openly gay all of my life and i have lived through being homeless when i was a youth and now i am teter tottering on the edge of being homeless again, when i first had my housing i had a job and i got a better job and i got my better job because i was living in the housing situations where it was supposed to be affordable housing. okay? and then, i became ill. and i lost that job. and my rent did not go down and my rent continued to go up. and now, over half of my income goes to my rent. and i cannot live like that. most that i talk to each month they have a pulse between are they going to use it for medication or being able to pay for their lights or they able to eat? and i don't, and the reason that i don't know what is going on because i have to run out of here and go to a senior center and eat lunch and come back, okay? because, do i pay my bills or do i eat? it is no joke. i lived through all kinds of changes to get an education and i am back in school trying to get another education because i need a job. it is not a joke it is easy and you feel secure and each month i have the nig