From KOB.com:
A year ago, the City of Albuquerque promised to put a roof over the heads of the city’s most vulnerable homeless people.
Today, city officials said the Heading Home initiative has placed 76 people, one more than the program’s goal, into homes.
“This program is not only housing our most vulnerable, it’s united families together,” Dennis Plummer, Albuquerque Heading Home director said.
During the press conference, the city showcased a story KOB Eyewitness News 4 reported about one client.
Simon Aragon said a heroin addiction left him on the streets and in jail for decades.
Immediately after the story aired, Aragon’s daughter called and said she thought her father was dead.
The two later reunited for the first time in 14 years.
During Thursday’s celebration, Mayor Richard Berry set a goal to house 90 more people by February 2013.