After two years of not having a home, living in and out of Hesed House and motels in the area Destiny Loza and her husband Ramon Loza collapse on the floor of their new apartment home in Aurora on Thursday, December 6, 2012. Thanks to the LIGHT-House program out of Hesed House the family is able to finally have a place to call their own. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

The Loza family, Heaven, 10, top left, Ramon, 40, top center, Destiny, 32, top right, Tahi, 8, far right, Jesse, 5, center, and Anna, 7, bottom, get ready for school at the Motel 6 where they are staying while looking for a home in Aurora on Monday, November 20, 2012. The family tries to save up money during the week and spend the weekend at motels to escape the enviroment at Hesed when they can. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

After hours spent trick-or-treating on Halloween, Destiny, top right, and Ramon took the kids to a nursing home where Heaven, center, bottom and the rest of her siblings pass out some of their candy to the residents there. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

"If it wasn't for the Hesed House I don't know where we'd be," said Ramon Loza of the two years they spent at the homeless shelter in Aurora. Every night after dinner the girls go downstairs and grab the families bedding and bring it up to a special room for families. This time, Tahi, bottom, and Heaven laugh after Tahi tripped racing up the stairs on Monday, October 29, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Anna, left, and sister Tahi, right, play a game they got earlier in the day on Anna's bed under a table in a room set aside for families only at Hesed House in Aurora on Monday, October 29, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

A driver hands Ramon a juice box as he passes him along Route 59 in Aurora on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. "It's a big slice of humble pie," Ramon Loza said of having to go out and hold a sign along Route 59 in Aurora. "I'm always scared I am going to see someone I know." The money that they are able to raise helps put gas in their car to take the kids to school and get what food they can. Anything leftover goes to helping pay for a motel room for the weekend. Today was a good day as they made enough to stay at the motel for a few more days. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

As Destiny prepares Thanksgiving dinner the rest of the family from left to right, Ramon, Jesse, Anna, Heaven, and Tahi all play inside their room at Hansen's Motel in Aurora on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Ramon gives Heaven a big hug outside their room at Motel 6 before she gets in the car to go to school on Monday, November 20, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Ramon pats his stomach as he sits back with Destiny and finishes eating Thanksgiving dinner on, Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Hansen's Motel in Aurora. Despite having only and electric skillet and a crock pot, Destiny made a pot roast dinner complete with green beans and mashed potatoes for everyone. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

With dinner over and full of energy Anna, top, and Heaven, middle, tackle Ramon on the bed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Hansen's motel in Aurora . | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Mediaa

Over a year of waiting and with both money and time running low, Ramon and Destiny were finally able to move into an apartment in the Marywood complex in Aurora on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Funded through private donations and government funds, Hesed Houses' LIGHT–House program offers residents long–term permanent housing around Aurora including the Marywood complex the Loza's are moving into. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Ramon tosses up a small bag of clothes to a friend helping he and Destiny move their belongings into their new apartment home in Aurora on Thursday, December 6, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Jesse, top, watches a movie with his sisters (L-R), Tahi, Anna, and Heaven, in one of their rooms on Friday, December 14, 2012. "The kids needed this," Ramon said of how the kids have reacted to having a place to call their own. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

With a place to finally call their own, Destiny helps Ramon fill out job applications at Express Employment Professionals in Aurora on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. With previous work experience in the construction field Ramon is hoping to find work again quickly. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Anna puts on her shoes next to the families Christmas tree as she gets ready to go to the park with everyone on Friday, December 14, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media