Sentences with phrase «keep a roof over their heads on»

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It is illegal, but honestly if I was on food stamps and had a choice between not being able to get to my McJob (that barely pays rent) and breaking the law (and going hungry half the month, but keeping a roof over my head) I would break the law, and you would see some guy buying expensive food for himself, while I, the actual recipient, stretch the bag of lentils from last month as far as I can.

People got bills to pay, food to put on plates and roofs to keep over their heads.

The Salvation Army's director for community services, Tony Daniels said: «Staff and volunteers at our churches and social centres across the UK have seen growing numbers of individuals and families on low incomes who are struggling to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads.

the men who run this church have never been married or had children or had to pay bills to keep a roof over their heads or food on their table.

Her story is one I find inspirational, surviving on a minimal budget for her and her son, whilst searching for a job and trying to keep a roof over their head.

I can't bitch too much because at least I still have a job that keeps food on the table, a roof over our heads, and clothes on my children's backs.

Our family keeps a roof over our heads and food on the table by selling our efforts to various kinds of employers.

it not his place to do laundry or dishes, its his place to go to work to put food on our table and keep a roof over our head.

It will mean cuts to the housing support millions depend on to keep a roof over their heads.

For many Disneyland employees, a hard day's work doesn't pay them enough to keep a roof over their heads or to put food on the table, according to the results...

«Anyone that helps care for our sick, elderly, disabled or otherwise homebound should not need to expend additional energy worrying about how to keep a roof over their own head and how to keep food on their table.

Take a few moments to be thankful for all the gifts you have in your life, such as a close friend, a roof over your head, a fridge full of food, and a wise and beautiful heart that keeps beating without any effort on your part.

Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) and his son Sam (Armand Verdure) are doing what they can to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.

Because the writer knew that even if this very powerful man never gave her a job in any of his films, even if he blacklisted her from other films, she could make her own work on her own terms and thus keep a roof over her head.»

Since she barely speaks English, the desperate woman starts selling meat patties on the streets of Queens to keep a roof over their heads.

The card tricks he performs on the street may fulfill him artistically, given the wide - eyed enjoyment by viewers, but they can do little to keep a roof over the heads of the small family.

Also, being faithful to the repayment terms — paying on time, every time — will not only keep a roof over your head, but also will do wonders for your credit scores.

Your dignity stays pretty much intact; you keep your roof over your head buying time to relocate while your house is on the market, your time in credit purgatory is limited to about two years, less than half of what it will be if you follow short sighted advice to «just walk away.»

I would rather pay every cent of the $ 90,000 in consumer debt that we once faced, than go through that, unless I had no other option to keep a roof over my daughter's head and food on our table.

What people are in need of is a quick way to get out of debt and at the same time manage so they can still keep food on the table and a roof over their heads, not just become a profit line for the credit card companies!

They will certainly show you how to prioritise the most important debts to enable you to keep food on the table and a roof over your head.

We're keeping families in their homes while doing what's in the best interest of future generations who will rely on the safety and soundness of FHA to put a roof over their heads.

Just keeping the roof over your head will pay huge dividends in protecting your credit rating and keeping your FICO ® Score on your credit report at the highest level possible.

Keeping a roof over your head won't break the bank, although you'll be spending a little more time on the trip to work.

From my personal experience so far regarding my credit profile, I earlier didn't know how about it was and when I knew I had foreclosures, cleared my student loan, collections, inquires, late payments and even over dues, I felt really bad because then it was late and the result of my bad credit affected my credit score which was about 379 and to get my loan approved I needed 700 and above, I sort for help from big credit repair companies, but they couldn't help me get my score where I wanted to be in the short period I need to get a loan to keep a roof over my child's head, till a lender introduced me to a repair man who has access to this credit companies who got my credit clean and also educated me about how to maintain my credit and maintain a really good score, ELITEREALHACK at GMAIL dot COM) is where ill refer anyone that needs a deadline fix on there credit.

Top quality software isn't going to be produced for platforms where there is no return on investment, on time, or the ability for an independent developer to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head.

There's a big difference, after all, between making games as a supplement to other sources of family income and relying on game sales to keep a roof over your head.»

That means the collection agencies stop calling, the bank won't foreclose on your home, and you can keep living your life with the peace of mind knowing that you will have a roof over your head for you and your family.

Ensuring the basic necessities of keeping a roof over our heads, the lights on, and food on the table were of her greatest concerns.

These were great opportunities but I simply couldn't afford to capitalize on them while keeping a roof over my head.

Even $ 100,000 to $ 150,000 a year will keep a roof over your head and food on the table in most parts of the country, and many lawyers will surpass those numbers eventually.

If you have dependents who rely on your income in order to pay the bills, keep a roof over their heads, and put food on the table, you need to have life insurance.

Okay, that job you're gunning for may simply be a means to keep a roof over your head and food on your table.

You may have been through difficult periods in your life where your primary goal was to keep a roof over your family's heads and food on the table.

Do your gold bars keep a roof over your head and can you leverage those investments by putting down as little as five per cent or 10 per cent and financing the balance on a long - term basis as the investment keeps increasing?

These people work 3 - 8 jobs a year just to take care of their families, keep a roof over their head and food on the table.

Realize that when an agent is negotiating his or her commission with you, they are negotiating their own salary; the salary that keeps a roof over their family's head; the salary that puts food on their family's table.

And many residents are cutting back on food, clothing and medical care to keep a roof over their heads.

I missed my home, my hubby, and my girls, but in order to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table, we both needed to bring in a steady income so that was just the way it was going to be for a while.