Hi everyone. All ANE 2026 plans as of today are now on pause and are to be considered tentatively canceled.
Earlier today, myself and my roommates Kinix & Leona received a notice of termination of lease from our landlord. Our current lease will be terminated as of October 15th, 2025, and as things stand, we are in agreement that we don’t believe our landlord will work with us on this. As it is a long story, the one out of the three of us that I am worried about is me, as I have been in a poor place with my rental history due to my ex-fiancée and the options that they chose in the past.
While Kinix and I are attempting to work through next steps, I fear that this has also taken a strong impact on my spirits, my mental health, and has increased my anxiety several fold. Given my poor rental history and experiences with renting, I am very concerned at this time that I may become homeless.
Kinix, Leona, and myself are looking at next steps, and are reviewing multiple aspects of both the notice that we received, and options that we have from here. While we have been starting to look at options that we have immediately, this has been a major mental setback to me, especially after I have come a long way already on my mental health recovery and working on many aspects of my life and making them better.
As things stand, there is a silver lining on this massive dark cloud. If I am able to put myself into a situation that I can stabilize my housing, Leona may be moving out in the next 4-8 months, and Kinix may move to his next place if I can make this stable. If things can become stable before ANE, I will be in attendance as I have saved about 1/4 of what I will be budgeting.
All my friends, both close and those I’ve lost touch with for a while, are in my thoughts, and although I hold out hope that things will work out like they always do, I am very concerned as it is about this. My DMs are always open for mutuals who would like to help in any way possible, even if it’s something like taking my mind off the anxiety for a while.