A migrant mother who has received $30,000 through a Massachusetts housing assistance program is now asking for more help.
Nadine, who declined to share her last name citing deportation fears, moved to the United States from Haiti in 2021, the Boston Globe reports.
She has been living in a subsidized three-bedroom apartment in Dorchester, regarded as Boston’s most diverse neighborhood, with her four-year-old son for the past year.
Nadine received $30,000 in aid through Governor Maura Healey’s HomeBASE emergency shelter program which can be used towards monthly rent payments, security deposits, associated broker’s fees, furniture purchases and more.
HomeBASE offers recipients an up to two-year rental subsidy, but Nadine has claimed her funds ran out in just 10 months and she is now on the brink of homelessness.
She lost her job as a home health aide in April and her boyfriend is no longer residing in the home, making it hard for her to cover her $1,000 share of the $3,000 monthly rent.