'Not a hand out but a hand up': Sweetwater recovering addicts raising funds for transitional housing community

'Not a hand out but a hand up': Sweetwater recovering addicts raising funds for transitional housing community

SWEETWATER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC)- Since 2019, Lifehouse has offered a way out of homelessness and addiction for those struggling in Sweetwater. Founder and President Pastor Loran Rule has been working to expand that operation through the Lifehouse Community Project. Construction began in 2024, and through community funding two houses, a laundry center and counseling offices have been completed. Rule said funding slowed down to a trickle, until a lo…