<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

People of Reddit, partially to ask for advice, and partially to vent. In November of last year, I lost my job because I applied for another job. I did this on my own time, in my own home, and when they called to verify my employment, the company let me go the next day. To make matters worse, I was denied unemployment from my state on the grounds that I was fired for a "good reason." This part of the complaint is still in appeals. It's meh. I don't care about the money. Cut to now, I finally found employment, but I'm behind on my bills. A month ago, when I first started finding work, I spoke to my leasing agent about setting up a payment structure to pay off my back-rent, and it was agreed upon. Cut to today when I was served with an eviction hearing notice, even despite our discussion that was approved. 

Now I'm stuck in a bad way, both legally and financially. The agreed upon repayment was designed to allow me to acquire the money in order to pay the landlord. Now I'm in a position where I have incurred extra court fees, simply because my landlord is impatient, and now I'm stuck with higher fees outside of the already high-cost of rent.

I'm sure by keeping copies of the correspondence, I'm out of the woods, but I still can't fathom the money-grubbing nature of real estate companies. 

I guess my ultimate question is: are there any avenues to pursue where I don't lose my ass financially, and if not really or no, what can I do to secure a good amount of money (around $500) in a very short time.
<bot>: Lost my job, couldn't pay rent; cut a deal that allowed me to push it out, and landlord backed out of deal and served eviction hearing papers.