A couple of years ago my neighbor was moving to town, and she wanted to know if I knew anyone who would want her mobile home, that they didn't want to put the money in to repair it to sell or pay the lot rent till it sold, so they where giving it away.. The home I was living in was just a 2 bed, and I had always wanted my mother to be able to live by me so I could care for her, for she was in poor health.. So after checking out the home to see what all needed to be done to it, seeing it wasn't anything major, carpeting, tiles, painting, I decided to take it and fix it for my mother to live in.. After getting it ready, we found the her wheel chair would not fit through the doors, so I moved her into my home and I moved into this home..
A few months later my mother became terminally ill and was given a week to live, I brought her home with me to spend her last days at home and by doing so we were blessed with 4 extra months..Because of the time frame in this matter, I ended up loosing my job. Not being able to manage the bills on 2 homes, I let the other home go.. After my mothers passing I returned to work at a new job, all was going good, so I thought. Last December my daughter came to me and said that her bed was leaning, when I went in to check things out, I found her bed had fallen through the floor.. When we pulled things apart we found extensive water and mold damage to her room, alarmed by this we went through the whole house and found there was damage through out the house. One bathroom had to be completely gutted out, one bedroom when we touched the wall, we found there was no wall behind the wall paper and the floor was rotted as well, the same in the other bedrooms, the framing in the living room was rotted away as well.. I contacted my insurance company and they only covered some repairs, not nearly enough for what all needed to be done.. So not able to afford to hire anyone, my son who has done this kind of work before took time off his job and came to help me do the repairs..
The urgency of getting the work done because of the mold, cost me my job.. Again.. Now I have gone through all the insurance money, what little savings I had and my tax return. Now I am not only able to not finish the repairs to my home, I am falling behind on my bills..I have called many agencies looking for assistance in some kind of help, but to no avail, because I am not in the right area or because it's a mobile home, or they don't help with this kind of funding. A friend told me to check on what grants are available, But in everything I looked up, it says FREE, then they want to charge you for information...I THOUGHT FREE MEANT--NO MONEY NEEDED.. All I am looking for is some kind of assistance to help me make the repair needed before more damage is done and to make my home safe to live in and pay off these bills so I can get back on track again for my daughter and myself. IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF A PLACE I CAN CONTACT FOR ASSISTANCE, OR ANYONE OR PLACE WHO CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW..ANYTHING IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.. THANK YOU
