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>> there was some federal funding but there were private dollars as well. there are 30,000 housing complaints. more than half are filed by people with disabilities. there was never a complaint filed. we have people who desperately need this housing who have no opportunity to live there because of the federal government. >> mary, do you know of any person in the tempe, arizona community who is a hearing person who said im going to file a complaint? >> there were no complaints file. when you have ...

Opportunity to live there because of the federal government. >> mary, do you know of any person in the tempe, arizona community who is a hearing person who said im going to file a complaint? >> there were no complaints file. when you have two people who want to live at apache asl trails when one is deaf and one is hearing should we follow the law as hud wrote it that says now need to give the preference to the person who needs the features. >> do you think youll win this? >> i hope we do. >> if ...

In 2005 the united states had virtually no affordable housing for the deaf. so in 2008 the federal government helped fund a 75-unit apartment in tempe, arizona. now, it was designed specifically to accommodate deaf people. residents at the apache asl trails complex say that they feel at home there. but now the department of housing and urban development says the apartment complex is discriminating against those who dont have disabilities because it shows a preference for the hearing impaired. no...

Features. >> do you think youll win this? >> i hope we do. >> if you dont the government is dumber than i imagined it to be. linda, we thank you for being here to tell you story. im going to say a thanks to senator jeff in arizona. hes been one of the voices strongly standing up for it. its easy to get upset with our government for doing something we dont like but for doing something thats plain crazy, this is not an issue about democrats and republicans. this is a difference between using our b...

Features that the unit has. >> do you think youll win this? >> i think we will. >> if you dont, the government is really dumber than i ever imagined it to be. linda, i hope you get this settled, and we thank you very much for being here to tell your story. i want to say thanks to senator jeff lankin in arizona. hes been one of the voices strongly standing up for it. its easy to get upset with the government for doing something we dont like, but for doing something just plain crazy, this is not...

Hes been one of the voices strongly standing up for it. its easy to get upset with our government for doing something we dont like but for doing something thats plain crazy, this is not an issue about democrats and republicans. this is a difference between using our brains and turning them off and using them for something but clearly not for thinking. stand with the folks at apache asl. lets hope hud will turn on the lights upstairs. you met him earlier in the show. bryan millson will rejoin u...

Isolated and also they were very concerned an got a lot of nerves that are being up because of that. isolation is very scary for any kind of a person but especially those senior citizens and those who are older. we dont want to see people be thrust back into isolation. >> linda, as someone who is deaf, you have the resources at the apartment complex. it was built expressly for people who were deaf. what do you think about the federal government coming in saying we dont want deaf people to live i...

>> there was some federal funding but there were private dollars as well. there are 30,000 housing complaints. more than half are filed by people with disabilities. there was never a complaint filed. we have people who desperately need this housing who have no opportunity to live there because of the federal government. >> mary, do you know of any person in the tempe, arizona community who is a hearing person who said im going to file a complaint? >> there were no complaints file. when you have ...