am i not allowed to have a job or go to college while in PSH??(permanent supportive housing)
location: fort wayne indiana
i’ve been told a bunch of mixed things. i got into the program due to being homeless for many years, in domestic violence and having disabilities. so i fit all the criteria lol!
however, i was told to quit two jobs i had accepted (1st one was a factory position full time for $18/hr and then i got a job offer for a hotel desk receptionist position for $11/hr and 20 hours a week.) and also the hotel job was in the old town with my abuser, whereas the factory job was in the city i live in now. now my abuser just got the job because i lost it.
i’ve been really frustrated and even though i moved out of a person who abuses me, (sexually and physically but i fought back physically at one point and he uses it against me that i’m “worse”) to the point he almost jeopardized my move, almost killed my cat, etc, i keep having to rely on him and keep re-trauma bonding and not leaving him for financial support. he screams at me that i’m financially abusing him when he has taken a big portion of my food, damaged my belongings and returned them to me broken, and i gave him my old furniture because he was “worried he wouldn’t have a bed to sleep on, and would have to resort to the ground” / “need to put his clothes away” which it seems like he isn’t reimbursing me for it.
i’ve not been one able to keep a job because of my conditions POTS and my BPD but i still want to be independent! i’m worried i won’t be allowed to at least do college. i feel stuck. am i really not allowed to have a job or go to college?