, there is a reason, and that reason is something that they are, as far as I am aware, required to tell you.
There is an appeal process for denied claims. He needs to use this. If he doesn't know how, he should get ahold of one of the MANY attorneys that specialize in SSI cases.
If his disability is medically verifiable, then there is NO reason he should have been denied.
As for help, I would call your local Salvation Army headquarters and see if they have someone that can help. Call the main office, not the thrift store places.
You would be surprised how helpful they can be.
Assisted (low income, section 8) housing is available to low income families. If he is on foodstamps, he almost certainly qualifies for this. The same office he gets his foodstamps from can point him in the right direction, if they can't help directly.
If they attend a local church, they should let them know that they are struggling and ask for whatever help they can give. Being a Christian was originally intended to be about helping people, so you may find a few real Christians there, you never know.
There may be a local food pantry which can help stretch their foodstamp budget into something they can really live on.
I wish you and them the absolute best, and hope to hear someday soon that all is on the upswing in every way.
Thank you for caring enough to try and get them help.
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Wow! That is a big problem. Im sure there are shelters out there you can recommend to him he should saty at so he won't be homeless. Help him find some so him and his family will be happy. Hope i helped! Good luck!
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This link may help, at least I really hope it does!:
HUD in Louisiana
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Jasmine
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Disability is hard to get sometimes. My sis-in-law is disabled, and after 3 years of denial, they have finally approved her. So tell him not to give up on that- keep on applying.
You say he gets food stamps. Has he gone in to SRS to discuss his situation with his case worker? Maybe they have a way to help him, or they can direct him to someplace that can. They can surely tell him where he can find low income housing or tell him where he can apply for section eight housing.
I know low income housing is set on a sliding scale based off of your income. Section eight may work the same, but if it doesn't, it's still made to be affordable. SRS should be able to give him that information.
ygs-29/f
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Hey, girl calm down. My advice to you is that you, since you are 18, get out there and get a job that pays good money so you and your boyfriend can have a place to stay. There are also a lot of jobs that your boyfriend can get and according to the law, they can't deny him because of his condition. So, talk to him about that and see what he says. And if you guys decide to do that, I'm sure you will be just fine.
Vickki
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