# Heather’s Story: Homelessness After COVID-19 and a Rent Increase

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120378485307044212
- Source account: [@MarioNawfal](https://x.com/MarioNawfal)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 6:56
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase) Hello. Hi. Uh, what's your name? Heather. Heather.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=4) Uh, how old are you, Heather? Um, 57. 57, okay.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=9) Are you homeless? Yes. How long have you been homeless for?

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=12) Um, three and a half years. Three years- Three and a half years ...

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=17) Three and a half years. I'd have to think about it.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=20) Three years at least. Three, three and a half years. Okay.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=23) Um, how long have... Okay, so three and a half years.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=26) Um, and how did you become homeless? Um, it started with COVID.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=33) And I am an artist, and I had a farmers market gig, and I was deemed, um, along with all of the other artists, plant growers, and anybody who wasn't selling food specifically, uh, we were deemed unessential and sent home and told to fuck off.

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=49) Um, because I'm an artist and I always sell, was selling things online, I scrambled and I got a new site and made that work.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=57) Um, and then it was, uh, my landlord, he was killed during COVID.

[1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=66) In my opinion, he was, he was murdered. He was intubated.

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=68) He was one of the first people to die. Wow. Murdered?

[1:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=76) And she sold the buildings. She sold everything.

[1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=83) And BlackRock bought my building. BlackRock. And my, my rent went from $400 to $925.

[1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=90) Oh, wow. Oklahoma's a landlord state, so they can do whatever they want.

[1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=95) People wanna argue and go, "Well, why didn't you just..."

[1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=97) It's like, that's not, that's not real. That's California. That's not Oklahoma.

[1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=101) That's not real. So I moved in with a friend, and I lost a day, and I called my sister to come pick me up because, uh, losing a day and realizing why you lost a day, it's 'cause you've been knocked out and shit.

[2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=123) Knocked out? He roofied me. My landlord roofied me. Okay.

[2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=128) And so I had to bounce. And, um, my... I went to try and get some help from a couple people.

[2:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=139) Um, my sister-in-law, my ex-sister-in-law, she ended up coming and picking me up.

[2:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=145) But, uh, I stayed with her for nine months, and I, you know, gave her four hours a day of my time, but nothing I did was enough.

[2:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=155) And helped her start her LLC and all kinds of stuff.

[2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=157) And, um, so I came to stay here with my dad, who is a criminal.

[2:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=166) Hmm. And I found out that he's narcissistic, among other things.

[2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=170) He's, he's in the system as SMI, which is seriously mentally ill.

[2:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=174) He's in the system that way, and he's been in institutions and...

[2:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=178) So I found out the truth about a lot of things. But he put me out.

[3:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=182) He ran through my resources and put me out.

[3:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=184) So- Your dad. Mm-hmm. Wow. After five months.

[3:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=188) But, uh, he stays someplace. Like, he's, he's like the most poor you could picture in a trailer park.

[3:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=195) Mm-hmm. Okay. So you came from Oklahoma. That's where...

[3:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=199) Is that where you were first- I'm originally from Long Beach. Okay.

[3:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=203) But I have lived in Oklahoma for a couple decades.

[3:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=207) It's nice out there. Okay. How long have you been out in California?

[3:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=211) Uh, so I think, um, since I... I mean, I stayed with my sister, and then I stayed with my dad, but, um, I don't know. Since 2022.

[3:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=225) Four years. Okay. Okay. Um, so what kind of places have you been sleeping at, being homeless?

[3:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=234) I had a tent- A tent ... up on top here for- Okay ... uh, six months.

[3:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=239) And before that, my tent was down on the other side of the hill for a year and a half.

[4:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=245) Okay. And, uh, I've stayed with a couple people, like, just having no place to stay.

[4:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=252) Just like right now, I'm about to lose my place, and I have a place to stay, but just to sleep.

[4:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=256) We're... The way it works is you need three things.

[4:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=261) And, uh, you need a place to shower and shit.

[4:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=266) That's the gym. It's 10 bucks a month. You need a place to store your stuff.

[4:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=271) I continue to resell stuff. I continue to buy stuff and resell stuff.

[4:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=274) I continue to run a business, which is what I was doing when COVID started.

[4:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=278) Is that how you provide for yourself? Yes.

[4:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=280) Okay, 'cause that's one of the questions that I ask, is how do you provide for yourself?

[4:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=283) I've had a... I've been self-employed since I was 25.

[4:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=286) I had a retail store that I opened. I have a four-year degree from California State University, Fresno, okay?

[4:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=291) I have a Bachelor of Art in Interior Design.

[4:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=293) I'm well-educated. I studied Latin for four years.

[4:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=295) I'm not your typical homeless person. I'm really smart. Yeah.

[4:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=299) Um, and you know. Well, you look smart. But, but, but the downside to that is I'm a victim of MKUltra.

[5:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=305) Hmm. And so a lot of the things that I look at in my life have to do with that, and I don't wanna get into that because that's...

[5:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=315) People are weird about MKUltra. Uh, Epstein Island is down your street. Mm-hmm.

[5:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=321) Epstein Island is everywhere. Yeah. And, uh, that's why I was roofied, was MKUltra.

[5:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=331) Okay. And they didn't expect me to literally flee with nothing, which is what I had to do.

[5:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=336) From where? From, uh... Basically, I found out I was being held by handlers, and I fled.

[5:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=343) Held by who? I'm sorry. Handlers. Oh, handlers. MKUltra handlers.

[5:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=346) You were being handled? Yeah. MKUltra handles you your whole life.

[5:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=349) It's- By who? Uh, MKUltra. Uh, it started off when I was seven. See? Wow.

[5:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=355) I'm a complicated person, but it started off when I was seven, and I was put in a program called MGM 'cause I was a performer.

[6:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=361) Like, all the other kids were doing the exercises, but they had me at the front of the class 'cause I would sing along.

[6:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=367) So different ways they identify kids. And then MGM was the '70s.

[6:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=373) Like, remember, I'm old. MGM was the '70s, and that turned into Gate.

[6:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=377) Well, everything that's coming out about Gate right now is that it's MKUltra. Yeah.

[6:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=382) And so put it together. It's MKUltra. It's mind experiments.

[6:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=385) Did that, did, did that ever, uh- It's memory wiping. It's stuff ...

[6:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=388) Did that ever materialize physically to where you- I've been being handled and watched my whole life.

[6:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=396) Okay. What they did to us was that they gave us this little pink drink, and we would take that, and then they'd hook us up to these, what ca- they called hearing tests.

[6:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=406) Now, this is all over YouTube. You can go research yourself. But they weren't actually hearing tests.

[6:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zlyDa3dl4aMD/en/heather-s-story-homelessness-after-covid-19-and-a-rent-increase?t=410) What they were doing was they were applying frequency to the metals that were in those drinks and creating frequency res-