BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- A couple beset by complaints after they bought an extra house near their son's high school just so he could have a place to park are letting a support group for single mothers use the home.
Dr. Chilakamarri Yeshwant, an oncologist, and his wife, Akhileswari, an internist, bought a $157,000 bungalow near Barrington High School so their son, Srinu, could park his new truck in the driveway.The family lives in a larger home in South Barrington. With the parking place at the bungalow, Srinu can sleep later because he doesn't have to fight for a spot in the school lot.
But neighbors said they resented how the house was nothing but a parking lot for the boy and five of his friends. Town officials began investigating.
Upset by the negative publicity, the Yeshwants agreed to lease the house for free to a not-for-profit agency called Women in Need Growing Stronger.
Neighbors seemed to approve of the plan.