['I did not have enough money for rent, but I had some freelance work that I could do and I was confident I could make the money in time.', 'You are a hard working person, you will be fine', "Thank you, that's encouraging."]
Like they say, hard-work never killed anyone
I did not have enough money to pay rent but I had some freelance work that I could do and I was confident I'd make the money in time.