PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Erica from Ecuador on Shelter Experience and Housing Needs
3:31:26
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151 sec
Erica, an immigrant from Ecuador, shares her experience with the shelter system and expresses concerns about her family's living conditions. She highlights the challenges of finding affordable housing and the need for dignified living arrangements for her children.
- Erica started using shelters a month ago due to a sexual abuse issue involving her daughter in previous housing
- She faces difficulties getting help because her partner is not an asylum seeker
- Erica emphasizes the need for affordable housing and expresses worry about her teenage children sharing sleeping space
- She mentions being pregnant and stresses the importance of dignified housing for her family's well-being
Erica (via Spanish Interpreter)
3:31:26
My name is Erica, and I'm from Ecuador.
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One month ago, I started using the shelters.
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Because of an issue with my daughter of sexual abuse in my prior housing.
3:31:51
The group of undocumented women told me about this and started using it.
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But first they didn't wanted to help me because my partner is not as an asylum seeker.
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He has already been here for 2 years.
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I went to get help, to get a job, and to give my children, dignified life so that this doesn't happen again.
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So I have the knowledge, but there is no case or case worker that can help me to get an apartment at a low price, affordable housing?
Diana Ayala
3:33:04
No.
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I, area.
Erica (via Spanish Interpreter)
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I have to share with my partner, my kids the same area.
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They're teenagers, and they sleep in the same bed.
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Because of what happened, it worries me a lot.
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A dignified housing will be a a a housing will be able to give my children a dignified life, and also I'm pregnant at the moment.
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And that will be all.
