Living with family during the pandemic

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December 2019, I moved to my cousin apartment in the city of New York I had just given birth to my son in September of 2019 and had my daughter who was eleven at the time. I was suppose to stay two weeks upon waiting for an apartment, however it didn't work out the way I had hope and I stayed at my cousin home three months prior to the covid -19 pandemic. My cousin and her mother decided since it's the pandemic and I can't go anywhere dur to the stay at home orders I had no other choice but to stay and pay rent. It wasn't easy because I felt that I wasn't in my own element and I felt like I was a teenager again. My own family talked to me like I was a kid and I was told what to do and what not to do. I had to sleep on my cousin pull out chair for several months during the pandemic. I questioned myself why did I came here. I consistently kept looking for an apartment, which It had turn into a year living with my cousin. Apartment hunting became very frustrating because of the demands which requires getting an apartment and no renters wanted anyone who was receiving unemployment. it's the year 2021 and I still live at my cousin apartment which is frustrating because I need my own. I ask everyone I know to keep an eye and ear open for me to get an apartment. My friend call me one day in March of 2021 and said he found an apartment for me and if I'm still interested? I am currently moving out of my cousin apartment, Thank God.

my personal story during the pandemic

Brooklyn College alumni/student

Date (Dublin Core)

March 12, 2020

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

PublicHealth2100

MargretheHorlyck-Romanovsky

SpringSemester

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Brooklyn College

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text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life

English Labor

English Education--Universities

English Social Issues

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

unemployment

shared housing

housing market

nyc real estate

Collection (Dublin Core)

Unemployment

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/04/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/07/2021

07/10/2021

10/12/2021

03/27/2022

11/05/2023

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Covid 19

Brooklyn College

This item was submitted on April 4, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story With Us” on the site “Brooklyn College New York”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege

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