I'm aware that's how they work but when the system "works" and the result is starving families then maybe it's time we rethink whether we should keep following this system, no?
I love that we need ironclad proof to decide whether or not it's okay for people to be able to afford sustenance or not. If there's no proof then, oh well! The poors will just have to make do.
It's African American Vernacular English. Calling it "uneducated and improper" can and will be perceived as racist as it's a legitimate dialect of the English language.
So why not form a tenant union at that point?