Success Stories Archive

CHN Program Participants Find Success and Help Others
At Community Housing Network we often see people with disabilities volunteer to help others because they want to be more than recipients; they also want to be contributors. Read about some of our program participants who are making a difference in the lives of others.

CHN Leasing Assistance Program Participant Receives MACMHB Award
An extraordinary local woman reaches beyond the stigma of mental illness to live independently. Read this powerful story.

Life is Good in Three Homes Provided Under HUD Section 811 Program
Progressive Lifestyles, Inc. provides support services to many persons with disabilities in Oakland County. Dedicated staff members make the principles of self-determination come alive each day. Read about the remarkable people who live in three area homes.

Donna Johnson Gets Back into Life
With a combination of supportive services and help from CHN's Leasing Assistance Program, Donna Johnson enjoys a place of her own in Southfield. 

Trelawney Group Home in New Hudson
Discover how dedication and assistance from CHN can make a group house a home. 

Mother Raising Son with Autism Purchases First Home
A vivacious mother of two teenagers, one with autism, never dreamed she could afford a home of her own until she learned about the CHN Homeownership program. Today she lives in her very own 3-bedroom home in Berkley. 

From Foster Care to Independence
A local man with mental illness and developmental disability becomes a CHN Leasing Assistance Program participant and moves into an apartment of his own.

Mother with Special-Needs Child Buys First Home
Read about how this mother of five takes care of her family and her new home in Pontiac. Next step? College! 

CHN Leasing Assistance Program Changes Life of Young Woman
Through the Leasing Assistance Program, a young woman finds help out of the shelter and into a home of her own with her young son.