How are things going with the roof
@YJ02 ?
going...
We raised enough with the donations and with my pay to at least 'lock in' the materials cost -- we are going with a steel roof cause.... its actually cheaper than asphalt! Oil prices make it that way- crazy huh?
Over $1000 cheaper, and, no demo charge for labor to remove old shingles or charges to take the stuff to the landfill either - steel roof wil just go right over the old roof and will last for a very long time; warrantied for 50 yrs
now we just need $2500 for the rest and getting there too, of that, we need about $1700 more. I don't how to updt the gofundme to reflect that so I just post an updt when i post the GFM link on FB and Twitter
and I went through so many Govt agencies, State and Fed, for Vets and non Vets, as well as NGO's like Habitat for Humanity (they are having a ugly roof contest to determine which roof they willfix this year) Red Cross, and many others
found out Pennsylvania has a State taxpayer funded program for just this kind of thing, for people like me in need a bridging a gap in funding or in need of a grant for small home repairs
BUT our new State Rep promised to save tax money in Harrisburg and he found a mechanism to 'turn off' this program for his legislative area!
i mean the State will just spend OUR tax money somewhere else! I called the shit out of him on his Official and Personal FB page for this, as well as local FB groups
he got pissed and had his staff try to get a County agency, that exists to attract business to the area, to get me a grant to shut me up. They turned me down because I am not old enough! The age they pick though, 62, is the age to receive social security, but I already receive social security due to disability.. BUREAUCRATIC mess
just trying to finish on our own with my retiree and disability pay and hopefully some more donations
thanks for asking!