Michael Owens, a U.S. Army veteran, used to lie awake at night worrying about the condition of his Pine Hills home.
The roof leaked, and water from past rainstorms had chewed away at the plaster and wood. A constant drip fell into buckets scattered across a bedroom floor. In the kitchen, the simple task of cooking became a source of frustration. Any attempt to use the stove tripped a faulty breaker, leaving the house — one so often filled with loving family and friends — in the dark.
This was the home Owens and his wife, Jeannette, had cherished for nearly three decades. But the mounting repairs were far beyond what they could afford, and Owens faced a troubling reality: His house was falling apart, and he couldn’t do anything about it…