Archangel Capital frequently gets calls asking for us to accept housing vouchers. We typically decline as we don’t want to invite additional legislative burdens and additional paperwork into our rental process. We also never have an issue renting our apartments, so its not necessary. Recently, we received a request from a single mom named “Jane”. She was staying in temporary housing that was about to end, had contacted every available apartment in the area and had run out of options – she and her child would be homeless by the end of the week. It just so happened that we had a newly vacant apartment, and we knew this woman to be trustworthy from multiple referral sources. We knew we had to help. She had received a housing voucher, and so we worked with the housing authority to get our apartment inspected and approved for her to move in. We publish this article not to pat ourselves on the back for a job well done, but call out the fact that when we say we are trying to improve the lives of people in our communities, we mean it.
Shelter the Homeless
