CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Tammy Jenkins is a senior mobile home owner in West Ashley, and could now face homelessness due to a lack of income and the rising cost of repairs.
“I don’t have the money to do the small things that I need to do, much less the larger things for my repairs on my home because this is the only home and at my age I don’t believe I’ll ever be able to buy anything to live out the rest of my life,” Jenkins said Sunday.
The problems all came to a head two years ago after she called Trident Area Agency on Aging, a publicly and privately funded program which supports the elderly. Jenkins called to request repairs to her home which needed some wood paneling replaced…