Eviction stalks struggling renters
Apr 17, 2020
3 minutes
By Alana Semuels
PHOTOGRAPH BY TED SOQUI
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE under shelter-in-place orders requiring them to stay home when possible, but a growing number don’t have that luxury. Their landlords are kicking them out for not paying the rent, despite moratoriums on evictions in dozens of cities and states.
Robert Stephenson’s lawyer says an illegal eviction put the 49-year-old diabetic veteran on the street. When COVID-19 hit, Stephenson had been living for four months in a New Orleans guesthouse with his
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