Veteran Family Facing Imminent Eviction

Six years ago, my five kids and I had to leave our home for our safety due to my husband, a combat veteran suffering from severe PTSD and TBI. Because of his condition, he refuses to enroll in the VA, so we are not able to access any help or support from them and now that my husband is no longer in our home, even if its due to domestic violence and we are still legally married) the few remaining programs that support non-enrolled veterans can’t help us now either. This is due to outdated VA policies that have failed to change with the evolving needs of veterans and their families today. I’ve been using our story to advocate at local, state, and federal levels all while currently facing the kind of fallout veterans’ families fleeing abuse have been facing alone. Recently, we lost our housing assistance due to budget cuts to the program. This left us with a $4000 a month rent we couldn’t pay, and now we’re being evicted from our home. Trying to gain back self sufficiency has felt impossible at times, especially while dealing with back-to-back crises: my youngest son nearly died from sepsis and acute respiratory failure after a biopsy to rule out leukemia, our household has battled three rounds of COVID, hospitalizations for pneumonia, appendicitis, kidney stones, kidney infections, cellulitis, and a wrongful eviction from a landlord who didn’t want to deal with the housing authority. Both our vehicles broke down, the kids transitioned to homeschooling, and I’ve had to fight through multiple administrative hearings just to keep basic public assistance of $833 a month going. The systemic problems I've come across while on this journey have been extremely eye opening for me and have already affected me in ways I never would have imagined. After losing our housing assistance we were left trapped in a home we couldn’t afford to even move out of. Now, we are facing eviction with the same problem: nowhere to go and no money to move. I’m feeling so defeated, but I know I can’t give up, my kids are depending on me, so I’m reaching out for help. Thank you for reading and any help you are able to give.