Ms. Taylor, It appears that you forgot the child support - it probably is at least $500 per month. Maybe that can be increased also.
Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Anderson & Turpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:54 AM Subject: RE: [Mpls] Affordable Housing - Other Ideas > > Vicky, can you sharpen your pencil for an analysis of people with children > also? Make sure you include the EITC, Working Family Credit, food stamps, > etc. (and day care costs should also be included... wow this gets really > complicated, but it's worth doing even if we leave off some categories of > people at first). > > Mark V Anderson > Bancroft Neighborhood > > I would like to know this, too. My daughter was one of a large number of > people recently laid off from a bank in Minneapolis. She is a single > parent, with a five and a two year old. She has daycare costs to contend > with as well. Sharing a apartment with someone is not a real option as, > most single people without kids don't want to room with a mom. The kids > need their own space. > She was making $10 an hour, but now that she is laid off, her subsidized > daycare will be taken away. She was not on Section 8, she was cutting > corners and doing all the right things, but the system doesn't look at that. > They don't allow you any time to regroup. You lose your job, you get cut > off at the knees all at once. This contributes to the homeless issues. My > daughter neither smokes nor drinks nor has loud parties or wild friends. We > have family in the city but I come from a large family. They do not have > space. > Anyone know of a good boarding house (not a shelter) and/or kindly landlord > who will take in a women with kids that is safe? I don't want them in a > dump. Thanks. > Pamela Taylor (Tampa) > > > > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
