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HousingResource Center TM Success Stories Continued... • Renavativ.n :Viakes .fit safe..... While in conversation with representatives from three Native American tribes regarding how we -could assist some of their elders repair the homes they own, we mentioned our. services to Roseville residents. One of the. guests mentioned they have an elder who is in her own home, has a bad hip, and the only bathroom is in the basement which had a very unstable handrail. (This must have been a .basement home at one time and when the first floor was added they did not add an additional bathroom.) .They asked us if we would help her and said they would also make some grant funds available. We will now be able to renovate athree-season porch malting it into a bathroom and laundry area. We were able to help her secure additional funds from a Ramsey County program, We are about to begin this renovation that was delayed due to an illness of the owner. _~.fardahle .Hau.s.~n~ Far ~~11...... The Northeast Center visited with the Ministerial Alliance in northeast Minneapolis to inform various church staff of our Centers and services. One church asked if we could help them. A parishioner willed a duplex, in need of extensive repair, to the church. However an elderly woman in 90's lived upstairs. They felt it was no longer safe for her to living alone, she had no relatives to assist her 'and they did not know what to do. We contacted Catholic Eldercaze. They found appropriate housing for her and -our Resource Center staff rented a truck and moved her furniture. We then asked.the pastor if there was someone in the parish that was having housing issues that may want to purchase the home. They said they had an immigrant family with three children all living in atwo-bedroom apartment. We met with this family and both parents. were working. They were interested and we were able to assist them with obtaining a 203k rehab/purchase loan and assisted with the repairs. This was a happy ending for everyone involved. • LaSI' ~\.JaI'1:........ Other things are really simple: For example, an elderly lady, with very few financial resources, .trying to stay in her home. Her hot water heater broke and needed to be replaced and she couldn't afford it. We gave her a "last resort" grant to purchase a new hot water heater and found a qualified installer to do the installation for free. Flipping; in flc~rall... , .... . To: Autumn Lubin, Property Flipping Task Force "Home to Stay" program Autumn, Had occasion to talk with M.J. yesterday and what a rewazding conversation. Without any input from me, M.J brought up the work that was done to their home and how wonderful it was and what change it made. She went on saying the work was perfect and then describing the various aspects of it, roof, gutter, exterior doors,. etc. She was really pleased with the new bathroom, saying she had seen nothing like it. She mentioned that her husband said "now I suppose you'll never want to move." M.J. was also very complimentary of the contractor, Lake States, and construction manager Warren Ditch. What an impact "Home to Stay" has had on this and other families. From, Keith Tuttle, Property Flipping Task Force • 3