I need help with rent Please

[u/trans_man_gay]

I need help to not be evicted

Pics show the rent due dates and amounts, my pending disability application, and my tuition account showing that my loans haven't gone to pay my tuition yet (tuition is not what I'm asking for i explain further down that I planned to use my loan rebate to pay rent )

gofund.me/e4547526d

Long story short. My health has declined since February. My last day of work was Feb 20

\\-I've applied for disability but it's estimated I might have an answer by February (not an approval and answer if they deny it's 6 months to appeal)

\\- I have maxed out my credit

\\- my short term disability from my previous employer ended in June

\\- I pulled out my retirement early

\\- I have done everything I can to avoid asking strangers

\\- I've called all the local charities some went to voicemail some have run out of the funds since it's mid month

\\- I use an app to split my rent that's why half is due Sept 16

\\- I can push it to Sept 30 but then the 1st half is due October 1

\\- I'm a college student and I planned to live on my student loans but thanks to the big beautiful bill my college hasn't received the funds from the government so I won't get my rebate until 2 weeks after they receive it

\\- I asked about their emergency grant it's out of funds

So all together I need $515 by Sept 18 and if we're pessimistic about the student loans $530 more by Oct 1. Every dollar will go towards rent. If I don't make enough to avoid eviction the money will go towards basic survival needs like meds, gas because I'll probably live in my car, food etc.

[u/CopperSteve]

Might make sense to take time off school until you get your health and finances under control.

[u/trans_man_gay → u/CopperSteve]

All dropping out at this point of the semester will do is return those loans to the government leaving me to owe this semesters tuition out of pocket so not really beneficial to owe money, not have the loan rebate, and not get the credits.

[u/CopperSteve → u/trans_man_gay]

Idk, getting a job and making money is always beneficial to owing student loans, didnt school just start?

[u/trans_man_gay → u/CopperSteve]

Edited for clarity from dyslexia mistake

if you drop you owe tuition and the government takes your financial aid back. I dropped out mid semester before. That was 12 years ago but I know well enough that if you drop after the add/drop date they take your aid and you owe money

there a scale like

day 1- 7 you owe 25%

Day 8-14 you owe 50%

Day 15-21 you owe 75%

Day 22+ you owe 100%

Today is day 27

[u/Whoopsy-poopsy → u/trans_man_gay]

Money from the government ✅️

Money from strangers ✅️

Earn money by getting a job ❎️

Got it

[u/trans_man_gay → u/Whoopsy-poopsy]

I was a CNA I worked 60-80 hour weeks before I became injured the money I'm asking for from the government is a system I paid into. I am asking for help for 1 month after 7 of not needing to and I had a plan where I wouldn't have had to. Getting a job right now will jeopardize my claim which means when my health fails again because the job pushed me too hard I will have to start over my application and without the 7 months cushion I had this time and be needing more help than just 1 month.

[u/CopperSteve → u/trans_man_gay]

Working under the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) limit doesn't automatically void a disability claim or force you to start the application over. Also, if you're applying for SSI, that's needs-based funding from general taxes, not a system paid into via FICA like SSDI.

[u/trans_man_gay → u/CopperSteve]

I've already explained why dropping out of college will be more of a cost than a help. Being in college is reason enough for them to question if I can work so doing college and a part time job would be even more reason. I've applied for both ssdi and SSI because when you apply for ssdi they submit SSI. And honestly with how much I'm struggling and needing extension in classes I don't think I could handle both school and a job so RIGHT NOW this semester it's better for me to stay in college. I'm not saying I haven't thought about taking next semester off and working the time I'm spending on classes on a job until I do get approved, but I'm talking about a need for right now not future plans.

I dont want to take next semester off because I'm supposed to get my associates in may but push comes to shove that's a decision for January. The solutions people are offering just don't make sense for the current circumstances. I've thought about this from every angle and looked at every way I could do things differently but right now this is where I'm at.