Teeray Gives a Speech
This is me, Summer 2007 in Calgary, speaking at the CHAI Housing Rally
...where I was
Badly Misquoted and turned out to be (for media purposes) hours away from homelessness with my family, including my children.
The facts:
I spoke about the fact that I was in sub-standard housing but would stay there because in Calgary, housing is an issue and rents are skyrocketing. I hoped I would not have my meagre 'allowance' dwindle down to the point where an eviction notice would happen.
I mentioned that several years before (about 4 years previous), I had already been officially HOMELESS and did not want that to happen again since I was working hard at rebuilding my life.
I spoke about the fact that I am mainly labelled as 'requiring low income services' but the low income services just REFER ME TO a different low income service in a perpetual CIRCLE so that I have to constantly worry about getting NO SERVICES and worry about becoming homeless.
I Told an interviewer that I have 1 son who lives out of town with relatives and is NOT in this housing crunch with me...and that I am thankful for that.
I don't understand how the details got so mixed up...
But 'media' is not my best friend.
