CHICAGO (WLS) — Many people may be struggling to pay their rent. The I-Team spoke to one woman who paid hers with the help of government assistance money, only to have her landlord start eviction proceedings shortly after getting that funding.

“I shouldn’t have to worry about having to find another place to live and being evicted,” said Jeanette Viti.

Viti, an assistant teacher with five kids, said her landlord received $6,650 in federal money, distributed by Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services. The money paid rent from December 2021 through June 2022. Viti also showed receipts that she said shows she paid rent for her Austin neighborhood apartment in July and August. However Viti still received a final notice of eviction dated August 22, from her landlord, Eugene Vdovychenko.

“This program is supposed to help people not become homeless,” Viti said. “For him to take advantage of that situation is wrong of him he’s got his money he should not be evicting me.”

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