Ada worked her entire professional life as a chef. The majority of her career was spent in the kitchen of a well-known local restaurant in south Austin. As is the case with so many of our clients, despite Ada’s hard work and dedication to her career, when the time came for her to retire, there were no retirement pensions offered, and she found herself living solely off of her social security stipend. While her stipend does take care of her basic needs like food and electricity, it was not enough to address her broken air-conditioner. Faced with the miserable summer heat, and with no financial means to have it repaired, she came to Hands on Housing for help.