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Residents describe immediate safety improvements after repairs
Summary
Multiple residents and program staff described repaired roofs and bathrooms, saying upgrades arrived "in a nick of time" and made formerly unsafe conditions livable again.
Residents who received repairs described immediate, personal benefits. One participant said "We were needing a new roof for a long time. It was leaking all over the place. We had pots and pans right there on the floor." Another resident who builds guitars said they worried about flooding into a garage and that the work arrived just in time. A different resident described mobility and safety issues in a tub and called having the shower redone "a real blessing."
Speakers framed these accounts as evidence that the program's repairs are both practical and emotional: program staff said they see "physical change and emotional change" among single parents served and lawmakers said the changes are immediate for families living it.
