I've been hit hard. California has been taking over a third of my roommate/care provider's checks for 'owed taxes' she doesn't owe, and it's clobbered us good. I paid the rent at the beginning of the month last month before I knew this was going to be happening, and then went the rest of the month unable to pay any of our utilities and barely able to feed us as a result. This month, I've taken care of the utilities and can probably feed us, but I can't pay the rent. Our landlord is in a position where he's not really able to help cushion us anymore, so I'm really up against the wall.
The good news is that they've taken all of the supposedly owed money that they claim we owe, so they won't be talking anymore paychecks going forward. The bleeding is over. Come April, we'll be back on top of everything again and able to pay rent, bills, and food without a problem. Before the new year, this would have killed us for months, but now we're in a much better position to take things like this.
Unfortunately, the landlord isn't.
Once we can satisfy the state that we don't in fact owe them, they'll refund the money they've taken. That'll be great, whenever it actually happens, but right now doesn't do us any good.
Our rent is $875 a month. Anything that you might be in a position to help with towards that would be greatly appreciated. If not for this tax lien bullshit, we'd be fine. Things are actually going pretty well for us right now. I apologize for bothering all of you, and thank you again for all that you've done.
And this had to happen the month of my birthday. Happy birthday to me!