Homeowner Stories
Meet Stacy
Read more: Meet StacyStacy is a mother to three sons and guardian to her teenage niece. She was renting a house that was unaffordable, in need of repairs, and did not accommodate her son Quamir, who is disabled and uses a wheelchair. Among many barriers, the house didn’t have a ramp – forcing the family to carry Quamir up…
MEET TESFAYE AND TIGIST
Read more: MEET TESFAYE AND TIGISTFuture homeowners, Tesfaye and Tigist, originally came to Northern Virginia for employment opportunities. The household grew with the arrivals of their daughter and son. As parents, they are challenged with raising a son and daughter in an overcrowded two-bedroom, one bath apartment. Both teenagers share the master bedroom, with their son sleeping in a converted closet…