Warming to the Cause

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First, though, a quarter-of-a-million-dollar renovation had to happen. A partnership between Hendersonville’s First United Methodist Church, the Housing Assistance Corporation, and Safelight — a Hendersonville-based nonprofit that provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse — developed a plan to restore a derelict apartment building owned by the church for use as long-term housing for Safelight’s clients, who are mostly women and children. This housing is especially needed when client families leave Safelight’s emergency shelter.