Former security guard living in desperate situation

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Since the death of his wife in 2021, Leroy Allen is struggling to find the money he needs to fund the repairs on his home.
Allen, who is a retired security guard, said that he has been trying to find employment but is constantly turned away because of his age.
"Security work me used to do fi 'bout 17 years on and off. Age start take me now so most of the places weh me go, is like them nah take me at my age. Cause me a 67, so is like dem wah some young likkle people," he said. "So me just have to be here on me own, so till me all a do some selling out a the gateway. Likkle jerk chicken neck and likkle jerk pork and jerk chicken."
Allen has been living at his Slipe Pen Road home in Kingston since the late 1980s. Though initially a brick structure, Allen said that years of weathering tropical storms and other natural disasters have left the property worse for wear.
AUGUST 2022: Leroy Allen, 67, lives in a dilapidated house on Slipe Pen Road and is seeking assistance to find work to fund the repairs.

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