TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A single Tallahassee mother of two was moved to tears Wednesday when she learned she’ll no longer have to live in a hotel after her previous apartment flooded.

Amanda Arnold was shocked to learn she was next on the waitlist to move into Maryland Oaks Crossing, a transitional housing community run by Good News Outreach.

The Tallahassee woman was gifted the keys to her new home during her lunch break Wednesday. She’d have to finish her shift before rushing to her new home for herself and her two children.

“To finally be able to be stable and be comfortable, that’s all I was asking for,” Arnold said.

She said her former apartment had flooded several times and the rental insurance she had failed to cover most of her ruined belongings.

As a result, life had becom

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