Storytelling: Abandoning Our Mentally Ill: 64-NPOY-WentK-30

A plate full of undercooked eggs and soggy fruit salad are put out at the boarding home of Lois Wimmer in Milwaukee, for breakfast. Residents pay $550 per month for food and rent, and the food is often gleaned from business garbage cans by the landlord. {quote}It's not my job to babysit these people,{quote} says Wimmer, who has been cited numerous times for building violations including rats, overcrowding and open sewage.

A plate full of undercooked eggs and soggy fruit salad are put out at the boarding home of Lois Wimmer in Milwaukee, for breakfast. Residents pay $550 per month for food and rent, and the food is often gleaned from business garbage cans by the landlord. "It's not my job to babysit these people," says Wimmer, who has been cited numerous times for building violations including rats, overcrowding and open sewage.