Fantastic Furniture Voucher - $50
After 3 years of being homeless, single mother has been offered a unit and is trying to furnish it for herself and her son.
Client has spent the past three years renting rooms and motels at great expense so that she can maintain care of her son, which she has successfully done, while she awaited to be allocated a public housing unit. She seeks to furnish the home, in particular her son’s bedroom, and a fridge so that she can keep and prepare food in the home. The costs of living, together with the expected arrival of another child, back-to-school costs for her son, have made it impossible for her to save for this occasion.
In addition to a this, she recently experienced intimate partner violence from the father of her unborn baby. The Police charged the aggressor with assault due to the extent of physical injury to her and she requires additional supports to manage the legal and practical implications of that past relationship, especially in relation to any future contact with the unborn baby.