"When Kimberly Dominique received her Section 8 voucher in September, she thought it was the ticket to move out of the Ford Focus she and her 29-year-old son called home.
But Dominique, a 66-year-old stroke survivor, spent months contacting one apartment complex after another in Oceanside, only to have landlords reject the voucher, which can provide hundreds of dollars toward a rent payment.
One day, Dominique estimated, she called more than 70 landlords. Those who answered or bothered to call back all had the same answer: No.
'It’s taken its toll,' Dominique said late last year, noting that she’d lost weight and grown increasingly depressed as her voucher neared expiration.
'Sometimes, I feel like I’m losing hope,' said Dominique’s son, Dion."
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