She helps military veterans find homes!

Once homeless and alone, Yvette Jones-Swanson is now a guiding light for thousands of veterans― putting roofs over their heads and proving that compassion can create a lasting legacy of hope

- Bill Holton

On her first day working for the City of Chicago, Yvette Jones-Swanson was assigned to the department that licensed SROs—subsidized single room occupancy units for low-income residents. She’d never heard of SROs before, but the more she learned the more her heart ached.

In 1984, Yvette was disappointed when she received a medical discharge from the Army after a single year of service. She'd hoped the Army would provide her with an education, but it wasn’t meant to be.

So she enrolled in college and paid the tuition herself. But then her marriage crumbled. She tried to leave her abusive husband several times and even turned to the VA.