Jerry Green is a proud man, a good father and a loyal Marine. Coming home from the Vietnam War, he worked long hours to feed his family, raising three children along the way.
A machine operator, Green shakes hands with a strong grip, looks you in the eye when he speaks and does so with an easy but straightforward voice.
All this makes the story he tells so much harder to hear.
“I am sleeping on my sister’s couch,” Green said. “Actually, it’s not big enough to be called a couch. It’s more like a little cot.
“But it’s the one thing keeping me from being homeless.”