Submitted by honiestar t3_ycn52m in personalfinance
21F. Currently I am living with my Aunt and Uncle as I save up for an apartment with my boyfriend. My parents and my younger brother are out of state and struggling with housing. They are living airbnb to airbnb and check to check from these expenses. They’re desperate for a place. I’m being pressured into co-signing by my family, my parents claiming they just need a co-signer and they can finally have a place. Promise they will pay on time, but I’m not sure I have faith in that. They were evicted ~1 year ago due to failure to pay on time/lack of money, which is what landed them in this situation. They can afford a place, I know that, but they have issues with spending unnecessary money and not budgeting. This has hit them hard. I want to help my parents but I am also trying to build my credit as a new full-fledged adult and trying to get the money to support myself. What do I do?