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California outlawed Section 8 housing discrimination. Why it still persists

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Robert Gardner said he knew it was time to move after he came home to find his Valley Village apartment broken into and ransacked.

He originally moved there for safety, a change the South L.A. native comfortably afforded on minimum wage because a coveted Section 8 voucher covered most of the rent.

But recently, Gardner noticed more drug dealers outside his apartment. One neighbor’s car was broken into twice; another’s was vandalized.

After his own break-in, he’d wake up in a sweat, fearing another intruder.

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