I’ll try to make this as short as possible but some history might be needed. I’m a terrible story teller, but I’ll do my best.

There’s a laundromat on our block that I use that’s only 3 doors down from our home. The owner of the laundromat has had a problem with a large group of homeless that hang out there all the time. He finally reached out to the cops.

I happened to be there one night recently when there were 10–12 homeless there drinking beer. I walked in to grab my clothes from the wash to put into the dryer and a police officer drove up. One of the homeless men told everyone inside to hide their cans. When I opened my washer there was an empty beer can, plastic six ring and paper bag in with my wash. I was livid. I cussed them out. When I left I told the officer they put trash in with my wash. A couple of the homeless saw me talking to the officer. The officer told me they’d go in and issue citations for loitering if they weren’t washing clothes.

Then again two days ago one of the homeless women who happened to be sitting right next to my washer the first time was in the laundromat alone. I was the only person in there besides her. I put my clothes in the wash. When I came back to put the clothes in the dryer the washer door was open. I had to restart my wash. There’s no reason for the door to be open unless someone opened it.

This morning I noticed our brand new car that we purchased only a month ago had been keyed. This woman knows where I live. She walks by daily. My husband is so upset. He’s busting his ass 60 hours a week to pay for us to live in the city and finally have a nice car. We’re almost 50 and this is the first reliable vehicle we’ve ever owned.

What do we do? We’re afraid to wake up and find more vandalism. I’m uncomfortable going to this laundromat that’s most convenient for us. This woman has nothing to lose. We doubt the police can do anything.

Suggestions? We’re stuck in this lease until the end of June.