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As our country is just beginning to see the implications of this virus on not only our people but our economy, there will certainly be a lot of changes and moving in the next several months and maybe even years. There are already families who are losing their homes because of this crisis. People are being forced out of work because their businesses have closed down. It is almost impossible to find another job and interview because no one else is hiring right now. Unemployment sites are taking hours to load and complete because of how many people are on the server at once. Thousands of people are left unsure about what they are going to do next. Rent and mortgages are due in the next few days and many people don’t have the funds for that right now.

Maybe they will have the funds this next month and maybe the month after that, but what about four months from now? There is no guarantee that anything will even be open by that point. More things could be shut down by then, too. More and more people will continue to lose their jobs and be unable to support themselves or their families. The house and senate have talked about freezing rent and mortgage payments during this crisis, but this has not become a reality as of yet. People might be out of luck before something like that gets passed.

Something that has been proposed by local governments are temporary housing and shelters to go up all around the city. This could be tricky because you don’t want to spread the virus, but you also don’t want people to be without a home. Office type buildings or schools have many rooms that can be closed off to prevent people from gathering and spreading the virus.

Luckily, there are still people who are going to be unaffected by this. My partner and I both have jobs funded by the government and so we do not think our livelihood is going to be taken away anytime soon. What can people like us do to help?

If these plans to relocate people move ahead, these families will need cheap moving boxes. They have belongings they need to take with them to their new homes and cheap moving boxes will provide them with storage to move their belongings. There will be a drop off cite to donate these boxes or to pitch in a few extra dollars to help purchase and provide these surfaces for people.