Michelle and her family were still getting settled in their new place when the unexpected happened. She and her husband both suddenly lost their jobs. “We just moved to a new apartment based on that income,” Michelle remembers thinking in a panic. “So, things went pretty downhill. We were scrambling to get other jobs."
The Navy veteran and mother of five tried everything to keep her family afloat. She immediately applied for assistance, only to see that small sliver of hope disappear, too. “I got approved at two agencies,” she says. “And then all of a sudden, ‘Oh, this just came down from corporate that we’re no longer taking assistance.’ I fought it. I did everything I could to hold it off, but it eventually turned into an eviction.”
Where could a family like Michelle’s turn with the waters rising all around them? Thankfully, with the help of Sulzbacher — whose veteran’s services program partners with the VA to help meet the unique needs of vets — Michelle was able to find safe harbor during her storm.
“I finally got approved and got a case manager,” she beams. “I was like, ‘Tell me what I need to do, and I’m going to do it.’” Michelle’s case manager put her in touch with a private landlord to work around the eviction on her record. “Almost the very next day, I met with him to view a house. And he was like, ‘Y’all can move in tomorrow if you want.’”
Michelle remains grateful for people like you who make these life-changing programs possible. “If it weren’t for them, I don’t know where we would be right now. Literally, I don’t know,” she says.
Thank you for
offering your neighbors a lifeline when they need it most!
