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00:00I didn't know the Youngstown my father did with the steel mills downtown flooded with
00:12people.
00:13That one is empty, that one's abandoned, that one's abandoned.
00:19I just want to be happy when I get home.
00:30My role is to find the houses that can be saved.
00:37This is what we walk into after a squatter has been in a house.
00:43But sometimes you know when something catches your eye and then you start to wonder what
00:48is the person's story who is here.
00:51You know you wonder why like certain people won't come to your business and it's because
01:01it's a neighborhood looks scary.
01:04Who's in charge of this stuff?
01:07I'm going to bring your industry back.
01:10He was working at U.S. Steel.
01:1244 years ago.
01:13If I had to do it over again I would not have been in Youngstown.
01:21I truly regret it.
01:26I don't want to leave.
01:28All right everyone we need to clear out the whole house.
01:31Come on in guys.
01:32If we can still do something we can still fight.
01:37I've never dreamed of owning my own home.
01:40I like it.
01:41I really, really, really, really hope I do get it.
01:46One, two, three.
01:47Conway!
01:51This is the place that shaped me and made me who I am.
01:57It's my home.