Visually impaired woman evicted from her Florida home

From News4 TV:

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Just one year after losing most of her eyesight, a Westside woman said she has been evicted from her home. Sonia Dolmo says she recently returned to her Westside home to find all her belongings outside.

Sonia Dolmo said she came home on May 6 to find her possessions strewn across the front yard and in the street.

"How can you do this to somebody? It's just wrong. They don't understand; you can't just do this to a person that's disabled. You got to do something," said Dolmo's neighbor, Victoria Smith.

Smith's anger at the situation was apparent. Dolmo lost most of her sight last year, and now she's lost her home. It's a story being seen played out for many people across the county.

"Right now, I am homeless and I don't know where to go from here," Dolmo said.

She said there was nothing she could do. The cataracts in her eyes continued to get worse and she lost her job. With no money coming in, she knew her home would be next to go.

In court, a judge had no choice but to foreclose. Dolmo said she tried to get help, but it was too late.

"When we came, they already changed the locks. I could not get in," Dolmo said.

"They threw all her stuff and broke all kinds of personal items. It was just cruel the way it happened," Smith said.

However, it has been happening more and more. Officials with Legal Aid, which could not talk about Dolmo's case specifically, said when people know they're in trouble they must act immediately.

"You really do have to start seeking help the minute you think you are going to start missing payments, or the very least when you get served with foreclosure legal papers," said Lynn Drysdale, of Legal Aid.

Dolmo said she is trying to get by and is with family, but she still has part of her life outside on the street in front of the place she used to call home.