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Home 1 – Meeting with family and measuring of apartment to occur this week

Christina is in Home 2 with her 22-year-old son and 9-year-old granddaughter; she was referred to us by Marin Housing Authority. Christina is originally from LA and moved to Marin in 2011. She is a Certified Nursing Assistant, but was working as a Job Coach for clients at a local Marin non-profit  a job she really enjoyed. When her daughter died suddenly in 2021, the family’s lives were turned upside down. Her granddaughter became a ward of the state and went into the foster care system. Christina worked tirelessly to be able to foster her. She finally succeeded and has now officially adopted her. In order to keep her granddaughter in the school district with her friends, Christina and her son had to move. She applied to Marin Housing and with their help and support, for which she is eternally grateful, they are now in this home. Her son has been doing college level classes in Art History and hopes to pursue a career in photography. He is also working at a local supermarket. Her granddaughter is a delightful and incredibly focused young girl who loves math and science books! She also loves nature and happily watches the neighbor’s cat sitting on the fence outside her bedroom window. She asked if we knew that bees play a very important part in nature! She intends to become a doctor and “fix people’s broken bones”. She probably will! The family doesn’t have much after their devastating loss; we’d like to give them a comfortable and beautiful home so each of them can thrive.

Chris and his chihuahua Lulu live in Home 3, and they were referrred to us by Marin Housing Authority. They are grateful and overwhelmed to receive help from Welcoming Home. He has his own home for the first time in his life. Chris grew up in San Rafael. His mother suffered from alcoholism and his father died when Chris was young. He lived with his Grandfather, after his Mom and stepfather moved to the East Coast. He credits his grandfather as the one person in his life who really cared about him. When Chris was 18, his grandfather died and Chris became houseless, living in his car, a tent or sleeping on friend’s couches. He has not been able to work due to instability, lack of housing and no support for almost 20 years. Now that he has a home, he hopes to find work in construction in the future.

Home 4 is where Hannah and her 6 year old son live; they were referred to us by Homeward Bound of Marin. Hannah and her son are victims of domestic violence; they had 24 hours to get out of her last living situation. They were unable to bring most of their things with them. Their new place is safe for the two of them. Heidi is very excited to start her new job working in the social sector. She applied a year ago and starts next month. This is a new start for this family.