Frankie Mae Platt, who turns 62 next year, is among those asked to leave Regency Court. Suffering from lupus and rheumatoid arthritis when she signed her lease 14 years ago, Platt is unable to work and worries that she won’t be able to find other safe, low-income housing in the area. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Matt Fosbury, left, and his wife, Laura, both mentally disabled, walk through the carport at Regency Court. They’ve been married a little more than a year. “My dream was to have my own apartment, and that dream came true,” Laura said. “I do not want to go back to living with my parents.” (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Jesus Sanchez, a disabled resident of Regency Court since 2004, wears his feelings on a sign during a news conference about the lease terminations. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)