Louise Jeavons at her Castle Rock townhome on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.
Theresa DeVries has lived in her Lakewood apartment for six years and has no plans to move anytime soon. At least, she hopes she won’t.
DeVries has an autoimmune disease that already made it difficult to work before the pandemic. Over the past year, she’s only left home a handful of times, to avoid getting COVID-19.
Making rent has become a constant worry for DeVries. She lost her disability benefits in late 2019 after receiving them for several years and had to wait a full year to reapply. So she hasn’t had any income through the pandemic. But so far, she said her landlord has been pretty understanding.