Ignes Maples Case Study

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Agnes Maples, 90, would have been forced to pay hefty fines of up to $2,500 per day if she did not get her property cleaned up. Her neighbors had complained about the messy yard, but little did they know, it wasn't actually Maples' mess. A relative of the elderly widow's had been storing his belongings and dumping his trash in her yard for years. When the city decided to take action against Maples, she tried to get her relative to move his junk, but he would not remove it and the task proved to be too difficult for Maples to do on her own. Over the years, her home had also aged and become run-down. There were holes in the roof and no air conditioning in Maples' bedroom. At a loss for what to do, she decided to contact an organization called

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