Evictions are likely to skyrocket this summer as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hard hit.
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Jul 6 '20, 12:38
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Judge Yvonne Williams, glasses snuggled tight to the blue mask covering most of her face, peered into the camera in her Texas courtroom recently to press a renter about the more than $4,000 she owed her landlord.
“What do you have toward the rent?” Williams asked.
The renter appeared on another shaky screen from a dark room and explained that she had been furloughed as the spread of the novel coronavirus shut down much of the U.S. economy. But she had three kids and nowhere to go, the renter said, and was working to raise the money, which included more than $1,000 in late fees.
“I have heard almost 60 cases so far, and this is everybody’s problem,” Williams responded before approving the eviction.
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