Few tenants facing eviction have an attorney. Top lawmakers are poised to change that.
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A group of people protest outside the Hartford apartment of a woman facing eviction during a snowstorm Feb. 18. She had an attorney and the decision was delayed while a settlement is being negotiated. On that same day, judges across the state gave permission for eight landlords to evict tenants. None of those tenants had an attorney.
Facing eviction this winter, Alice attempted to email to Hartford Housing Court the documents needed to qualify for the eviction moratorium program established by the federal government during the pandemic, but her paperwork didn’t arrive.
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Facing eviction this winter, Alice attempted to email to Hartford Housing Court the documents needed to qualify for the eviction moratorium program established by the federal government during the pandemic, but her paperwork didn’t arrive.
At her hearing on Tuesday, Alice cried as she told a judge she meets all the requirements for the moratorium, to whom at Hartford Housing Court she sent her documents, and that she will be homeless if the judge allows a state marshal to remove her from her one-bedroom apartment in the West End of Hartford. The CT Mirror is not disclosing Alice’s last name in this article at her request.
There's been a sharp decline in the number of monthly Supplemental Security Income applications and new benefit awardees during the pandemic. And experts say those missing out are the most in-need.
Huge Drop In Federal Aid For The Poorest Is Blamed On Closed Social Security Offices
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A sign outside a U.S. Social Security Administration office in Mount Prospect, Ill., in October last year. Closed SSA offices across the country are being blamed for a 30 percent drop in applications for an aid program for the most vulnerable.
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But her days are now defined by debilitating pain and frequent migraines. It s the result of a years-long battle with breast cancer that has also left Muraveva, 52, unable to work.
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