'We are being held emotionally hostage': shutdown hits affordable housing

People with disabilities have been left in fear of homelessness, with the government unable to guarantee payments to landlords

Desiree Trail was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2001 after surviving a multiple sexual assaults, getting clean after a drug addiction and weaving in and out of homelessness. The 48-year-old single mother says it took years before she was able to gain access to affordable housing in 2015 under the Section 811 program for people with disabilities.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2FiczE7
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