Katie’s Housing Support Story

[laughter] No. Thank you. Hey. $1.

It's a dollar? Yeah. I just lost my mom, so You did? Yes.

[laughter] While I was taking care of her and taking her to dialysis appointments, my car broke down. Is this the [music] car that's keeping you from working? It is. There's so much stuff wrong with it.

It's insane. If this was fixed, could you start working again? I would love to start working [music] again. You told me you've been feeling a little bit alone recently.

There's like people around, but [music] I feel like every time I ask for help, it's crickets. Have you asked people for help for helping bury your mom? Oh, we've asked so many people to help. We actually have had some [music] help.

One of Nick's uncles were able to give us $1,000 towards the burial, which is fabulous. To [music] bury her, we would need at least 3,000 more. And that's to do like the minimum where we dig up [music] one of her relatives and bury her in with them. Do you think your mom deserves that?

Um [music] no, not at all. For us to get her into the semicanitary garden, it's 5,500. It's like in a lot of ways we failed her. When I was homeless and had [music] nowhere to go, [singing] she was the only person who let me stay there.

Was she your adopted mom? She is my [music] adopted mom, yes. Did she expect anything from you in return? Never.

She never expected anyone for anyone, [music] ever. I just feel like not giving her a place in the end is almost saying [music] forget what you did. And because your mom meant so much to you, you want to have a special celebration [music] for her life, right? Yeah, she deserves it.

Like she's angel. People saw what you were trying to [music] do for your mom. They wanted to be able to help by giving you this. [music] This is so you can bury your mom and get your car fixed.

It's $10,000 for you. [laughter] No. Thank you. Hey.

[laughter] You always [music] do stuff for other people. Thank you. This is the stuff that you hope for people all the time. [laughter] This is the stuff that I do hope for people all the time, especially [music] for you.

Oh. Oh, we get to wear it long. [laughter] You can give your mom a celebration tomorrow. Oh god, I love it.

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