It could have been the size of the home-three times as large a s the one-broom rental where she’d been living with her two children. It could have been the fact that each person would have a separate bedroom. It could have been the two-and-a-half bathrooms. Or it could have been the fact that the 1,622-square-foot condominium would be the first home ever to belong to her, giving her family a newfound sense of stability.