Mother Of 12 House Burned Down

fmdog44

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She is a single mother of 12 living in Houston but is from Louisiana.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A mother and several children lost their home near Jersey Village in an early-morning fire, firefighters said.
The Cy-Fair Fire Department responded to the 6400 block of Pinewood Trace around 4 a.m. Wednesday. They found heavy flames shooting from the garage area of the home. The fire spread to the rest of the home’s roof.
The Louisiana native said they moved from Baton Rouge to the Houston-area in 2017 to get away from an abusive relationship. Now, Moldies said it hurts to start over. “I’m crying because we don’t have nothing,” she said. “And then we’re not really from here so I’m like, ‘Oh my God! What are we going to do? Where are we going to go?’ Then I said, ‘I don’t care. I’ll sleep in my car,’ because I got my kids, ya’ll. And they still all with me. ”The family plans to stay at a friend’s house until they can figure out where to go from there.Arizpe said Harris County Fire Marshal Office investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire, but is believed to have started in the garage.
A GoFundMe account has been set up for the family.

So she and her twelve children are now homeless. No insurance. I don't get it.
 

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fmdog44 said:
She is a single mother of 12 living in Houston but is from Louisiana.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A mother and several children lost their home near Jersey Village in an early-morning fire, firefighters said.
The Cy-Fair Fire Department responded to the 6400 block of Pinewood Trace around 4 a.m. Wednesday. They found heavy flames shooting from the garage area of the home. The fire spread to the rest of the home’s roof.
The Louisiana native said they moved from Baton Rouge to the Houston-area in 2017 to get away from an abusive relationship. Now, Moldies said it hurts to start over. “I’m crying because we don’t have nothing,” she said. “And then we’re not really from here so I’m like, ‘Oh my God! What are we going to do? Where are we going to go?’ Then I said, ‘I don’t care. I’ll sleep in my car,’ because I got my kids, ya’ll. And they still all with me. ”The family plans to stay at a friend’s house until they can figure out where to go from there.Arizpe said Harris County Fire Marshal Office investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire, but is believed to have started in the garage.
A GoFundMe account has been set up for the family.

So she and her twelve children are now homeless. No insurance. I don't get it.
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A sad state of affairs, but no insurance? What in the world?

Here in Canada, in order to own a home and carry no insurance, ones home title must be free and clear (zero owing).

Even if the home was bought and paid for, I'm lost as to understand why no insurance coverage applied to the home.
 

Aunt Marg said:
A sad state of affairs, but no insurance? What in the world?

Here in Canada, in order to own a home and carry no insurance, ones home title must be free and clear (zero owing).

Even if the home was bought and paid for, I'm lost as to understand why no insurance coverage applied to the home.
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They probably couldn't afford insurance. She probably had to choose between the insurance and keeping her children fed. People living in poverty frequently have to make very hard choices that those of us not in their shoes or who have never been in their shoes might find it hard to understand. AND, if she had chosen insurance over food, that would have been neglect/abuse of her children and the authorities could have swooped in and removed them -- not to mention that they would have suffered from being hungry. She would have been screwed whichever she chose.

I certainly don't judge her for the choice she made. When I was working, we did work pro bono for some very poor people who were living in appalling circumstances, just trying to do the best they could with what little they had.
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
The article said she moved to escape an abusive relationship. As a former police service civilian who worked with abused women I find your comment heartbreakingly judgemental.
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Judgmental? Yes, it is. But she apparently stayed in the relationship long enough to have 12 children, which is a lot of mouths to feed and a lot of little bodies to clothe. That's bad decision making. Or perhaps a series of relationships resulted in 12 children. Also bad decision making. I hope she can find help and learn to make better decisions. The choices you make determine the life you lead.
 
Butterfly said:
They probably couldn't afford insurance. She probably had to choose between the insurance and keeping her children fed. People living in poverty frequently have to make very hard choices that those of us not in their shoes or who have never been in their shoes might find it hard to understand. AND, if she had chosen insurance over food, that would have been neglect/abuse of her children and the authorities could have swooped in and removed them -- not to mention that they would have suffered from being hungry. She would have been screwed whichever she chose.

