'I have purpose now': Formerly homeless men start handyman business in Portland

The builders hope to grow their business to a point where they can hire people transitioning out of homelessness and work on affordable housing.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Eric Shumway hammered slates of linoleum wood in the bedroom of a first floor apartment. The work is kind of like a puzzle, he said — just like the puzzle pieces of his life.

“You know if there’s something you can’t do, you can always fix it,” he said, describing his decision to leave a life of homelessness and addiction.

“Everything I was doing it felt frustrating,” he said. “At some point, nothing made any sense; there

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