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HAVE TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS ON A NEW ONE.
IN RIALTO, PETER..
THERE ARE LAWS THAT SAY CAN
YOU NOT DISCRIMINATE BUT THAT
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE STOPPING --
HELPING ONE CALIFORNIA MOM.
LAND LORDS ARE TURNING HER AWAY
BECAUSE SHE HAS A CHILD.
Reporter: SUBMITTAL MAN GINA
SAYS HER SON IS THE LOVE OF HER
LIFE.
SHE SAYS RAISING HIM ON HER OWN
IS HARD, HE REQUIRES MORE CARE
AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH
AUTISM BUT SHE SAYS IT'S HAVING
A CHILD THAT'S KEEPING HER FROM
FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE.
THEY LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT HIM
AND GO OH, YOU GET THAT TENSE
FEELING.
SHE SAID SHE CAN'T AFFORD THE
RISING RENT WHEN HER LEASE EX
EXPIRES SO SHE'S BEEN LOOKING
FOR PLACES AROUND THE VALLEY BUT
FIVE LAN LORDS HAVE TOLD HER
KNOW.
GINA SAYS ONE LANDLORD EVEN
TEXTED HER REASONING.
ALTHOUGH SHE REALLY LIKED HER
HER CHILDREN HAD ADVISED HER NOT
TO RENT TO ANYONE WITH CHILDREN
DUE TO LYLE BILLOTI.
-- LIABILITY.
SOMEONE WHO TURNS AWAY A
FAMILY BETTER HAVE A COMPELLING
REASON.
MORE THAN ANYTHING GINA SAYS
IT'S HURTFUL.
THAT YOUR CHILD IS A
LIABILITY, IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
MEISTER SAYS SHORT OF FILING
A LAWSUIT SHE CAN FILE A FEDERAL
COMPLAINT WITH HUD.
WITH ONLY WEEKS TO FIND A NEW
PLACE GINA SAYS SHE HOPES TO
FIND A LANDLORD WHO WILL WELCOME
THEM.