Ryan Laughlin gives the homes to a group of people who have jobs but no place to live
The Oklahoma City resident started the selfless project after meeting a man named Chris Butts, who was living out of his Volkswagen Beetle with his dog after raising five children, KFOR reported.
To give him that leg up, Laughlin went out and purchased an old mobile home in Oklahoma. He then fixed it up so that the conditions were livable and gave it to Butts so he could live there temporarily while he worked to afford a place of his own.Homeless Man Unknowingly Helps NFL Player Pull Car Out of Snowbank — and Gets Incredible Reward
“From there on out it’s an opportunity to launch yourself into what might be better … day, by day, by day,” he continued. “It takes the cold and turns it into a ray of sunshine.” “They have everything from plumbing to electrical, framing, you name it, it’s all there,” he explains. “It’s a lot of work and that’s basically all we do.”
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