You might try contacting your local health department or city hall. It's hard to imagine your sister and brother were put in state care because there wasn't room at home for them, 5 people in a three bedroom house is not a crowd.
No they were put in foster care because my mother, and we are tryign to get there here, and by law here we cant have a boy and girl share a room, and I have a a boy and girl, the rooms are small. And to get my sister and brother out od foster care we need to add on BeccaMC 6 months ago .
Try contacting the government for assistance. The agency is called HUD. Housing development agency.
They might be able to help you. Contact your local builders association. Sometimes they help people.
Also there was a tv show that that did home makeovers. You might look them up.
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