Raye Michelle Vang knows what it’s like to start over.

The Fresno radio host and single mom of three said she wouldn’t be where she is today without the federal housing voucher she received nearly eight years ago. At the time, she was trying to leave an abusive relationship, raising two daughters, and pregnant with a third.

“I just thought, you know, what am I going to do? Am I going to go homeless with three kids?” Vang said.

She applied for a voucher on a whim, expecting to wait years. Instead, she was approved in a year. It changed everything.

The voucher, which pays 30% of her rent, allowed her to focus on providing for her daughters’ needs: diapers, new clothes and being present. She started taking communications classes at Clovis City College, where she landed the radio hosting

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