Thread: Moving- any Ideas Welcome

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Do you guys qualify for any state assistance? I know in wisconsin
for a family of 4 you would get free health insurance with no co-
pays or discounted if you make slightly too much and $600 a month
for food. If your income is really low they also give you rental
assistance and childcare assistance. The subsidize most of your
child care for you so you can come out ahead. They also have energy
assistance during the winter months. Also, have you checked out the
HUD? do a google search for HUD housing. They help people buy
homes, you'd have to pick homes from their site (I believe, it has
to qualify) and they give you special financing for it and I believe
you can use rental assistance checks to help pay for your mortgage.
Really try to reach out and see what your state offers as most of it
is the same, but it varies. WIC also helps and you can make more
money than these other programs and still qualify for it. Every
little bit helps and don't be afraid to ask for help until you guys
can get back on your feet and are more settled.

I agree with the previous poster about the mold. We lived in a
crappy place downtown 3 1/2 years ago and my son was 11 months old
when we moved there. A few weeks after we moved my son had wheezing
in his left long and he had it the whole time we moved there. We
usually only wheezed when he had a cold, but it was constant then
and he was on asthma medication and they started testing him for
asthma and then we moved to a suburb that had newer buildings and it
disappeared a week after we moved! I believe it was the mold. Our
last apartment was horrible. He's had no problems since living
there. Good luck!

Julie

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In our community there is "rental assisstance" for low income people.They
have these homes in the project but if all these are rented -they will go
outside the project and rent from private people w/ the samr restrictions.
Here you can find homes for sale that advertise "seller will pay closing "
or partial pay etc. Some will say "no money down".
Your son may have an illness from some months back and not from each move.
I would think that there would be mold in the house where you described the
water is leaking. There was a tv show on about a $1,000,000.00 house like
this w/ leaks and mold and finally they had to abandon the house. Did anyone
else see this ?

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You need to get the house tested for black mold. It's most likely
the culprit, and cleaning the carpets won't fix it. If the house has
it, you'll have to move again, or the owner will need to work on
getting it removed ASAP. It's linked to many health problems, and
may not be visable. It grows wickedly fast, and can be under the
carpet in the subfloor, in the walls, in the drywall, in the pipes,
etc.

Get the house tested, immediatly. That many health problems with no
discernable cause is cause for alarm, especially when people who are
in the house for a longer period are the ones who are more
suseptible to being sick. Another thing- have you ever seen mice
droppings anywhere in the home? Mice droppings and urine can come
into contact with food, skin, etc, and make people ill quite easily.
If you ever see it, report it immediatly to your land lord and ask
for an extirminator.


As for money problems, well, it takes a while to get sorted out.
Have you considered getting a job when your husband is home, so you
don't have to pay for day care? If you can do that, then the cost is
not as high. You could work fewer hours and still come out ahead
because you won't be paying daycare costs. An in home sitter is
usually cheaper than daycare as well, so that is another option.

You don't sound to me like you are in the position to be looking at
buying a house. If it's hard enough to make ends meet now, it won't
be easier with a home. You'll have a house payment, taxes, repairs,
insurance, etc, and in the begining, it's usually much higher than
the cost to rent.

If you are a 1 income family which is considered low income, I would
say your best bet would be to get into subsidized housing, so that
you are more easily able to set money aside each month for when you
are ready to make a down payment on a house.

Subsidized housing is required to meet certain health code statures,
meaning you very likely won't be dealing with a condemned or mold
infested home. Subsidized housing is 30% of your income, with a base
set depending on the cost of the apartments.

I know apartment living isn't ideal, but if you can cut your monthly
costs for a year, you'll have a nest egg set up that can grow much
more quickly for buying a house. If you can tough it out for 2 years
in an apartment paying less than you do already, and set the extra
aside (say you pay $750 now, and get an apartment on HUD for $450 a
month, you'd set aside $300 a month) in a seperate banking account,
then it would grow. Based on saving $300 a month for 2 years, you
would have $7,200 set aside, before what you gain in interest.

On top of that, if you get a part time job making $6.50 an hour, and
can do it during a time when your husband can watch the kids, you
would be making an extra $130 a week, before taxes are cut out.
Let's say you bring home $100 a week, take home on that. Set aside
$25 per check to be put into your savings, which is $100 a month
more saved. Now with $400 a month, you'll have $9600 set aside in 2
years time, before interest. That's a down payment on a house of
your own.

It's tough, and it takes a lot of cutting back and hard work, and
maybe some cramped living quarters, but it can be tremendously
helpful when the reward pays out in the form of a new house. Plus,
you're already setting aside an extra $400 a month into savings
based on that, so you'll be in a position to just turn that set
aside money into your house payment, and extra costs each month.

I hope that hlpes you out a bit.

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It started with a rash and sneezing and
now is in the diarrhea stage.
Have the doctor test for celiac/spru because those sure are some of the symptoms. Taking your child off of all gluten products (that means absolutely no wheat, oats, barley,malt) is how you treat celiac

alana

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Why not apply for medicaid or Family Health Plus for
the family.And instead or paying for daycare,you work
the night shift if your husband works day shift so
someone would always be home with the kids,and you
still would only need one vehicle.You could always
take a few kids in to babysit,make some fliers up and
put them around in gas stations and supermarkets.Good
Luck,Lori

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Why don't you work around your DH's schedule. When I was first married
my DH and I both worked at fast-food restaurants. We worked opposite
shifts so we did not have to pay daycare. Lots of fast food
places/stores offer flexible sheduling to accomodate parents. You
could work in the evening when your DH is home/ Even working 7-11 pm
would make you $130/week if you worked 5 evenings. You could work 2 8
hour shifts on the weekend and that would be $104 week.
Another way we saved when we were first married was to live in
apartments only when we were renting. Renting a house is much more
expensive. We never lived in a house until we bought our own. Most
apartments have parks or play areas close by that you can take your
kids to for outside time.
Carrie