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Summer read: Tauranga mother s journey out of homelessness
2 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
6 minutes to read
Janine Cork is looking for furniture for her new home, after three years in transitional housing. Photo / File
The Bay of Plenty Times is bringing back some of the best premium stories of 2020. Janine Cork is starting over with next to nothing. Not a stick of furniture, a scrap of linen, and barely any cutlery to eat with.
But for the first time in five years, the Tauranga woman and her 13-year-old son have a permanent roof over their heads and, to her, that s everything.
They moved into an Accessible Housing property in late February after nearly three years in transitional housing.