Thank you everyone for helping us wrap our heads around this.
About 4 years ago my MIL was foreclosed on, she had a $400 mortgage, so affordable, but stopped paying. Then she went to rent a house that was double the cost. 6 months ago she had to sign her whole tax return over to her landlord or get evicted. Her landlord sold to a new person a couple of months ago, a walk through could have sealed her fate, she is a hoarder, big time.
Now I believe we are about a week away from her being homeless.
My mom mentioned that maybe she is hesitant to sign up for disability because she is afraid she would be put in a nursing home. (neither I nor my husband ever even considered that). I was hoping she could get a studio or one bedroom with that money, maybe we could supplement any extras like toiletries.
I don't know if I'm gonna get a straight answer on why she is getting thrown out. Could be non-payment, could be her hoarding, could be weed (we live in a non legal state). All I know is she has always had her mom and dad bailing her out when times were tough and they both passed away last year. She has no safety net and not a dollar to her name. But she does have TWO SISTERS and A COUSIN. ;)
Husband has no idea what to do, he is a gentle soul and just wants everyone to be happy, safe and secure. He loves his mom of course, but we both know moving her in would be a DARK CLOUD on our home, and now we have a baby to consider in 3 months time.
I will post again with an update once all the chips fall.
But for real thank you, we feel pretty heartless but neither of us feel good about letting her move in.