Moving day: For a homeless woman, one-bedroom Dallas apartment seems like a ‘mansion’

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Yfat Yossifor / KERA Terisa Hensley talks to the leasing manager at her new home after moving out of an East Dallas homeless encampment earlier this year.

On a chilly morning in late February, Terisa Hensley gets up early to pack. She puts on make up, donned pleather pants, a glittery graphic tee, and a pleather jacket.

She had woken up in a tent under a bridge in East Dallas where she’s lived for years. But tonight, she’s going to sleep in an apartment of her own.

“I’m feeling oh, so excited,” Terisa says. “With a little bit of dread. Just a little bit of dread … and that’s just from being out here so long.”…

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