Friday, May 29, 2009
Vanessa Avila & Eva, San Jose
Dear Mr. Obama,
I am a single mother and our rent is too high, my daughter and I are struggling with rent and food. We do need extra help.
John B. Bowles, San Jose
We need more help!
I am an unemployed union glazier from Local 1621 in San Jose, California.
I filed for unemployment three months ago, but still have not received benefits.
What are you doing for us?
Carmen Salazar, San Jose
Dear President Obama,
We need more support for public housing. The way it is getting so expensive out here in Silicon Valley, we need help to make life affordable. Thank you so much.
Yes we can! It is a blessing.
Susan Ward, San Jose
I am a little older than I was in 2006 when I lost my apartment that summer. I have a job, but it does not pay enough. I am a veteran, but I have no service-related disabilities. Therefore I am not able to purchase glasses or get my teeth fixed. If I could get section 8 it sure would help, but the waiting list is very long. I am number 50,254, or something like that.
Victoria Garcia & Christopher, San Jose
Necesitamos ayuda para los de bajo ingreso. Tengo un hijo desabilitado que necesita un bano especial. Puede ayudarnos?
Nicole Jean Tiller-Grimes, San Jose
Dear Obama,
We need your help. There are so many suffering out here on these streets. I lost my job and had to move out of my home and put everything in storage. I was working at Lockheed. I am a white female, 28 years old, and now I have no job and I am out living in my car. My family is in Indiana so I am on my own here. My license tags are expired, and I hope they don't take my car.
I used to have a home and a job, but no more. I now ask people for money for food and gas. I am not a drinker or on drugs. I won't let the streets get to me.
Please help me get off the streets and get back on track again. I want to make my self-esteem come back. I try every day to look for work. My background is is clean with no criminal record. I try to go to church when I get clean clothes.
Please help, even if it is a room to rent, just to get off the streets. Thanks.
We need your help. There are so many suffering out here on these streets. I lost my job and had to move out of my home and put everything in storage. I was working at Lockheed. I am a white female, 28 years old, and now I have no job and I am out living in my car. My family is in Indiana so I am on my own here. My license tags are expired, and I hope they don't take my car.
I used to have a home and a job, but no more. I now ask people for money for food and gas. I am not a drinker or on drugs. I won't let the streets get to me.
Please help me get off the streets and get back on track again. I want to make my self-esteem come back. I try every day to look for work. My background is is clean with no criminal record. I try to go to church when I get clean clothes.
Please help, even if it is a room to rent, just to get off the streets. Thanks.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Maria Sandoval, San Jose
Espero que puede hacer algo por tanta persona que ha perdido sus casas, y con ellas sus ahorros y suenas de toda su vida.
Anne Rosenzweig, Morgan Hill, CA
We need more affordable housing so people do not have to live in the streets or in tent cities.
Maria Ignacia Walker, San Jose
En 2006 me hicieron un fraude con mi casa en Los Angeles, California. Fue trabajando en mi casa con cuidado de ninos, y al perder mi casa me he quedado sin trabajo y sin vivienda. Senor Presidente, necesitamos mas viviendas para bajos recursos. Senor Presidente, que me ayudara. Gracias.
Daryl Lyons, San Jose
Dear Commander-in-Chief,
I salute you in your rise to the presidency.
Can you please provide for criminals to be able to go to war in trouble spots around the world for the U.S. armed services, in order to get their sentences reduced?
Also, the law that requires veterans to have no criminal record in order to receive housing should be changed.
Adelaida Molina, San Jose
Que ayude a los Mexicanos.
Que ayude para que haya mas trabajos, porque esta economia esta afectando a todos, hasta a mi tambien.
Gracias.
Brandy Cannon, San Jose
I feel that income should be figured by what people actually bring home after taxes, not before. I have a family of six and only one income. We bring home good money, but all of the places we have asked for help say we make too much. I guess $3200 is too much.
Thanks - one broke mom.
Thanks - one broke mom.
Ena Romero & Leslie, San Jose
Senor Presidente,
Pedimos ayuda sobre una reforma migratoria para todos los que no tienen papeles legales, y tambien mas trabajos, poque sin trabajo no podemos salir adelante. Tengo una nina y queremos salir adelante por nuestros hijos.
Consuelo Collard, San Jose
HOPWA funds need to be increased as well. These are the only monies and programs where the current administration has decided not to increase or provide stimulus funds. A great need is being ignored in our community.
Gary Fox, San Jose
Please increase SSI instead of cutting it. They keep cutting it and I can barely afford rent.
Silvia & Willi Wiersdorfer, Morgan Hill, CA
Help the homeless and take from the rich people!! Have more shelters!
