My job that was severely underpaying me fired me almost a month ago by locking me out of my work email, all for reporting them to Equal Opportunity. They are now disputing my unemployment which I interview for tomorrow. The unemployment is barely $100/week if I even get approved for it. My rental assistance that I applied for nearly 8 months ago still hasn't come through and almost everyone is getting denied right now. My apartment management continues to remind me that they will seek eviction and/or legal action the second it's legally possible.
I just don't know I'm supposed to carry on at this point. Jobs are rejecting me left and right and the prospect of homelessness is weighing on me like a dark cloud. I don't feel any sense of hope. Reading about the horrible work conditions and life conditions everyone is experiencing alongside me makes me feel like I'll never be remotely secure. All I've ever wanted is a small simple home with my partner and a little yard for our dogs. Now, I'm not even sure if we will be sleeping in our cars after next month over $5500.
I don't know what to do, guys. I feel like I'm drowning and there's no way out. My mental health was already at a rocky place and now I'm a ball of anxiousness and despair. I don't know how I'll cope if I find out we are going to be homeless. We have nowhere to go and I'm fucking terrified.