“Petra” is a single mom with a young son who has Multiple Sclerosis.   Petra suffered a stroke in 2009 and was no longer able to lift her son to take him to school or even to the car.  She had attempted to port her housing voucher from the County to the City to get her son into a school program that would better attend to his needs and pick him up from home.   The County had refused, so she moved on her own and had lost her voucher.  As Petra’s condition became more disabling and her son’s condition worsened, she could no longer afford her housing.  She came to MDLC for assistance.  MDLC convinced the County to reinstate her voucher and talked the City into accepting her voucher being ported to the City.  We found her a unit that while not fully accessible had a no-step entrance, but at that time her son could walk with assistance.  After six months, her son’s condition was reaching the point where he needed a fully accessible unit and Petra needed an additional bedroom to accommodate the equipment for his increasing needs.  MDLC went back to the City to ask for a 3-bedroom voucher and to the landlord to ask that she be allowed to move prior to her lease ending.  Mom and son love their new 3 bedroom accessible home!