DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Carol Matthews didn’t have a working central air conditioning unit at her home in Deerfield Beach for six weeks.
It was a daunting problem. The solution was to pay from $8,500 to $10,000, and Mathews, 82, a widow, couldn’t afford it. Without it, temperatures neared 90 degrees.
“It’s kind of depressing because you are uncomfortable,” Matthews said…