A Duet For Home

A notice alerts residents of a required meeting in the cafeteria at 5:00 pm. Tyrell confronts Ms. Gonzalez about the meeting, but she changes the subject and talks to him about change and growth before giving him his favorite food: fried chicken. They also discuss the DHS person’s cartoonish reaction to the mice.

June notices the sign for the meeting and heads to the crowded cafeteria, where Ms. MacMillan discusses the “record number” of unhoused people and explains HSP. Next to her is Mr. Fernsby. He is a “housing specialist” from DHS, and he is supposed to “help” the residents adapt to the HSP program.

The residents are upset and shout questions and comments. They don’t want to live in precarious spaces with substandard schools and no nearby transportation. They also don’t think that the company that owns Huey House should receive money in exchange for moving them within 90 days.

Tyrell’s mother attends the meeting, but June’s mother isn’t there. To relieve the stress of the meeting, Lulu’s mother offers to give June some “pampering.” She shows June a picture of a model who doesn’t look like June. Nevertheless, Ms. Vega wants to make June’s hair like the hair of the model.