She Just Got Evicted And Doesn’t Want To Live With Her Sister-In-Law, Who Is Expecting Her To Help Pay Bills And Do Chores
This woman and her husband were, sadly, evicted from their home a month and a half ago because their landlord was planning to convert the property into an Airbnb.
They have lived at this property for the last five years. After only being given 14 days’ notice before they had to be completely moved out, she and her husband tried legally fighting against their landlord’s actions. However, courts deemed it a “legitimate eviction.”
While being evicted is already traumatic enough, this couldn’t have come at a worse time. She is currently 26 weeks pregnant.
“This was an absolute slap in the face. We called homeless shelters, stayed at Airbnbs and hotels, and, despite numerous home rental applications sent out, we have gotten nowhere,” she said.
“We were faced with having to leave the state to go back to where our family is located. When we announced this, both my mother-in-law and sister-in-law said they would branch out and start helping us search for housing, which we were grateful for.”
When she and her husband traveled to the state their family lives in, they all got together to talk about the housing situation.
Unfortunately, though, the family said that they hadn’t kept their promise of helping them house hunt and instead said that they’d come up with an idea of what she and her husband could do.
Apparently, the family’s grand plan was for her and her husband to live with her sister-in-law.
“Before even getting a response from us, they started talking in depth about what the plan consisted of,” she explained.
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“So, basically, my sister-in-law says we can have her office (which is barely big enough for a double bed and dresser–despite having a massive attic space that is completely unused and three other bedrooms), and we can pay her $850 a month (and help purchase food for the house, help with bills, all while helping them with childcare for her two kids, chores, and dog-sitting her five dogs).”
Naturally, she and her husband weren’t thrilled with this idea. Her sister-in-law received the house she lives in as part of an inheritance several years ago, so she doesn’t have a mortgage to pay for.
Since the house was built in 1820 and she was grandfathered in, her sister-in-law’s land taxes are only $480 per year.
In her opinion, it doesn’t sound like a great deal for her and her husband to pay that much rent for a bedroom that wouldn’t have enough space for them even before their baby is born.
She also doesn’t think it’s fair that they are being expected to contribute financially to her sister-in-law’s groceries and bills while also contributing to household labor.
“I will 100% stay homeless until I figure it out or stay in hotels and bleed all our savings dry before staying in a situation like that,” she shared.
“I said I wouldn’t do this, and I would never agree to put that much on my husband and me while having a baby due soon and certainly wouldn’t be doing it after the baby.”
“I was met with, ‘Beggars can’t be choosers,’ and, ‘This is the best option you will find.’ I’m basically being told I’m ungrateful.”
Since this argument with the family, she and her husband have been at their sister-in-law’s house for a week. To avoid confrontation, she “happily” slept in the car on two separate occasions.
Do you think she’s wrong to choose homelessness over living with her sister-in-law?
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