Durham Housing Authority faces $3M shortfall, seeks loan from city

Betty Wright is almost two years behind on her rent. She’s been living in McDougald Terrace for 17 years.

“I got a written statement yesterday saying I owe a thousand a-something dollars,” she said.

Her next-door neighbor, Corinthia Rainey, is two months behind on her rent. Both women are unemployed. Rainey held her 6-month-old daughter and told ABC11 that she can’t work because she has to watch her children, and daycare would be too expensive if she did…

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