{"id":3846,"date":"2020-11-25T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chwckck.org\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2021-01-11T22:27:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:27:08","slug":"a-place-to-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chwckck.org\/2020\/11\/25\/a-place-to-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place to Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Stressful Search<\/h2>\n
Years ago, a new family moved into a home in the Riverview neighborhood. Their mother, a CNA and home health aide, had had trouble finding quality housing for her family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a [Housing Choice] Voucher,\u201d she says. \u201cI was living in a bedroom with me and my three kids, and I couldn\u2019t find a place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cassie and her family had moved into the cramped living situation after vacating their previous home. That house had been plagued with problems, and the neighborhoods surrounding it were unsafe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI lived in northeast [Kansas City]. I loved the area; it was pretty. I lived right next to the museum in an old 100-year-old house. But it had black mold; We froze in the winter, we melted in the summer. I lived there for three and a half years. The cockroaches were horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n