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Lake County, Fla., Affordable-Housing Program Fulfills Some Dreams.

By Monica Scott, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 20--LEESBURG, Fla.--Aubrey Miller tossed the football around with sons Aubrey Jr. and Isaiah in front of their new home before his shift at a local McDonald's.

Miller and his wife, Vernita, a Winn-Dixie associate, are among the latest Lake County families to become homeowners through Homes in Partnership, a nonprofit affordable-housing group.

"It just feels so good to own my first home," said Miller, 25, a manager with McDonald's. "We had looked for almost t

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