“Marta” has two teenagers whose medical disabilities require such substantial medical equipment that the family needs a three-bedroom apartment on the first floor. She had been on the public housing wait list for more than two years, and when she was finally offered a three-bedroom apartment, the offer was soon retracted. She was then offered a two-bedroom apartment that would not meet her family’s needs.
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