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Ever since Rasheda Scott received a housing choice voucher in 2019, she and her disabled adult son have depended on it to keep a roof over their heads.
Which meant their lives were turned upside down when the Virginia Beach Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation terminated her voucher on May 31, alleging Scott inflated the size of her household to qualify for a larger apartment. Scott said this was a city worker’s error…