Unknown Person's Payment Paves Man's Path to Homeownership

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A payment from an unknown person on money owed to Minnehaha County has cleared the way for a man to move his family into a home.

Peter Paul plans to move his family from a two-bedroom apartment into a two-story home. The Argus Leader reports the father of four had obstacles in poor relief services and a bill for court-appointed attorney services from a drunken driving arrest.

Paul took his federal tax refund and began paying his debt and putting some in a place his family could call home. But the bank financing his home said he couldn't move forward until the bill for attorney fees was taken care of.

County commissioners settled on Paul having to pay $250. An unknown person paid the bill.

Paul's path to homeownership has cleared, with the move planned Friday.