Saturday, October 6, 2012

"Application for subsidized housing"

I have filled out a myriad of these over the past 12 years.  This is the second time I've filled this particular one out.  I was just alerted that they never processed the one I filled out in 7/2011 because it was "Incomplete"

A joke really considering the unrealistic questions that are asked that few homeless person could answer in their entirety.  I even attached a 4 page attachment; that I had copied right out of my journals indicating the 30 some addresses I had in a four year period!

I've been asked to do this appl again; here it is

Please enclse your application, a letter from your doc explaining your disability (i don't have a doctor there are no doctors in Mountain Town

a copy of your i.d.

a letter verifying you are homeless

a letter from your counselor

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date
name
dob
ssn

are you homeless
current living situation
how many times have you been homeless in 4 years
what are your disabilities
do you have mental illness
how serious?

do you abuse substances
do you have a counselor
how many hospitalizations in the past year
do you have felonies
what is your income
ssi?
tanf?
food stamps?

emergency contact
family name
contact phone #
address
last name
first name
relationship dob
ethnicity
gender
disabilities
highest level of education (there are 8 slots i presume to list every family member situation)

background info

what is your current living situation
how long have you been there
are you homeless
how long
zip code of last "permanent address"
how many times have you been homeless in the last 4 years
what keeps your family from stable housing
what events occured to get your family in your current siutation
describe your support system
why are you seeking shelter?

a. homeless
b. overcrowded
c. domestic violence
d. unsafe condtions
e. other
f. how has your family survived

what is your family's greatest strengths
what have you done to improve your situation
have you been in an emergency or transitional shelter program before
which one
how long
why did you move

did you ever live in section 8
where
how long
what was it like
why did you move out


education

what is the highest grade level you completed
your partner?
do you have specialized skills?
your partner?
list every job you've had
are any of your family members over 18 and currently enrolled in school or any education training?
which one?

ATTENTION READERS.  MY FINGERS HURT FROM TYPING.  THIS IS JUST THE FIRST 2 PAGES OF THE APPLICATION-THERE ARE 3 MORE PAGES LIKE THIS!  I WILL TYPE OUT THE REST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS!

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