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Maven · Nov 27, 2017, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by justafriend306

Contact:

(1) The agency you get your disability assistance from. Many have lists of suitable homes for rent. Contact them too and enquire about subsidised housing you may also be entitled to.
(2) Your local branch of whatever Mental Health Association you have there. Similarly they will be able to advise you on options and will also have a list of available housing.
(3) Check with your therapist's of psychiatrist's office. Many have bulletin boards and you might find something posted there.
(4) if you haven't already, join a support group. These are great opportunities for networking as many participants will be aware of places available in their own residential situations.
(5) do you have 'kijiji' there? or some other 'buy and sell' service. These are great ways to search rental advertisements.

How are you currently able to qualify for disability while residing with a partner anyway? I ask because I just moved in with mine and I am being cut off 3 mos after my move-in date.

I was on Social Security disability under my late father's benefits until I turned 18. Then I got on my own, and I've never been told my SSDI would end when I moved in with my boyfriend.

I'm in some support groups, but they mostly tell me I need to clean the house, but I just can't with my OCD the way it is. There are some supportive people, but they don't know what to tell me.

I've asked my psychiatrist, psychologist (I only saw him twice, but then fell into sleeping most of the time, not going out, and just staying in bed), doctor and even my cardiologist for help, but the only suggestion I had was to call a women's shelter. I'm told I'm in a form of abuse, even though my boyfriend doesn't hit me or call me names (to my face), because he allows me to live in this mess, even if I'm partly responsible for it. I don't want to lose my pets, but I know I can't keep them all.

The cat pee and poop is terrible, and the fleas are awful! I itch so bad. My doctor prescribed an itch medicine for me (Cortizone 10 wasn't doing anything), but Medicare wouldn't cover it, and I can't afford it, because it's over $200.