Hello again everybody, i'd like to once again thank kenji and the rest of you, to welcoming me and my family into your community, With that said, i can move on to other things. I'm sure most of you are familiar with the story Kenji told about the Family with the 9 month old at Beyond Shelter, well me and my wife are the other family from beyond shelter. In order for you to understand our situation, i have to explain the nature of the,"program" that we are in. We reside in an apartment complex that Beyond shelter has set aside for it's Transitional Living program. This program puts you in an apartment for 3 to six months or more, until you can get perminent housing, wether that be by way of section 8, or through other means. The other part of the program is the locating of,"Affordable housing and or Section 8 properties", that the clients can move into. Section 8 gives you a list of areas where you can seek housing, for example, Ingelwood, compton, east La, etc. And the Locater at Beyond Shelter's job is to sit down with you to help you locate a home, in Whatever area your family is seeking to do so. This party of the program is where Beyond Shelter is Dropping the ball wether it be on purpose or otherwise. See the problem is, is that even though they let you think you have a choice in where you live, you really don't. All clients are being herded into South central into the arms of,"FAITHFULL Contributors.". Even though they will never admit this, i see what's going on, as do several other people. And if you voice an opinion about this situation, you may find your self thrown out, while at the same time a cover story is being formulated to both pretect beyond shelter, and to dirty your name at the same time. This is what my family is facing. I offered aid to the family with the nine month old, and this is known to them now, so i don't know how much time we have left. Our voucher expires in September,one of our children has special needsm(occupation thereapy amoungst other things), so I am feeling the pressure here, but i do not regret helping my friend at all, i believe he would do the same for us if the shoe where on the other foot. The bottom line is that we need to find another situation, even if it is another transitional, to get out of this current situation. I don't want to get my family caught up in the relationships beyond shelter has with it's Contributors, They want compesation for their donations, and yes i know what i'm saying sounds wrong, but the bottom line in this all is Money, believe that. All i want is my family to be in an area where we don't have to worry about the schools the violence and all the other things that come with being a number out there with being homeless. They think you should be grateful your getting shelter at all and shut the fuck up, even if that shelter is in the pits of Hades. We came here with a little peice of nothing, and we are fighting hard to come up out of this darkness, and i feel like my family deserves to feel safe, and to feel free. I'm not asking for a condo on the damn beach, just some saftey, and peice of mind, so we can finally breath, is that too much to ask for?, if so then call me greedy. Our needs right now are basic, you know, Diapers, Food, etc. We'll need furnature in the future when we find a home, but not right now. But the housing is Vitally important right now, and i thank everyone reading this for taking the time to do so, i have a tendency to ramble, so bare with me. I hope you all are safe out there, and remember, you see another in need, do whayt you can even if it's just to lend an ear, you'd be suprised how much of a difference that makes. It's me today, tomorrow, it could be anyone.......