These are the stories of three Black households in Nashville, Cincinnati, and Newark, each of whom confront the housed-to-homeless pipeline that runs through civil courts. Hear their stories and learn how a patchwork of eviction prevention measures at the federal, state and local level are affecting them. Courtesy of Law360.
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Facing Eviction in the Time of Coronavirus, By Annie Pancak and RJ Vogt | July 13, 2020
By the end of this week, courts in at least 39 states will be accepting eviction lawsuits — often heard remotely due to the pandemic — against tenants behind on their rent.
People of color, and especially Black women, have historically faced these suits at twice the rate of other renters; they are also twice as likely to report rent insecurity during the pandemic and three times as likely to face COVID-19 infections.
This summer, Law360 traveled to Nashville, Tennessee; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Newark, New Jersey, to document the impact different federal, state and local eviction prevention measures are having on three Black households.
These are the stories we found.