Jon, I love my mother, but I'd probably end up in a mental institution if we lived together. She would need an apartment with a carport or garage because her car leaks in the rain/snow and she can't do stairs. There aren't many apartments that are in decent areas that will rent that low. She's spoiled now because she is currently in a single family home and this is the first time she's ever lived anywhere other than an apartment or mobile home and now she says "I just can't do an apartment." I really need to find her something cheaper than even the 420 because it's over half her income and she can barely make ends meet. I tried looking at retirement communities because her health is poor, but they are incredibly expensive. My mother has a very tough personality to deal with and always finds the negative in everything. She gives up at the drop of a hat, so it's really an uphill battle, one in which I have to do all the legwork because she has already been defeated in her own mind and is content to just sit there and wait until the landlord raises the rent to an amount she can't afford and be forced to be evicted. I'm trying to be proactive while she works in a reactive state which is what got her in to this financial debacle in what should be her golden years in the first place. Sorry for being so wordy.
