Amy Lopez and her four kids are enjoying settling to their new, larger, safer home in North Austin.
Lopez, who parents her kids — 15-year-old Major, 12-year-old Aliyha, 11-year-old Paris and 7-year-old Kiana — solo, has been applying for housing assistance since 2002, and her latest round of funding just ran out. But it hasn’t stopped her from pursuing a better life for her children, whose father isn’t in the picture.
The Lopez family is one of 12 families featured in the Statesman’s Season for Caring program, which highlights the needs of people in our community and raises funds to help these families as well as hundreds of others through local nonprofits. Lopez was nominated by Foundation for the Homeless…