Colorado Housing Connects rescues woman from homelessness
In early 2022, Kesha moved nearly 1,300 miles away from her Michigan home with her two teenage children to live with her oldest son in Colorado Springs.
But after her family split ways, Kesha and her children suddenly found themselves homeless for eight months in a new part of the country. The family stayed at different motels and couch surfed to stay afloat. But the burden of struggling with homelessness was larger than having unstable housing — it contributed to a negative effect on Kesha’s mental health.
“It was tough, it was really tough. It added to depression, it caused depression,” Kesha said. “It was kind of unreal to just have something like that up and happen all of a sudden.”
While seeking resources that could help her find housing, Kesha was referred to Brothers Redevelopment’s statewide housing helpline, Colorado Housing Connects (1-844-926-6632). And thanks to that connection, she began working with Colorado Housing Connects Housing Counselor/Navigator Katrina Brown who took Kesha under her wing.
Brown helped Kesha and her children access security deposit assistance for an apartment along with finances for her first month of rent so that the family could finally have a stable housing situation. She also assisted the family in accessing food assistance, furniture for their new apartment and even recruited her friends to donate gift cards to Kesha for places like Walmart and Target.
“When I say Colorado Housing Connects basically helped us with everything, I really mean it. It was comforting to know that we had someone in our corner, and we weren’t going to go through everything alone,” Kesha said.
4 comments
kim milene
November 6, 2024 at 9:46 pm
i am looking for shelter or housing that can help me with domestic violence trauma mental health issues and disability and get resources i m currently homeless and unemployed looking for a stable place to stay that will also provide help into transitional housing
jrios
November 22, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Hi Kim, thank you for reaching out to us. Please give us a call at 1-844-926-6632.
Amber Martinez
November 20, 2024 at 11:49 pm
To whom it may concern:
My name is Amber Martinez. I am a 44 yr. old disabled mother. I am currently homeless. I have a 9 yr. old son that is in 4th grade. We have been through a lot of traumatic events in the last few years. I am just looking for a positive way to make a miracle happen for my family. I don’t have no more living Grandparents, Parents or family. I just want to give my son a home for his birthday. His birthday is Dec. 4th. We have lost all of our belongings. I went from having a 3 story house in Arvada, Colorado with multiple vehicles to not having a vehicle to get around to and from Dr. appointments and so forth. This is all so stressful. In the last two years my husband and I lost our home, he had a heart attack, we were on the verge of a divorce, my husband and kids were in a bad car accident, I have been in two bad car accidents, neither one was my fault. One I was rear ended on the highway while a transportation system, Intelliride was taking me to a Dr. appointment. This last one I was working and at a red light and a lady rear-ended me and pushed me through the intersection. They had did some Mri’s and found out on the first ones that I would need another surgery on my right hip for a full and total hip replacement. They did an Mri on my neck and found and incidental finding of Cancer once again. Now I am waiting to hear what the new Dr.’s are going to want to do to me along with all of the previous things from before.
I just want to be a better Mom, wife, friend, family member, just a better human being. I love to help people and I wish there was something I could do. I have been on my own since I was 14 yrs. old and have lived a hard life. I want to show young children that life may be hard but you can still overcome any and all obstacles that may come in your way.If anyone could find it in their heart just to say a prayer for my son and I. If anyone would be willing to donate any household items, gift cards or anything that would possibly help us we would appreciate it all. Thank you for taking the time out to listen to part of our story. God Bless you all.
Amber & Luciano Martinez
jrios
November 22, 2024 at 4:37 pm
Hi Amber, thank you for reaching out to us. Please give us a call at 1-844-926-6632.