I certainly don't judge her for the choice she made. When I was working, we did work pro bono for some very poor people who were living in appalling circumstances, just trying to do the best they could with what little they had.
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I'm not going to be so quick to buy into all that you posted, Butter, even though you voice a number of valid points that could apply to a situation as this.

The homes in the neighbourhood of the 6400 block of Pinewood Trace, look to be above average, which brings me to my first point of contention. How does a single mother of 12 children afford a home in the 6400 block of Pinewood Trace?

My next point of contention, if the single mother of 12 (in fact) can and was affording to pay the mortgage on her home situated in the 6400 block of Pinewood Trace, then surely if she was struggling to keep afloat financially, and knowing that 12 children were under the roof of such home, one would think that family or friends would step in and help the mother cover the cost of insurance, even if it was monthly.

I find it hard to believe that a financial institution (any financial institution) would write a mortgage to a buyer without conditions of insurance attached to such a dwelling, and if by chance insurance requirements in the USofA mirror the same in Canada, where homeowners holding a free and clear title on the property can wave any all insurance on such, then the mother had plenty of equity to tap into in order to ensure her home was insured accordingly.

The GoFundMe account has now bypassed the $30,000 mark, which I'm certain will not even begin to cover replacing the fire-ravaged home with a new home.

There's a whole lot not adding up with this story.
 
The elephant in the room.

How does she afford to feed, clothe, house, pay for health care for herself & 12 children? No mention of a job & the cost of child care while she works. Only real info is she moved to get away from an abusive relationship.

How did she manage? Maybe the millions suffering due to the covid -19 pandemic that will lose all they worked for could benefit from how this woman managed to do it.
 
Irwin said:
They seemed to be fairly well off... living in an upper middle-class neighborhood and a nice, huge house. I wonder what she did for a living.
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It doesn't add up.
 
Zillow.com currently (24 Dec 2020) shows most of the houses on Pinewood Trace Lane at $300,000 to $400,000, with one at $291,000 and several a bit over $400,000. By Los Angeles standards, that's extremely economical.
 
raybar said:
Zillow.com currently (24 Dec 2020) shows most of the houses on Pinewood Trace Lane at $300,000 to $400,000, with one at $291,000 and several a bit over $400,000. By Los Angeles standards, that's extremely economical.
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Not the case in Houston... That's an expensive home here.
 
Certainly does sound fishy, for all the reasons stated above. There may be more to the story than what we know.

Deb, not only at Xmas time. There was a similar house fire that left a family of 12 homeless in St. Louis in September. Google it.
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
The article said she moved to escape an abusive relationship. As a former police service civilian who worked with abused women I find your comment heartbreakingly judgemental.
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Bringing twelve children into an abusive environment is in itself abuse. She's perpetrated it and, statistically, some of her children are likely to as well.

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Reminds me of those panhandlers with their small children.
They load up their kids & drive home at the end of their shifts - in a $50,000.00 SUV.
 
Butterfly said:
They probably couldn't afford insurance. She probably had to choose between the insurance and keeping her children fed. People living in poverty frequently have to make very hard choices that those of us not in their shoes or who have never been in their shoes might find it hard to understand. AND, if she had chosen insurance over food, that would have been neglect/abuse of her children and the authorities could have swooped in and removed them -- not to mention that they would have suffered from being hungry. She would have been screwed whichever she chose.

I certainly don't judge her for the choice she made. When I was working, we did work pro bono for some very poor people who were living in appalling circumstances, just trying to do the best they could with what little they had.
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Or she could keep her legs closed.
 
win231 said:
Reminds me of those panhandlers with their small children.
They load up their kids & drive home at the end of their shifts - in a $50,000.00 SUV.
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I notice the BMW's and new SUVs lined up for free food handouts every day.
 

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