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Hello, I am a single mom with four children, three live at home one is living on college campus. MY middle son is Autistic and his father died suicide on his eighth birthday. Our home is in need of repairs that we can not afford even with me working full time it just is not enough. My son showers for long periods of time due to sensory issues it helps him feel better, he also wanders around at night and turns our lites on. I now owe the elctric company 1,700.00 and they are giving me a new monthly payment of 540.00 which I just can't do. The heater in our home is old and shuts off in the middle of the night. We had to use space heaters for the coldest month to keep the pipes from freezing and us as well. Now the bill is even higher. We have a home and are thankful but Im scared even though I have gotten us through so many times I feel I am out of options. There is so much in repairs and we can not afford to pay people to come in and fix things.

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Starshine

Hi

I am sorry about the loss of your husband. 

Call 211 to see if there is any programs available for you to help you with home repairs and tell them about the heater as some states have help with replacing furnances. Call to find out. I am sure it is in my blog.

Out here in California the gas company has a program for caulking, fixing or replacing old doors and put a blanket on the water heater. You can call your local gas company to see if a program exist for you and also check with you city hall to see if they have a program that might be able to help you. Space heaters use more energy than gas heat and I use to have all electric apartment. 

I understand about your autistic son as I have a few friends who have children that are austic. 

Here is my blog with other information

 http://starshine1.aidpage.com/

Try modestneeds.com to help with that electric bill and try to unlug , turn off anything you aren't using. I thought it was $40 till I looked again yikes $540 I couldn't do a monthly payment for that either.

Good luck 

Starshine

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