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well cyber attacks on the Indianapolis
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housing agency are keeping some people
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from their benefits itates Tim Spears
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talked to a renter who still isn't able
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money ihj says a Cyber attack that
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happened in January is keeping it from
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accessing escrow accounts with federal
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dollars meant to help clients keep up
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with expenses since the start of the
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year it's kept one renter from accessing
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thousands to make her place more
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wheelchair accessible
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I didn't realize how much of a change my
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life was going to be since 2012
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Christina hornay Alberts has struggled
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to move around that's when her SUV
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hydroplate flipped over and crashed now
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she uses a walker or wheelchair and I
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landed with my legs underneath the
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sunroof and my arms smashed between the
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seat so they had to cut me out of the
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vehicle she's not just struggling to
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move here at work she's also struggling
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to move into a new home it's completely
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uphill battle Christina hoped to use
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money from Hud's family self-sufficiency
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program to pay for renovations on a new
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apartment to make it handicap accessible
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we are not a very Ada friendly City but
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since January 18th of this year Iha says
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it's not been able to access its clients
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escrow accounts or determine how much is
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in them Christina claims her account
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should have thousand but Iha says HUD is
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not offering any assistance while the
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issue is figured out the housing
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situation is horrific to navigate in the
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meantime clients like Christina will
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have to move on without the money
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absolutely we're forgotten and ignored
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Iha tells News 8 its systems have
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partially returned and it set a November
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8th deadline to process escrow accounts
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then after a review Iha will be able to
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make payouts Congressman Andre Carson's
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office says it's had multiple people
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reach out about this and it's willing to
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contact HUD on constituents behalf in
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studio Tim Spears for Wish TV wishtv.com
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