Author: Eleanor Bader
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Gimme Shelter: Government Policies Fail Homeless Mothers and Kids.
Three years ago Daphna Browne [a pseudonym] was living in the Bronx with her then-10-year-old daughter. Life was difficult. Browne was on Social Security Disability because of severe depression and an anxiety disorder; still, if she was thrifty, she could pay her $650 monthly rent and support herself and her child. Her life began to…