I need advice...

[areias]

I say...invite them in! Have a party!

LOL sorry, I couldn't help myself.

I think it is definately a personal decision. If you can afford the other place, go for it! If not, get after the managment at your apartment complex...ask for gates, security cameras, a night at least once at night. Call the police out every single time, and the police will get annoyed and maybe talk to management. Or the homeless people might get a clue and find somewhere else to go.

[caseysmom]

I think "might" be able to afford it is just too scary...I think if you call whenever you see folks then they will find someplace else to go.

[Karen]

Another thought/question:

Have the homeless ever theatened anyone? Might you be able to just have a sheet of paper ready with the names and address of any homeless shelters that you could silently hand them?

[IRescue452]

You pay heat and water seperate in your current apartment? I know that won't come near $120, but its included with the rent in the new place. It sounds like a nicer place and either way you do want to leave the current place. Do you have a local salvation army that you could ask to spot the lease transfer? In WI at least we have very few people who don't qualify for help, so long as we feel that they have enough income to support their expenses and support themselves, we do the one-time help.

[CathyBogart]

I say go for the new place. Then again, if I could find a place for $580 a month I'd be all over it in half a hearbeat.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

It's obviously a highly personal decision, but for me, I have to feel safe and comfortable in my own home. Being home is sort of like a sanctuary for me...if I were in that position, and felt uncomfortable in my current place, I would move if I could afford it, even if I had to cut corners somewhere else.

[Catlady711]

Not knowing what your normal montly bills are, or what kind of winters you have there I can't say if the higher rent with heat/water included makes good financial sense or not.

I'd say sit down with your heat/water bills and figure your average for at least 2 years and find out if that additional $120 is actually as high as you think.

Where I live winters are cold, and just the savings in the heat bill alone would be enough I'd take it.


Good luck either way.