From homeless to home for the holidays - SFGate
Paul Gowins and his wife Rion visit with their 1988 Jeep Comanche in Millbrae, Calif. The couple, who've been married for 43 years, have regained their financial footing after living out of the truck during a period of homelessness. (caption info for large photo) Paul Gowins and his wife Rion are seen at their apartment in Millbrae, Calif. The couple, who've been married for 43 years, have regained their financial footing after living out of their Jeep Comanche during a period of homelessness. Paul Gowins was just trying to help his daughter. Gowins, a multimedia producer who had just finished an informational video about methamphetamine for the Tucson Police Department , dipped into his savings in 2010 to help his daughter join him and his wife, Rion, in East Palo Alto. In addition to her daughter, she showed up with a boyfriend and her daughter’s beau. “We ended up renting two apartments,” Gowins said. Paul and Rion, a paralegal, used their savings to pay three rents totaling $4,200 a month: their own, their daughter’s and their granddaughter’s. The deal was that Paul and Rion would cover the rent until his daughter could get over her drug addiction, get a job and take over the payments herself. Source: www.sfgate.com
