“My kids are scared to even open the door now," Mendoza said. "When somebody knocks, they're terrified. They don't even want to go toward the door because they think it's going to be another paper, it's going to be the landlord."
Mendoza told NBC 7 she has offered to pay her landlord 80% of the rent she owes since December, but he has refused. She now faces eviction order No. 3 in just five days.
“I'm not leaving," Mendoza said. "I don't have a place to go. it's been the hardest nightmare. I wish I could just wake up from it."
That’s where the San Diego Eviction Prevention Collaborative is helping -- launching Housing Helps, a one-stop resource to support San Diegans struggling to pay rent, stay housed and understand their housing rights during the pandemic.