Nov 7, 2019 | Tenant Stories |
Bill moved into his CASA apartment as soon as construction was completed and the complex opened. “I love it here,” he says. “We take care of each other.” Bill’s path to CASA was a difficult one. “I used to live in a house, owned my own business, and lost everything,”...
Jul 15, 2019 | Tenant Stories |
Tommy and Shelia moved their family into their CASA apartment in May. Before they arrived, they had been living in a hotel room with one bed. Now, they live in a two-bedroom apartment in a community for families with children in Raleigh. “At one time we had a nice...
Jun 27, 2019 | Tenant Stories |
On the fourth of July last year, Wayne was just a few weeks away from moving into his CASA apartment. Wayne is an Army veteran, who joined the military at eighteen because his family didn’t have the money to send him to college. He wanted to go to school, but he is...
Mar 4, 2019 | Tenant Stories |
Before moving into his CASA apartment, Jimmy spent a good portion of his adult life homeless. He moved around a lot looking for work. When he arrived in Raleigh, he stayed at the South Wilmington Street Center, a homeless shelter for single men. He worked odd jobs in...
Dec 8, 2018 | Tenant Stories |
You met Aaron and his son Aiden back in June, on Father’s Day. We wanted to check back in with him around the holidays, to see how they are doing. Last year, Aaron’s son was a newborn and Aaron was juggling his job, being a single dad, and moving out of...
Dec 1, 2018 | Tenant Stories |
One of CASA’s most loveable communities is standing on a quiet street in Knightdale. Converted from a home for teachers, the Hester Street Apartments are home to eight single adults who are living with disabilities. What’s special about them is not the...