Defer offer? Or alternative suggestions?
I got accepted into the graduate program and happily accepted, I pulled out the financial aid that I could for the semester, but I knew I would have very little left for housing after tuition was paid, so I contacted my close friend who offered to allow me to stay with her for the semester. This unfortunately has now fallen through due to her now unexpectedly having to be the caregiver to her mother, who lives in a different state. She told me she broke her lease and will be out end of month, so I will now only be at hers until then.
My question is if anyone is aware of any resources that students can utilize if they no longer have housing. Since I am a grad student there’s not a way for me to live on campus, and as we know miami is incredibly expensive. I can only afford somewhere around $1200 and would like it to be in a safe area which seems very hard to locate in that budget. I feel like my best bet is to just defer my offer, but I already accepted the financial aid so I don’t even know how that would work. Anyways in short I’m not looking for sympathy or a place to couch surf, I’m just curious if anyone has been in a similar situation or know someone who has and what things they did to make it work. Thanks in advance everyone 🩷