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Cheryl Marten, formerly homeless, moved in to her new apartment at Rethke Terrace in Madison on Aug. 19. She has signed up to volunteer on the building's garden committee. "With my next paycheck, I'm going to buy a coffee pot," she said.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNALMarten, 59, spent 18 months homeless, even though she was working more than 50 hours a week at two part-time jobs. On Aug. 19, she moved into an efficiency apartment at Rethke Terrace, the new 60-unit building for homeless people developed with federal tax credits and city and county money. She pays a flat rate of $383 a month.
Despite working more than 50 hours a week, Cheryl Marten cannot find affordable housing.
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During the course of this nine-month reporting project, many homeless people allowed the State Journal to follow them as they attempted to get…
Cheryl Marten, formerly homeless, moved in to her new apartment at Rethke Terrace in Madison on Aug. 19. She has signed up to volunteer on the building's garden committee. "With my next paycheck, I'm going to buy a coffee pot," she said.
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