Volunteers spruce up the home Interfaith Hospitality Network will rent out to homeless families.
Interfaith got the house from the City of Wilmington, who ended up with it when its owner defaulted on a HUD-backed mortgage.
Interfaith Hospitality Network Director Steve Spain says financial help and sweat equity from St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church also helped Interfaith land the house.
I mean it's one of those things that we always talking about and somehow never seem to make happen, where government got together with the faith community and non-profit community an we all worked together to make something really good happen for everybody.
Spain says families with a job looking for affordable housing will stay at the home as long as they need. He says he hopes the city will continue to match up homes with homeless agencies.
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