I already tried hud. There are a few other places to try. I submitted a lot of documents online for the state site (proof of bills, residency, etc.). We calculated we never see 1/3 of what my husband officially makes in the bank, so it is no wonder things are rough, especially when you have health emergencies, big repair bills, a sky high electric bill. There's some hope that my brother-in-law in the Dallas area might be able to at least get my husband a face to face interview for an IT job. My husband is very good with computers, but he admits in his heart he wants to be a professor and do research at a university and not IT. But it might come down to him getting an IT job. It's so up in the air. If that happened, my daughter & I would probably stay here for until the school term ends; she will be finishing elementary school this year anyway, and then it might mean a move-in with my sister, though she has a huge house and eventually finding our own place to live there. Though that area of Texas is a hot growth area right now, so things are more expensive there. You can imagine if your house might get dangerous fumes should a nearby chemical plant have an issue (like our current house), it brings down the value of the house and the cost of living.

I don't know if selling or renting our house is a viable option either. This area is glutted with homes for sale or rent right now. There are 3 houses alone on my street, and I can tell you the street I live on is about 1/4 a mile long. This whole neighborhood is overflowing with rental signs and for sale signs in front of so many houses. I have actually never seen so many the entire time we've lived here (14 years).