Adopt-A-Family program helps formerly homeless people with items for their new homes

Homeless and pregnant as a teen in New York state -- and again in Detroit two years ago -- Marquesa Monroe said she survived in homeless shelters and fast-food restaurants.
Last year, she moved to a rent-subsidized apartment in Chesterfield Township, thanks to Community Housing Network.

"I'm back in school, trying to better myself," Monroe, now 22, said this week.

"And I'm done having kids, totally done," she added with a laugh, after speaking of her love for 3-year-old daughter Anastasia, and sons Mikail, 2, and 1-year-old Jeremiah.

Monroe and her children are part of Community Housing Network's annual Adopt-a-Family program for the holidays.

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