Residents now tell us Home Forward has done very little since we last checked in, including some still dealing with frigid conditions from holes in walls and drying equipment and belongings being left behind.
Tina Whalberg is one of several residents at the Unthank Plaza who were temporarily displaced by a 2-alarm fire in November. But now she and other residents said their homes are unsafe and unlivable.
The heat has been broken at First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church for the last two Sunday services, but worship has continued even as accompanist and singer Phillis Whitmore has depended on a space heater below her Yamaha keyboard. References to the cold ran throughout Pastor Dennis Payne’s sermon this week, often illustrating the importance of resilience in both spiritual and everyday life.
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