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Originally Posted by divine1966
I don’t think you’d be allowed to change locks but isn’t there more chance of her stealing your computer and other stuff if she does have the key? How would she take a computer if she wouldn’t be able to unlock the door? Maybe I am not understanding the whole set up but how and why does she have a key? Does she actually go into people’s places in their absence? Hopefully rental office would look into it. Unbelievable.
I think you might need a co-signer for an apartment. Or find rental situation that wouldn’t look into credit history or expect employment such as private rental (someone just rents one room out not like apartment complex ). I have never lived with roommates but my daughter has some awful stories to tell (and some good ones). But honestly without income your options are limited. You might need some help from welfare system. I’d look up social security offices online if they offer anything.
When are you done with grad school? Do you have any family or friends you can stay with while finishing grad school? You mentioned people who helped you out before.
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She helps out the building caretaker, that's why she has a key to everyone's place. I already notified corporate about it. I don't know if corporate already knows about the weird, illegal arrangement between this building caretaker and this nosy neighbor of my mother's.
I don't know if she enters tenants apartments here without their knowledge. If she takes my computer, she takes it. I'm not going to change the locks. I am legally not allowed to change the lock on my mother's apartment door.
Yes, I am on Craigslist contacting people who are looking for roommates, but 3 weeks is a limited time. I may have to resort to a week or two in a cheap hotel while I continue roommate hunting.
I'm also going to register with more temp agencies this week and next week, while I wait to hear if my grad program director will grant me an extension for this course I"m in now. If he grants me the extension, that's one less problem to worry about. Shelter is my number one problem. Grad school is low on the totem pole, if I have to sleep in my SUV while I look for a job. There are work force centers here I can go to, and public libraries, to send out my resume for jobs that I apply to.
I'm just so frustrated that this is happening to me. And it's no one's fault but my own. And no, I'm not beating myself up either. People often mistake my practical stance as self-depreciation or low self esteem. But I'm just telling it like it is: my choices, the circumstances of my situation, are what led me to this situation. So, the only way out of it, is to think my way out and problem solve. Easier said than done. But so many people are in my situation. So, I have to figure it out.
None of my cousins on my dad's side will let me temporarily live with them, and neither will my sister or brother. So, my own family don't want anything to do with me. That is a hard pill to swallow, but it is my reality. It's a reflection of their response to me, so clearly I have done or said things to my cousins over the years that puts them off of letting me stay with them. I could rant and rave about how terrible they are, but it won't change the fact that they have a right to reject and shun me, as much as I may hate it. And I do hate it.