Linda Tirao, San Jose
1) Take some of the tax money out of business to help the homeless in America. And help the homeless people who are working but have bad credit like me. Help us to be able to get out from living in our cars or on the streets. HELP!
2) We need more section 8 housing and vouchers.
3) Keep the police and correctional officers working to KEEP THE CRIMINALS OFF THE STREETS.
4) Lower the fees at the Department of Motor Vehicles for low-income people.
5) Take ABANDONED BUILDINGS to HELP THE HOMELESS have a HOME to live in!!!
Chris Rodriguez & Melinda Chavez, San Jose
Dear Obama,
We have two little girls ages eight and two. We are currently living at San Jose Family Shelter. Our stay is up on June 26. We don't know what is going to happen after that. We lost our jobs and are still searching for one, but with no luck. We do not know if writing you will help, but we are just hoping. That's all. Thank you for your time.
Michael Blakemore, San Jose
Dear Mr. President,
I realize that I am not the best member of the U.S., but I can be a better member if I can find housing and work.
These days we are down to taking whatever we can get. At this time I am with a friend and pay and help out as much as I can, but I know that this can't go on for too long. The temporary jobs that I have been able to get don't cover both housing and food, so I have had to choose between one or the other. Moving from place to place has been hard on me, though my determination has been strong. I am not sure how long I can keep this up. Please help at the very least with public housing. Housing can really help a lot of people get on their feet and stay there.
However, I am proud of what you have done and what you will do for your people. Thank you very much.
Esmat Baradar, San Jose
There is a great need for more affordable or section 8 housing in our area of Silicon Valley, where parents of many hi-tech engineers reside.
Yolanda Garcia & Steve Grimley, San Jose
There are many good citizens that are low-income WITH FAMILY that are in need of a home for themselves and their children. And lots of them are in shelters or foster care.
Mirea Vasquez, San Jose
Por este medio se le pide colaboracion por viviendas de bajos recursos, para personas como nosotros los latinos que no les tenemos por no tener un trabajo. Y nuestros hijos son necesitados. Gracias.
Shirley Enyart, San Jose
Please help Americans only. No south of the border. I love you Obama. Please.
Nancy J. Peyton, San Jose
In 2003 I was by myself and did not make enough money to afford housing. I had to go into caregiving just to have a place to live. I did that until February 2005.
Bonnie Montgomery, San Jose
I am working on the Address Canvassing Operation as a Crew Leader's assistant with the San Jose Local Census Office. I am seeing first-hand, block by block, how much housing stock is sitting vacant. Not only single-family houses, but entire apartment houses padlocked and vacant. We have so many opportunities to work up from the grassroots and help restore these buildings to full occupancy, with section 8 vouchers. Could Federal stimulus money help fund City planning departments, which often hire and fire staff from property tax revenue? These revenues are way down, and California cities are firing almost all their planners, preventing cities from working efficiently to solve housing needs.
Silvia Ruiz, San Jose
Nosotros los hispanos estamos necesitados de comida, vivienda, y quisieramos su ayuda aqui en la comunidad de San Jose porque no tenemos trabajo.
Soon Pah, San Jose
Please help with the housing needs. There is a lot of homelessness in this area. Thank you.
Matilde Perez, San Jose, CA
Hello President Obama,
I just wanted to tell you that there are a lot of people out here who need housing.
Oscar Bernardin, Santa Clara, CA
Necesitamos tambien fondos completos para la educacion de nuestros hijos.
Sherry Holm, Capitola, CA
The economy has created these problems. The responsible government needs to solve it by these means.
Carina S. Torres, San Jose
Es muy necesario apoyar a la gente que tiene esta necesidad, por sus hijos y por el bien de la economia tambien.
Jarrod Gray, San Jose
As an outreach worker to those who are unhoused, I ask you please do not ignore this crucial request!
Norma Corrales, San Jose
Necesitamos una reforma migratoria para personas viviendo muchos anos aqui. No separen mas familias. Gracias!
Christine Burroughs, San Jose
We have a high cost of living, high unemployment, and a lack of affordable housing.
Karen Hammes, San Jose
Nice job! Hopefully you as President can restore SSI and stop any future cuts to SSI.
James Charling, Los Gatos, CA
Although I received my own section 8 housing recently, I would like to see more people in need receive the help they need to stabilize their lives. Thank you!
Bonnie Solaiza, San Jose
Keep doing what you do. But if you can help with housing, PLEASE do it! Thank you.
Varinia Ginn, San Jose
Keep up the good work! We need more housing and resources for the mentally ill.
Broderick Crayes, San Jose
We need more housing, because it is very expensive living in California. I am a single dad of one child and we are having a hard time.
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