Try moving. There are plenty of places in this country where she can find work and only pay 25-40% of her income towards rent. Back in the “good old” days people knew the reality of moving to find work instead of this retarded mentality of thinking they can just stay there and glean sympathy so someone else can support them.
Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee are few that easily come to mind.
I was not a Bobcat Goldwaithe an but he did a routine once talking about people that were starving in the desert countries of Africa. He answer to them was just f__ing move! If there is no food just move! If there is no water just move!
He was right.
Maybe she can't. Maybe her bank account is empty now, and she can't buy the gasoline.
There are plenty of places in this country where she can find work and only pay 25-40% of her income towards rent.
That solution works for most cases, but sometimes you have folks who stay in the high cost of living area because that's where their skills are in demand. And, in all honesty, sometimes folks are out on their luck.
That said, Ms. Harvey has three grown children. Why are they not helping her?