Hi, my name is Ronald, and I lost my voucher for my house because of my wife. I stayed in jail for seven months because of mental health problems. I had to get a lawyer from Bread for the City, and she was very nice to me. She told me, “Ronald, we will go to the hearing and fight the best we can,” and I said “Okay, that’s what we are going to do.” I went to the hearing on Oct. 5 to fight the people for my house because I didn’t want to go back out to the street.
My lawyer, Ms. Molly, called me Nov. 1 and said to me, “Ronald, you won your case.” I was so happy when she told me, I said to her “you are playing with me.” She said “no, you won,” and I was very happy. Now, I have to get my housing case worker to help me on my way. Now, my lawyer told me that they will start paying my rent and my back rent because I have my house back. Now, I’m ready to go to work so that I can buy some nice things for my new apartment. I can move, too, so I have to wait on DHCA so they can check out my house and where I want to live. I want to move up town.
