People who are homeless or on probation struggle to secure housing. An ex-Comcast manager turned landlord is helping

PHILADELPHIA — Angelo Goodwin shook hands with a tenant who had just moved into a Northeast Philadelphia apartment he owns and shut the door behind him. That’s when he heard shouting.

His tenant, a veteran who had been living in his car and just started a job driving school buses, was celebrating: “Thank you, God! Thank you! Finally, another chance!”

“It was just a moment of clarity,” Goodwin said. “It’s an amazing feeling.”