And for Carolyn Leeson, the lifeline turned into a thread a while ago.
The two disabled Star Valley Mobile Home Park residents now face homelessness. One has struggled since 1989 with mental and physical limits. The other has lived imprisoned in post-traumatic stress disorder and a body wracked by seizures.
But now theyâre both facing homelessness â or the need to move away in hopes they can find shelter with family or friends.
Theyâre both profoundly disabled and potentially tragic illustrations of a frightening trend â disability payments donât provide enough to pay the rent in even normal times. Add a pandemic with its rising housing prices worsening an already profound shortage of affordable housing and theyâre out of luck.