A local family of 10 is facing eviction, and your help is much needed. The father does his best to provide for his Ten young children, but his business dealings soured, and he has fallen on hard times.
He now owes his partners substantial sums of money, his debt accumulated, and now he is six months behind in rent payments. The parents are scrambling to feed their nine young children, and now the landlord is threatening eviction.
Please click here to help the family survive, and get on their feet again. Your tzedakah for aniyei ircha is a tremendous mitzvah; may it be a zechus for our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisroel as well!
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Am I the only one who is renting on miracles?
Because the housing market is so high, many people are paying their mortgages by renting out part of their homes. Home owners who don’t need the money are also taking advantage of this and charging outlandish prices. In Williamsburg many years ago , shtreimelach became unaffordable. One of their Rebbe’s said that if they don’t drop the prices, he will start wearing a regular hat. The prices went down. The Lubavitcher Rebbe encourage people to live in Crown Heights. I therefore humbly ask the Rabbonim, that rules should be set as to how much people can charge for apartments or… Read more »
Also to be able to have money saved for a downpayment is not less important, to irh be able to go out one day the rent pit. Bvh
Even if they do who says they will listen? Who says they are renting from a Jew. If they knew they couldn’t offered it then don’t rent there simple
Possibly the Earp program we updated give them an emergency check. They did it for tens of thousands of tenants. They should find out maybe through a city agency or call 311.
Not sure if the ERAP is program is still available but there is something called One Shot Deal through the Human Resources Agency of NYC. To qualify, one has to have future ability to pay i.e. a job or better paying job and/or a 3rd party support. If people help him now….will he be able to pay rent going forward? The City will help if he has the above 2 qualifications. This can be done at the HRA or ACCESSNYC websites or they can go to a not for profit for assistance, which is recommendable. Two places that do this… Read more »
To quote a previous entry: The Lubavitcher Rebbe encourage people to live in Crown Heights.(He also said do NOT use my name to charge high rent) I therefore humbly ask the Rabbonim, that rules should be set as to how much people can charge for apartments or houses. It it totally out of control. A person should not have to suffer when paying their rent in order to live in Crown Heights. In addition we also need more accountability from the Landlords that they will fix things in their apartments and maintain them. This should be a given, but, sadly,… Read more »