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Many section 8 people in that situation due to medical conditions and are not scary monsters. My disabled best friend and neighbor who lived in my former apartment complex many years ago lived there on a section eight voucher. Nothing wrong with her but her health.
You probably earn too much to be section 8 anyway but you might qualify for some type of government subsidized housing. Before you reject that idea, let me assure you there are good ones as well as bad ones. You just have to check them out. I live in a very nice 62+ but they do make exception for disabled people in their 50’s.
Many section 8 people in that situation due to medical conditions and are not scary monsters. My disabled best friend and neighbor who lived in my former apartment complex many years ago lived there on a section eight voucher. Nothing wrong with her but her health.
You probably earn too much to be section 8 anyway but you might qualify for some type of government subsidized housing. Before you reject that idea, let me assure you there are good ones as well as bad ones. You just have to check them out. I live in a very nice 62+ but they do make exception for disabled people in their 50’s.
Thank you for that information Minerva! I really appreciate it. I will check into it. I have a brain injury, but physically capable of something menial, I suppose. I am almost 52 (in October) Once these legal items I am dealing with are settled, I can likely look for some sort of work. I do have a brain injury, but that won't limit my ability to do some sort of job like stocking, cleaning, gardening, painting, perhaps Ubering, something which won't require short term memory, perhaps even some sort of farm work. Perhaps, if I look into subsidized housing, and do not qualify, they might at least have some referrals for work I qualify for.
Check out Gainesboro, Tennessee. Here's a picture of Gainesboro from here at city-data:
Gainesboro is a tiny little town (less than 1,000) where rent is dirt cheap, $307 median rent according to city-data. Tennessee has no state income tax. Gainesboro is a little over an hour east of Nashville and is 15 minutes from Cookeville. Gainesboro has the basics (Dollar General, Save-a-lot, Dairy Queen) otherwise you'll have to go to Cookeville for anything else (Sam's Club, movies, etc.).
Thank you JMT! I will check that out and see if I find anything there! I really appreciate everyone's efforts to assist me.
Look, if you're disabled, then apply for disability. But, if you're getting basically alimony from your husband that is only going to provide you with $2K /month, and you aren't going to try to get disability, too, then you are low income. You ARE someone who qualifies for Section 8, so thinking of yourself as different or above people who qualify for very low income housing, is ...... basically being in denial.
if you are planning on buying yourself a travel trailer then go for it. But, I don't then understand why you're asking about safe, affordable housing in mountain towns where you can live on your very low income.
So, what is it you really want to know? Because the answers have been given as far as someone who can only afford, basically, Section 8 housing in mountain towns.
If you want to know about RV living, there is a separate forum for that.
I feel that I am not disabled enough that I can't do menial work. Therefore I may not qualify for that section 8. I must state that I feel slighted at your insinuation that I am someone who thinks I am above anyone. But, people have the right to their assumptions in this world. On my very small amount of income, I frequently deliver food and water to a homeless man in my neighborhood and sit chatting with him about his life. He's a bit mentally ill and I have empathy toward that because one of my sons [who was a chess pro and straight A student] developed schizophrenia around puberty, which tends to spur the condition. I am a very humble woman who has had a very hard life and am meerly leery. I do not feel I am above anyone. Perhaps you are male, have never been harmed and therefore do not understand safety concerns of a woman trying to live on her own. I will look into section 8, as per your advisement, and appreciate the tip. I asked about mountain towns because I thought it might be safer, away from the sprawl of dense cities. Perhaps I was unaware that they were more expensive to live in areas of the sort. I wish you the best!
You could look at the Wahalla, Salem, Pickens, Six Mile area north of highway 123 and Clemson in South Carolina. Blue Ridge mountains and 3 beautiful lakes in the area.
Some of the small towns near Roanoke Virginia might work too.
You could look at the Wahalla, Salem, Pickens, Six Mile area north of highway 123 and Clemson in South Carolina. Blue Ridge mountains and 3 beautiful lakes in the area.
Some of the small towns near Roanoke Virginia might work too.
Yes, I have been looking at Virginia. Thank you so much for trying to assist me ClemVegas! I hope you have a wonderful night, and will def check that out as well!
Normally, you have to apply first on your own, then they deny you (typical), then you hire an attorney to represent you for your appeal.
Then, you get your back pay, less your lawyer's fees, etc.
SSA disability attorneys can only get a percetage of your back pay which isn't very much. I'm not remembering the exact figure, but it's around 5% as I recall.
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Thank you so much for trying to assist me ClemVegas! I hope you have a wonderful night, and will def check that out as well!
