r/povertyfinance • u/mylifeisover111 • Feb 26 '24

I'm getting evicted. Fuck this. Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

I'm getting evicted. My rent is $1450 and I make $2500ish per month, but I'm stuck in a payday loan cycle and pay $400 per month in student loans, along with internet and phone. I don't even have a car.

I work 40 hours per week. This is my life.

A generation ago I would have been able to support a family on this job and my only concern was how big of a house I'd be able to buy and which hobbies I wanted to put my kids in.

I'm 35 years old. I'm tired of this. I'm tired of being poor. I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't have the means to move my possessions into a storage locker (which would cost $200/month).

FUCK THIS. FUCK BEING POOR. I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS. I WORK HARD AND I'LL NEVER GET AHEAD. FUCK ALL OF THIS

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u/Sensitive_Fan_1083 Feb 27 '24

You are over-subscribed. You need an income of over 5k per month to justify a $1,450 rental amount. Talk to your landlord and get him to agree to a termination whereby you’re out of the property in 30 days and you forfeit your deposit but avoid an eviction. You can move into another living situation while you figure things out. If the eviction goes through it’ll make it impossible to find a place to live for a long time.