I live in a building and an apartment that were assigned to me. Before I got this apartment, I was homeless for two consecutive years.
That's also what happened when I got an apartment in 2013. I lived in homeless shelters from 2011 to 2013. A housing specialist at an agency to which I was assigned as a client suggested that I apply at a housing development where the agency had previously placed other homeless clients. My application was accepted and I was assigned to a building and an apartment in 2013.
I have never had control over the addresses where I have lived or the conditions at them. I have talked about this online before, for each apartment and even for homeless shelters.
It could be that people who attack my reputation every day, heedless of the consequences to me and other people, forget that poor is poor, no matter who reads your blog. There are a lot of things about my life that I don't like and that I would change if I could. I like to think that, if being corrupt is the only way for me to make money, I have chosen being poor despite the things about it that are problematic.
It's really difficult to get housing in the Boston area if you're poor. That's true for everyone who's poor.
Copyright L. Kochman, June 30, 2016 @ 9:39 p.m.
