Buying a Home in Poverty With Charis Hill

26/02/2020 31 min Temporada 6 Episodio 2
Buying a Home in Poverty With Charis Hill

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Send us a textCharis Hill is a professionally disabled writer, speaker and model living with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Charis talks about how they have to rely on food stamps and Medicare while living on $12,000 a year, why they had to do things like keep cash on hand when going through the homebuying process, and why Charis feels lucky despite the many systemic barriers stacked against them.Stick around to the end of the episode where I’ll distill some takeaways including some insights into the housing situation for lower income residents in the U.S.Resources:Medicaid eligibility requirementsI'm a disabled American living in poverty, and buying my house gives me 2 things: stability and a homeDisability Benefits - Social Security AdministrationBecoming Incurable - Charis featured in this documentaryThe Privilege of Having EnoughBuying a Home a FHA LoanWhat are ABLE Accounts?Follow Charis in Twitter*theme music by Donovan Dorrance