Poverty gap for Black and Latino senior citizens grew over last decade
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 28, 2022
By Robert Davis, Denver VOICE
Although Melvin Page had a long career in public service, retiring proved to be much more difficult than he thought.Â
Three years into his retirement, Page suffered a brain aneurysm that left him with crippling medical debt and no chance of keeping his apartment. The then 70-year-old ended up experiencing homelessness in Denver for more than a year beginning in 2019. He told Denver . . .
