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"On Saturday, dozens of volunteers gathered in Old Town Elk Grove to refurbish a boarded-up home that is being turned into a transitional house for homeless people trying to get a job.A few months ago, the city purchased a five-bedroom home on Jonell Court to combat the homeless problem.Five people at a time will be able to live in the house for three to six months while they get back on their feet.Vice Mayor Pat Hume said these are not your typical people living under a bridge.He told KCRA 3 that Elk Grove has been hit hard by foreclosures -- and good people have lost their homes.At first, neighbors were not happy with the idea of homeless people living in their neighborhood, but there has been less resistance as people see the improvements being made to beautify the home.Hume told KCRA 3 it will be a drug- and alcohol-free home, and that a counselor would be living in the house to ensure everyone is following the rules.The city of Elk Grove has received housing grants, and plans to purchase more foreclosure properties to expand the program.There is already a waiting list to get into transitional housing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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