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See larger Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero, an army veteran and volunteer at the Veterans Foundation in Cape Coral, is losing his home to foreclosure. Late one night, Romero speaks to a friend about getting an extra backdoor key to his house on Arden Street in Fort Myers because the bank had changed the locks on the front door. His home was set to be auctioned the following week.

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Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero, an army veteran and volunteer at the Veterans Foundation in Cape Coral, is losing his home to foreclosure. Late one night, Romero speaks to a friend about getting an extra backdoor key to his house on Arden Street in Fort Myers because the bank had changed the locks on the front door. His home was set to be auctioned the following week.

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  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero, an army veteran and volunteer at the Veterans Foundation in Cape Coral, is losing his home to foreclosure. Late one night, Romero speaks to a friend about getting an extra backdoor key to his house on Arden Street in Fort Myers because the bank had changed the locks on the front door. His home was set to be auctioned the following week.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Not sure of what to do, Manny Romero sits at the Upper Crust, a pizza parlor and wine bar in Cape Coral within walking distance of the Veterans Foundation. Romero, locked outside of his home, and with no alternate place to stay, went back to the Veterans Foundation to watch a movie and forget that he was now homeless.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero, an army veteran and volunteer at the Veterans Foundation in Cape Coral, is losing his home to foreclosure. Late one night, Romero speaks to a friend about getting an extra backdoor key to his house on Arden Street in Fort Myers because the bank had changed the locks on the front door. His home was set to be auctioned the following week.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff After entering his home from the back lanai, Manny Romero scans a bedroom closet he may have left behind. The banks had changed the locks on his front door, and Romero still needed to move out most of his belongings.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero explains his situation to his next door neighbor in Fort Myers after finding the bank had changed the locks on his front door. Romero was still trying to come up with $300 that he need to hold onto his car. Romero, who didn't have a job but volunteered most days at the Veteran Foundation, was hoping a recent interview at a funeral home would turn into a job and get Romero back on his feet financially.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Romero, locked outside of his home, and with no alternate place to stay, went back to the Veterans Foundation to watch a movie and forget that he was now homeless.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero takes a moment outside of his home after finding the bank had changed the locks on his front door. Romero was still trying to come up with $300 that he need to hold onto his car. Romero, who didn't have a job but volunteered most days at the Veteran Foundation, was hoping a recent interview at a funeral home would turn into a job and get Romero back on his feet financially.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero walks to the back of his home to see if he can get in from the back lanai. The banks had changed the locks on his front door, and Romero still needed to move out most of his belongings.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero takes a moment outside of his home after finding the bank had changed the locks on his front door. Romero was still trying to come up with $300 that he need to hold onto his car. Romero, who didn't have a job but volunteered most days at the Veteran Foundation, was hoping a recent interview at a funeral home would turn into a job and get Romero back on his feet financially.
  • Greg Kahn/Staff Manny Romero takes a moment outside of his home after finding the bank had changed the locks on his front door. Romero was still trying to come up with $300 that he need to hold onto his car. Romero, who didn't have a job but volunteered most days at the Veteran Foundation, was hoping a recent interview at a funeral home would turn into a job and get Romero back on his feet financially.

Manny Romero, an army veteran and volunteer at the Veterans Foundation in Cape Coral, is losing his home to foreclosure.

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