Robin Valentine struggled financially for years as she lived in subsidized housing in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood with three children she raised on her own. Despite having a stable job working for the University of Massachusetts Boston for nearly two decades, she found it hard to keep up with bills and debt payments. That all changed after she was introduced to a little-known federal program that would ultimately help her save tens of thousands of dollars and get out of subsidized housing. 
“I didn’t want to be on Section 8 forever,” Valentine said. “It felt good to save money and have control.”In her first five-year period in the Family Self-Sufficiency program, she saved $11K that she used to pay off her student loan debt and other bills. She then re-enrolled and was…  Read the full story here. | 
