Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids
At the end of a long day at school, 14-year-old Na’Kaya Godfrey, and her 12-year-old brother, Junior, returned home to a dark, empty house in Stone Mountain, Georgia, outside Atlanta.
On this dreary winter afternoon, she turned on the space heaters that provide the only warmth in the unheated house, the latest in a long succession of homes the family has occupied during her short life. An inspirational sign on her dresser read “Home, Sweet Home”. But it doesn’t mean much to her. Asked how many places her family has lived, Na’Kaya guessed: “At least 25.”