The eviction crisis has begun : As COVID cases rise, so do notices to vacate
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org
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Alice Prael, of New Haven, left, and Adam, who didn’t want to give his last name, stand with signs in front of Bradshaw’s house during an emergency hearing. “I’m just here to support as much as I can,” Prael said.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less
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Protestors stand with signs to support stopping eviction during this pandemic. “I’m advocating for everyone to stay in house during this pandemic,” said one of the protestors, Karen Salim with the Cancel Rent CT. She said she wants the government to cancel rent and provide robust solutions so people aren’t evicted.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less
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An eviction tsunami is on the horizon, and with it comes more COVID cases
The state s eviction levels have already returned to about one-third what they were before the pandemic.
Belongings left behind by evicted residents in Hartford mid-November. This was the 254th eviction since the pandemic began. | photo by: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas :: CTMirror.org
Jamaira Watson received her test result on her phone
Jamaira Watson has been paralyzed with anxiety since Nov. 30, when a state marshal told her and her elderly mother, who are recovering from COVID-19, to move out of their apartment in Stratford or he would be back in four days to force them out.