When Tytinisha Mitchell lost her apartment in March 2024, she was several months pregnant and already struggling to stay afloat after aging out of a foster youth housing program.
Mitchell, 26, had been connected to the Next Move program, which offers transitional housing support to former foster youth. She says she was phased out after three years.
A few months before she lost her apartment, the leasing office at her complex received a letter from SHRA saying it no longer would send rent payments for Mitchell’s unit. She says she was not told directly about that decision…