A Home in Jeopardy Making Ends Meet Is Daily Struggle for Family in Rundown House Series: 12 Days of Caring Third in a 12-Part Series

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When Clara Ford moved with her daughter, Melanie Nixon, and five grandchildren to a house Nixon was buying on contract at 215 W. Columbia St., the women didn't realize the building was in such bad shape.

Now, the family could become homeless if it doesn't make vital repairs required by the city Code Enforcement Department before a Jan. 18 deadline.

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A Home in Jeopardy Making Ends Meet Is Daily Struggle for Family in Rundown House Series: 12 Days of Caring Third in a 12-Part Series

Nixon has been working part time at Wesselman's since August and receives food stamps for her and the children, ages 5 to 14. The money she receives from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program will stop ...

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