Neighboring churches, once at odds over construction plans, have come together to aid displaced residents of the Porchlight Transitional Housing Complex after the building was damaged in a fire this month.
Earlier this year, Madison's Common Council approved a proposal for a student apartment development on the grounds of the Saint Francis House, which the adjacent Luther Memorial congregation opposed.
A second-floor fire Jan. 13. temporarily displaced roughly 100 occupants of Porchlight, which houses the homeless. Sixteen female residents lost all their possessions in the fire.
As of last Tuesday, twelve of the women are being housed in Saint Francis, while Luther Memorial has contributed furniture and supplies to Porchlight and the fire's victims.
