Money was tight for Harriet Feggins even before the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a blow to her pocketbook. An asthmatic and insulin-dependent diabetic, she has trouble moving around and was living off of federal disability benefits, supporting herself and her two teenage daughters on meager monthly checks of less than $1,000.
Then, last November, a stray bullet wounded Feggins’ then-14-year-old during a shooting at Atlantic Station, and in May her 16-year-old gave birth to a baby boy. Medical bills and other expenses piled up, and Feggins, a longtime Vine City resident, found herself three months—or $1,450—behind on rent. She figured her landlord, the Westside Future Fund, which pays part of its tenants’ rents, would soon file for eviction.
“I didn’t know what I was going to do,” Feggins told Atlanta Civic Circle. “Am I going to sell a kidney? Am I going to sell a lung? I don’t know. I couldn’t sell plasma; my doctor didn’t approve of it, because of my asthma.”
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