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Evictions are hitting hard in parts of Mass. where people are most vulnerable
Tim Logan
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Tanya DiStefano is pictured outside of the building that contains the apartment that she lives in in Spencer, where she has received an eviction notice. On her phone is a picture of her newborn son in the hospital.
Tanya DiStefano gave birth to a baby boy on Halloween. She returned home from the hospital to find an eviction notice on her doorstep.
“Rent in arrears,” it read in part. “Total $800.”
It’s been a tough year for DiStefano. She has a state subsidy to help pay the $1,250 monthly rent on a three-bedroom apartment in the Worcester County town of Spencer, but still has to come up with about $400 out of her own pocket. A roommate who shared the load lost two restaurant jobs in the spring and moved out. DiStefano said she can’t work because her older son, a kindergartner, is home from school. Now this. ....

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