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News Articles: Eviction

Louana Joseph and her daughter, Marlie, outside their former apartment complex in southwestern Atlanta. Joseph moved out of the unit because she suspects the gray and brown splotches that were spreading through the apartment were mold. After rents soared during the pandemic, some families were forced to live in substandard housing, which increased their risk for health problems such a s asthma and lead poisoning.

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Her apartment might have put her son’s health at risk. But ‘I have nowhere else to go’

A nationwide affordable housing crisis has wreaked havoc on the lives of low-income families, like Louana Joseph’s in Atlanta, who are close to the brink. Their struggle to stay a step ahead of homelessness is often invisible.

December 01, 2022
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  • Renuka Rayasam and
  • Fred Clasen-Kelly
The impact of President Donald Trump’s explicit insult: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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Political Rewind: Trump knew Ga. fraud claims were false; Warnock eviction story; 2nd District race

Thursday on Political Rewind: Emails in a California federal court show that Donald Trump knew that there was no fraud in Georgia's 2020 election count when he filed challenges. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker is accusing Sen. Raphael Warnock of evicting tenants of an apartment with ties to his church.

October 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Pat Garrett pauses while packing up her home at the edge of a homeless encampment on Riverside Drive in Macon on June 8, 2022. Macon-Bibb County bulldozed one of the city's largest homeless encampments, saying it was necessary as a public health measure.

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Macon-Bibb County bulldozes one of the city's largest homeless encampments

Officials in Macon-Bibb County took action against the city’s growing population of unhoused people with the bulldozing of a downtown encampment Wednesday. 

June 08, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Eviction debris

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Renter struggles remain as Georgia's assistance program dodges federal funding claw back

The rental assistance program is administered statewide by the Department of Community Affairs, and it offers federal funds covering up to 18 months in rent and utility bills. The department has so far struggled to distribute its first allotment of federal funding despite what experts and advocates call a clear housing need.

February 21, 2022
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By:
  • Clay Voytek
Stock photo eviction notice

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Fear of homelessness for the holidays: Georgia rental aid plan is still dysfunctional

The U.S. Treasury will soon determine if Georgia’s emergency rental program is making enough progress to prevent losing $120 million to other cities, counties, and states whose applications and payments have been processed more effectively.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Housing advocates pushing for stronger evictions protections in New York in August, the same month the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal eviction moratorium from the CDC. In the wake of that decision, evictions are now rising in parts of the country that don't have any local protections.

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  • Economy

Evictions rising even as rental help from Congress reaches millions of people

It's not the tsunami of evictions that some experts had feared, but eviction filings are rising sharply in many cities. Meanwhile, $47 billion from Congress to help is finally reaching more renters.

November 11, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Akira Johnson has been facing eviction because her landlord would not accept payment from South Carolina's rent and utility assistance program.

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  • National

Why rent help from Congress has been so damn slow getting to people who need it

Congress approved $47 billion to pay back rent and prevent evictions. But after nearly 10 months, the vast majority of that money has not reached the millions of people who desperately need it.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold and
  • Kenny Malone
Furniture and other belongings sit at the curb after the Magistrate Court Sheriff’s office supervised a court ordered eviction on Del Park in late January 2019.

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Advocates For Low-Income Georgians Probe Gaps In Access To Legal Services

As the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Georgians, the need for legal services has skyrocketed. But Peach State residents are challenged to find affordable legal representation, especially those living in rural areas.

September 16, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
A man walks through a neighborhood of single-family homes in Los Angeles last week. The CDC announced a new temporary eviction ban a few days after the previous one expired.

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  • National

Here's What You Need To Know About The New Eviction Ban

The CDC's new, more limited eviction moratorium may help it survive legal challenges. President Biden is pushing states to quickly distribute federal aid to the millions of renters who need it.

August 06, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A vial and a syringe.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Sharp Increase In COVID Cases Renews Strain On Ga. Leaders, Health Care Systems

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Data from hospitals in key regions of Georgia make it clear: A fourth wave of COVID-19, another surge, has begun. Meanwhile, U.S. Senate candidate Gary Black isn’t waiting for Herschel Walker to declare his intentions about running for the senate. Black released an ad this week mocking Walker’s waiting game.

August 03, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
People from a coalition of housing justice groups hold signs protesting evictions during a news conference outside the Statehouse, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Boston.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Coming Eviction Crisis Amid COVID; Voting Rights And Redistricting In Flux

Monday on Political Rewind: Concern about the resurgence of COVID-19 in Georgia is growing as the summer break draws to a close. Meanwhile, congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. allowed the end of an federal eviction moratorium over the weekend.

August 02, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Eviction notice sign

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  • Economy

Biden And Congress Hand Georgia Eviction Crisis To State, Local Officials As CDC Ban Ends

Across much of Georgia, as more eviction cases advance through the courts, the pressure is growing to speed up distribution of hundreds of millions of federal dollars for rental assistance to tenants and their landlords before it’s too late.

August 02, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wants answers from one of the country's largest owners of single-family rental homes. A report from an advocacy group finds that the company has been filing evictions at more than four times the rate in predominantly Black counties as in mostly white counties.

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  • National

Senator Presses Landlord Over Report It Evicts Black Renters At Higher Rates

A senator is asking why a corporate landlord has filed to evict renters in predominantly Black counties at four times the rate as renters in predominantly white counties.

June 11, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Mehran Mossaddad is a single dad who drives Uber for a living. But when the pandemic hit, he stopped because he couldn't leave his daughter home alone. He fell behind on rent and is facing eviction.

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  • National

Millions Could Face Eviction With Federal Moratorium Ending And A Logjam In Aid

Congress approved $47 billion to help struggling renters avoid eviction. But that money still isn't reaching many who need it. And an eviction moratorium from the CDC expires at the end of the month.

June 10, 2021
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  • Chris Arnold
Katrina Chism's landlord filed an eviction case against her after she lost her job during the coronavirus pandemic and fell a month behind on the rent. "Once you get that eviction, no one's going to want you to rent from them," Chism, 41, says.

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  • National

Corporate Landlord Evicts Black Renters At Far Higher Rates Than Whites, Report Finds

A report says a corporate landlord run by a former Goldman Sachs partner has filed to evict renters in predominantly Black counties at four times the rate as renters in predominantly white counties.

June 03, 2021
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  • Chris Arnold
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