I'm the sole provider for our family. My husband had a kidney transplant a few years ago and now suffers from heart disease, and we now care for our 10-year-old granddaughter who is disabled. Having a steady income is really important to our family. With the loss of my job, we had no income. I knew there was financial assistance available, and on July 15th, I began collecting emergency unemployment insurance.
For months, I applied for jobs. Looking online and in newspapers, I applied for more than 400 jobs altogether—which led to only two interviews. I would take any job right now, I'm not being picky. But I was either too qualified or not qualified enough.
In early January, Congress failed to renew unemployment insurance for me and other Americans who are in a similar situation—and now my family has zero income.
Here we go again with more housing than the market will bear.
Next month we're going to put our house on the market and try and sell it. Hopefully, we can sell our house and avoid having it foreclosed on. I know a lot of other people are faced with these circumstances too, and this isn't a game. Getting your house foreclosed on isn't a game.
I know something will open up, it has to, but right now, things are really tough. I've worked since I was 14 years old, I pay taxes, but I hit a rough spot, and now this one crucial lifeline is gone.
