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Woman homeless for months after COVID-19 battle causes her to lose apartment

Woman homeless for months after COVID-19 battle causes her to lose apartment
>> YOU ARE IN A BAD SPOT. >> I AM. >> 30-YEAR-OLD DONSHE HAMBRIGHT FELL VICTIM TO COVID LAST AUGUST . RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS SHE WAS IN A COMA AND ON A VENTILATOR. >> THEY TOLD MY MOM AND GRANDMOTHER I HAD A 10% CHANCE OF LIVING. >> SHE BEAT THOSE LONG ODDS AND GOT BETTER BUT -- >> LIFE WAS STILL GOING ON AND I LOST EVERYTHING. MY APARTMENT. MY JOB. >> HAMBRIGHT WHO HAD TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN AND NEEDS A TRACHEAL TUBE TO KEEP BREATHING LOST HER APARTMENT LEASE DURING THE FOUR MONTHS SHE WAS IN HOSPITALS AND REHAB. >> I GOT EVICTED. BECAUSE I HAD COVID. >> AND THE EVICTION HAS KEPT HER OUT OF LOW COST HOUSING SO. YOU ARE LIVING OUT OF THIS VAN AND YOUR SISTER IS DRIVING YOU AROUND. REAL CRISIS IS A PLACE TO LIVE. >> YES, SIR. >> YOU HAVE BEEN SLEEPING IN THAT VAN. FOR HOW LONG? QUICK SINCE JANUARY. >> BUT ON THIS HOT SUMMER DAY WHEN SHE SHE CAME TO US, WE GOT MS. HAMBRIGHT SOME HELP DIRECTING HER TO BIRMINGHAM’S FIRST LIGHT SHELTER LED BY SHERRY BRAY. >> WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS PROVIDE HER WITH SUPPORTIVE CARE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP HER MANEUVER THE HOUSING SITUATION SHE IS IN. WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH VOUCHERS. WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH LANDLORDS. WE ARE ABLE TO BE HER ADVOCATE IN THIS SITUATION TO HELP HER HOPEFULLY GET INTO HOUSING AND DO THAT SOON. >> AFTER SUFFERING FROM A MERCILESS DISEASE AT LAST A TENDER MERCY. >> I AM GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING. >> YES TONIGHT, DONSHE HAMBRIGHT WHO’S AN ASPIRING CHEF IS STAYING IN A SHELTER AND NOT IN HER VAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 8 MONTHS. AND SHERI WE’RE GLAD SHE ASKED FOR HELP AND INDEE
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Woman homeless for months after COVID-19 battle causes her to lose apartment
Over two years after its initial appearance in Alabama, COVID-19 has not only claimed the lives of nearly 20,000 Alabamians but has also disrupted the lives of many who survived.Jeff Eliasoph from sister station WVTM talked with Donshe Hambright, a Birmingham woman fighting struggles in other areas of her life after a serious, monthslong battle with COVID-19 resulted in the loss of her apartment.Hambright contracted COVID-19 last August. For several weeks she was in a coma and on a ventilator, fighting for her life."They told my mom and my grandmother that I had a 10% chance at living," Hambright said.She beat those long odds and got better over time. But then came the next battle."When I was released from the hospital, life was still going on," Hambright said. "And I had lost everything; my apartment, my job."Watch the video above for more on her story.

Over two years after its initial appearance in Alabama, COVID-19 has not only claimed the lives of nearly 20,000 Alabamians but has also disrupted the lives of many who survived.

Jeff Eliasoph from sister station WVTM talked with Donshe Hambright, a Birmingham woman fighting struggles in other areas of her life after a serious, monthslong battle with COVID-19 resulted in the loss of her apartment.

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Hambright contracted COVID-19 last August. For several weeks she was in a coma and on a ventilator, fighting for her life.

"They told my mom and my grandmother that I had a 10% chance at living," Hambright said.

She beat those long odds and got better over time. But then came the next battle.

"When I was released from the hospital, life was still going on," Hambright said. "And I had lost everything; my apartment, my job."

Watch the video above for more on her story.