Worker woes: Lack of affordable housing poses threat to island economy

Edwards, a Dallas native, had just gotten a job as the general manager of the Galveston Papa John’s Pizza and moved into the area eager to get started.

But by October, he was still renting a room in Dickinson and still trying to find a place to live on the island. He had been living as a nomad, of sorts, packing up and moving from one short-term rental to another as the search dragged on.