Posted on April 10, 2017 by Mara Gay in The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal, By Mara Gay Donna Morgan is dreaming about shrimp and okra, deviled eggs with onions, and porgy. It has been a long day at work, and the 51-year-old Manhattan health aide is yearning for the taste of home. Instead, she likely will pick up some fast food and return to the Lower East Side homeless shelter where she has lived since October. “I’m working from 8 to 8, 12 hours a day, but I can’t afford the rent,” says Ms. Morgan, who works two jobs and earns about $2,100 a month. “Simple as that.”
