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Title: looking to move, there's a roadblock
Post by: sullidog on August 22, 2010, 06:58:24 PM

I plan to move out when my lease is up in my complex do to the lack of help from staff, etc. The problem is I think I've found a roadblock. The gross income requirements are greater then my gross income. As a dialysis patient I still work part-time and get social security. That still only brings me to $1200 a month. My question as a dialysis patient is there places that will work with you do to your medical situation? or am I just basically out of luck in wanting to move.
Troy

Title: Re: looking to move, there's a roadblock
Post by: Genlando on September 02, 2010, 11:25:37 AM

I'm going through a similar situation myself:  I've been unable to work for the last 5 months, and I don't have any income other than $675/month for SSI.  My Social Security is going to be about $1600 per month, which is slightly better, but only a tiny fraction of what I was making before I got sick.  My wife is trying to  get on disability also (she's got fibromyalgia), but that's going to take a lot of time. I'm probably going to have to get some schooling to go back to work.  I used to do computer networking--which required a lot of ladder-climbing and parts-carrying, which I can't do now. 

Have you checked to see if you qualify for SSI?  Depending on the number of people in the household, you might qualify for a couple of extra hundred dollars each month.  It's keeping our lights on right now.  SSI is based on the number of people in the household, as well as total income, so if you have a working spouse, you're probably SOL. 

Also, talk to the Housing Authority in your area.  You might qualify for Section 8.  This is a program that will pay part (or all) of your monthly housing bill.  Again, this is income- and size-of-household-based.  The Section 8 program also varies wildly from state to state.  Some states will give you a Section 8 voucher for just about any complex; others will only help people in a limited selection of places (if your state is one of the latter, you probably don't want to move into any of the places that they allow).  South Carolina lets you move virtually anywhere, but they have limited vouchers.

So far, those are the only things I've found; I wish you the best of luck.