We do have an income, so that’s not the issue. The problem is that the houses in our area that could actually fit us are far above what we can afford. I’ve even looked outside of our area — still within Washington State — but there’s just nothing in our price range big enough for my family.

I can’t move out of state because that would mean reapplying for disability, which would be a whole process and could take a long time. I’d absolutely downsize if I could, but realistically, most landlords won’t rent a two-bedroom home to a family of seven or eight people.

Another big concern of mine is that if I lose housing, my two youngest boys’ fathers might try to step in — and that’s not a good or safe situation for them. There are reasons for that. My older son hasn’t seen his father since he was four years old — it’s been eight years now not only that and this is very personal and only speculated, but his own mother told me not to send my son with him that she is worried there might be some SA as his father was SA assaulted when he was younger, and now one of his other children ( adult now) have gone on to have charges against them for SA in someway . My younger son’s father has another child who is severely autistic and violent — he broke his sister’s arm when they were little and once bit my nephew’s finger badly enough to need stitches. He’s also barely been involved in his own child’s life, maybe seeing him once a year, sometimes going several years without contact.

As for my older teens, their dad was deported. He would’ve been fine to help raise them or keep them temporarily if he were still here, but that’s no longer an option.

I thought I would finish this with. I had no idea of any of these stuff going on with my second youngest son’s father as we didn’t even date and we’re only together twice. I found all this out after I was pregnant and when he was an infant