I am in bankruptcy and have just enough money to pay my bills. I need a roof and windows badly. Where can I find help?
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You can try Habitat for Humanity.
I am so sorry to hear of your troubles. I have a few suggestions...which are:
1. Do you belong to a religious organization (church, synagogue, mosque etc.)? Some have discretionary funds that are used to help parishioners in need. It is all very private and no one needs to know.
2. Since you have a computer and are posting here, have you considered setting up a Go Fund Me or like crowd sourcing pages?
They are fairly easy to do, you tell your story and ask for help. I know from first hand experience they work if you work to get the message out there.
The only thing is I also recently learned they may count as income and may need reported to the IRS....see this link www.post-gazette.com/.../201805230153
If you go this route, you may want to have a professional do your taxes for the year of the process (which will also help since you are having the bankruptcy challenge).....when I say professional it does not have to be a high price company....where I am the library offers free tax services--with highly trained professionals--for folks in situations just like yours).
3. Do you have a community college in your town that offers carpentry classes? If so, call there and see if they offer a program where the students to the work if you pay the materials. Just be sure to understand exactly how it works and if you have any recourse if they do a bad job...they are students and it probably won't be perfect...although ideally it could be.
4. If you have a health condition...like if you have MS, or asthma, or a heart condition, or if you are a senior...contact the national organization for your situation and see if they can offer help.
For seniors, I know there is an Area Agency on Aging in my state that helps people... I have no personal experience with this, but have heard it has helped others.
Wishing you all the best!
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