Sentences with phrase «keep roofs over the heads»

I never saw them balance a checkbook, but they kept a roof over our heads and got all six of us into college.

«The red bars represent places where you have to work the most hours to keep the roof over your head,» Howmuch.net reports.

And I want to do more than just keep a roof over their heads; in addition to providing shelter and sustenance, I want to provide them with educational opportunities, adventure, and an extraordinary life.

For homeowners who want to avoid the social stigma of a foreclosure, a short sale may a way to keep a roof over their heads while they plan their financial exit strategy.

We will step up with provincial support for co-op housing, and provide families with the funding they need to keep a roof over their heads.»

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.

while you absolutist Christians were trying to keep me from getting enough care to keep a roof over my head, feed myself, obtain medical care, and be able to stay alive.

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.

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«I feel really blessed that we have had all the success we've had, and that pretty much every door will be open for my daughter, but seeing the challenges we face and then knowing it's much harder when you don't have the money you need, when you're worried about keeping a roof over your head or worried about whether you'll even have health insurance, and all these other issues.

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.

Ultimately, I have my own small business (a lot of stress would have been spared if I'd been an entrepreneur from the beginning instead of trying to follow a traditional career track), that has literally saved the ranch and kept the roof over my head, not to mention some hours of terrific pleasure in nature.

It allowed us to both commit to the company full - time without worrying about keeping a roof over our heads, and it gave us two more sets of hands to help with the baby.

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.

Trump's proposal to cut $ 6.2 billion in federal housing funds would decimate programs that help millions of low - income Americans keep a roof over their heads.

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...

For people who have little money, HIV may seem like the least of their worries as they struggle to find food, buy clothes and keep a roof over their heads.

There was a point that was almost unable to keep a roof over his head.

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.

At times, the film is so raw and real that one wants to pause and call Child Protective Services, however, there is even empathy for trashy, tattooed mom Halley (Bria Vinaite) who might smoke in front of impressionable daughter Moonee (Brooklyn Kimberly Prince), among other awful things, but will do anything to keep a roof over her head and food in her stomach.

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.»

Tensions rise when Dad — Mom is dead — sells his son's favorite horse just to keep a roof over their heads.

For years, the bearded bohemian had barely been able to keep a roof over his head as a struggling street musician in San Francisco.

Living in one of the rooms are 6 - year - old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her 22 - year - old mother Halley (Bria Vinaite), who struggle to keep a roof over their heads.

Meanwhile, just to keep a roof over their heads, Mrs. Kittredge (Julia Ormond) is forced to take in boarders.

A young street magician is left to take care of his little sister after his mother's passing and turns to drug dealing in the Los Angeles party scene to keep a roof over their heads.

However, few are aware of how challenging a childhood he had to overcome en route to the pros, being raised by a single - mom who had a hard time just keeping a roof over their heads.

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.

Oh, and if Lady Gaga had to work forty hours a week waiting tables or writing computer code in order to keep a roof over her head (because she couldn't make a living playing clubs), she wouldn't have as much time to practice, craft new routines, or cut songs.

Some still have the financial support of their parents to keep them afloat; others are maintaining full - time jobs just to keep a roof over their heads.

As a married woman who is «playing at being a writer,» it was thanks to the royalties of my books that kept a roof over our heads when both my husband and I were laid off.

A few authors do, but the rest of us toil in economic obscurity, with day jobs to keep a roof over our heads so we can spend evenings and weekends writing.

They're grabbing for today's dollars at the expense of a generation of young readers whose hunger for knowledge has to take a back seat to their hunger for food, to their need to pay to keep a roof over their heads and gas in their car.

Don't do anything else other than what you need to do to keep a roof over your head and food in your belly.

I began writing as a poet, then went into broadcast journalism and began writing literary biographies to make a living and keep a roof over my head for my children.

For homeowners who want to avoid the social stigma of a foreclosure, a short sale may a way to keep a roof over their heads while they plan their financial exit strategy.

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.

Sadly we have approached my son who lives a comfortable life filled with luxuries and outings while we struggle to keep a roof over our head.

It's estimated that as many as 41 % of American households spend more than 30 % of their income to keep a roof over their heads.

Due to a deficiency in affordable housing nation - wide, 20 % of the population is being left with no other choice but to cut costs in order to keep a roof over their heads.

Rather, I looked at it as saying that in the event of a financial disaster, you don't have to worry about the expense of your # 1 priority: keeping a roof over your head.

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.»

If you're struggling to pay your mortgage, you might look for financial relief to help keep the roof over your head.

Loads of people have to work at jobs that aren't perfect because they have to keep a roof over their heads.

Keeping your family safe and secure is the entire reason for a life insurance policy, and Family Life Insurance has exactly the policies you need to not only provide for your family, but also keep the roof over their heads.

By that time, your balance had grown so much that you couldn't afford to make the monthly payments and keep a roof over your head.