What about me?

I don't get an help from anyone neither. I didn't even get a stimulas check. I am not old enough to get any of my late husbands SS. I am a widow like you, just trying to make it alone. I am so thankful that I do have a home, I just have to keep it. Taxes, insurance, repairs, things like that are high.

it always surprises me when i hear of someone getting help that i don't think deserves it. they have a way of working the system that we don't know & probably wouldn't do if we did. where there is a will there is a way. you will be fine & i plan to be to. what goes around comes around. life is not fair.

My understanding of the situation is that these bailouots by the government are meant to help the people who really need help, protect bank deposits and stimulate the economy. I know that the United States is very different to Australia when it comes to lending practices. Those lending practices, in many instances, to people who could not afford to repay their loans is what led to the problems in the economy of the United States now. So why is the Government propping up banks and other financial institutions so they can lend more money. Is there some criteria for potential borrowers? By that does the person have to prove they have the ability to repay their loan after all their other living costs are taken into account. Do the financial institutions have to pay interest to the government and is the money a loan or grant? The financial institutions will be making money out of these loans the borrowers get, so they should not be able to keep taxpayers money. With regard to your own personal credit score, I think you should be able to explain the sitaution and have it lifted. I would check the situation out and although you cannot do anything about the eviction from the rental proeprty, there should be some way that negative credit rating can be removed from your recrods. Good luck and I hope you are able to sort out the credit score situation.

When renting one has the right to withhold rent by paying the city etc to hold it as proof of rent paid. The city then gives the owner a fixed date to have the repairs made or be held responsible for costs etc and the rent is withheld till the repairs are made usual;ly. I did a lot of caretaking at rental units and seen this occur a lot. The repairs get made as the city can take asway their rental license etc. That's how it is in Minnesota anyhow as far as I know about rental dispuites and repairs of the rented unit(s). Now as faqr as the bailoot I am at a loss about this as I am not behind on my payements. Not paying for a magazine subscription almost stopped us from buying a house actually. So even minor things hurts ones credit score. Good luck also. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Firstly, when you make a repair on a property you are renting, you can deduct the cost of the repair from your rent as long as you present the receipt for the repair at the same time as paying your rent. Check out your local laws, but you'll see I'm not just talking out of my butt. Secondly, I'd like to know where my bailout is as well. I'm not hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, in fact, our debt barely comes to 10 grand, and that is including the medical bills. Yet, here we are, making ends meet enough to pay our rent and utilities and kind of buy food for our family of 6. My husband makes too much for us to qualify for any assistance from the state. My children, thankfully, are covered by state medical insurance. My husband's insurance for his work is $5 a week for just himself and it JUMPS to $117 a week for the entire family. There is no in between option. I am not covered at all by insurance. We pay for any medications I need, and my therapy, out of pocket. I am unable to work outside of our home because we have a highly special needs son who has a plehtora of appointments each week along with having severe behavior issues at school and home. It seems the auto makers shouldn't get a bailout. Their sales are plummeting, however they keep blocking new technology for making cars more fuel efficient, or even not needing fuel at all, because they are stuck in their ways. The banks leant out money poorly. If I were to make financial decisions like that, I'd be told good luck and you are screwed. Companies make decisions like that and go begging to the government, the ones they don't want poking their noses in when they are doing fine, asking for a rescue plan. Simply put, it's one huge mess with no end in sight.

Bailouts being bailouts and those being given by a government you have to be priveleged to get one. Like being very big and very rich to start with. I get bailouts from my family every once in a while and they are never adequate and what it takes to get them would shake a sycamore tree. Bailouts are for the established and priveleged and they cost in returns. You and I, I guess that's how I can put it, just have to scrunt until God smiles on us.

I don't know of any landlord that gets bail out money. In my opinion, banks, automakers, etc., should not get bailout money for paper pushing and union support. They should have to make the necessary changes like the rest of us do. This is a global economy now, and no one will be able to bail out of a global economy -- just make the adjustments. Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Daewoo (GM) will help make the adjustments. Why weren't these investments made in the US?

i can understand your feelings. i do not know why the bailout is provided so that this problem can be re invited.all these credits that never came back caused the world finance to fall. again banks are lending like mad.

I have to ask, why didn't you make a deal with your landlord before spending your own money on repairs? My son recently rented a house that needed some work and he is doing something to that house every month in exchange for a reduction in the amount of rent he pays. Since he was in the construction field (before it was taken over by cheap illigal immigrant labor) he's very capable so he's been able to negotiate a decent deal that helps both of them. As far as your credit report goes, you do have the right to explain anything negaive in there so respond to the reason for your eviction so that anyone who looks at it won't be left wondering why you weren't paying your rent.