Shared housing programs provide path out of homelessness
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Patricia Wallace and Wendy Somerville have only been roommates for a few months, but they’ve quickly found friendship — bonded, in part, by the shared experience of falling into homeless while growing older.
Both women know all too well the struggle to pay for housing on a fixed income: living on a shoestring budget or skimping on groceries to cover rent for the month. And both know what’s it’s like to finally slip through.
After the 62-year-old was evicted from her East Bremerton apartment, Wallace spent the last several months sleeping outside behind the Salvation Army building. The survivor benefits she receives from her deceased husband’s military service weren’t enough to cover a rent hike.
Somerville, 54, had been living in her truck for more than a year, unable to find an affordable place with her ex-husband's military benefits. Following a stint in the hospital for digestive tract surgery, Somerville knew she couldn’t go back to living outside.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/shared-housing-programs-provide-path-out-of-homelessness/ar-BBZ9VPZ?ocid=hplocalnews
Survivor benefits aren't enough to afford an apartment? Since she lives in Bremerton I assume it's more affordable than Seattle.
But hey there are billionaires who need a tax cut.
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