Pacific NW members, can you help?

[orange]

You may remember my friend Thomas Dey on TH. His sister got very ill and he decided to move to the Chehalis, WA area to take care of her, uprooting him and his wife from New Cuyama, CA for good.

Things zigged and zagged for a bit...his sister passed on and he was committed to the moving process. The house they found and were about to close on developed previously unknown liens and it looked like it wouldn't work.

But according to his and my mutual friend Freddy1, it got straightened out EXCEPT that it will take another THREE WEEKS before they can sign and get the key!

What this means is that they are living in their vehicle temporarily, and Tom is in a motorized wheelchair so it's not easy.

Is there somebody here in the area who can put them up in a room or a trailer or something for a short while?

Fred has allowed me to give his email address, or you could PM him if you are on Tapeheads. At the moment he is limited as to communications and Fred passes messages along if Tom can't.

Living in a car sucks normally, I've been there. When you have a neuromuscular illness, ride in a wheelchair and are heavy because of it it really sucks. Thomas is a trooper though, he's never considered quitting.

Thanks.

 

[orange]

Simply because I've rarely been able to get the Announcements directory to list stickies then posts current to oldest (no magic dust), I'm bumping myself. I know about a dozen of you have read it.

 

[speakerlabfan]

Hope that someone turns up in that area who can help. Sounds like a trailer or cabin would be ideal. Have they looked into a Portland area hostel or other low cost rooms? or depending on how things are - there might be a church or charitable org with shelter housing.

 

[orange]

Fred says he really doesn't know a lot about it except what Thomas told him and that they spent a lot of money to fix it, so I'm assuming they paid the liens and they're broke now.

The thread Thomas started about this when he and his wife decided to move is called "Takeing a leap of faith" (the exact title) so I guess you can get some idea about what happened from it...it's in The Lounge which you should be able to read without a registration...

http://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=40327