A Rent Loan helped keep LaShay in her home
LaShay is a 2nd Grade educator. She makes $35,000 a year to support her and her son, Zyon.
“We don’t make a whole lot of money, I’m literally there because I genuinely love the kids.”
They just moved out of a family member's place, and into their own apartment.
“With the moving cost, with single parents… the move in cost really was a little bit of a lot more than I expected.”
Zyon had a seizure that put him in the hospital for a week, and she missed work.
“My son suffers with seizures, I ended up missing work for a few weeks… literally right after we moved in… I only had 6 [PTO] hours to cover it. So all that other time was just lost money. And I was like I gotta pay my rent, obviously, I gotta pay my rent. I cannot lose my apartment.”
LaShay doesn’t qualify for Medicaid to cover Zyon’s medical costs.
“I was making $35,000, and at the time Medicaid said oh you make $20 over the limit. I was like really?... It sucks.”
She got back on track after taking care of her son, but life kept happening.
“Back to school happened. My son is a really smart kid. He was able to test into DeKalb Early College Academy, but the things that he needed for school put me in a bind.”
The Rent Loan helped keep LaShay and Zyon in their home and together.
“I started hearing more about Flagstone, what they’re all about. They’re really all for making sure that people stay in their homes and with their families… I believe that Flagstone for me was the blessing I didn’t know I needed. Because of course I had missed work, losing money, and I was like okay I need them. And you guys were here with open hands and were like, we got you.”
