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As COVID increased evictions, Black renters lives upended

Locked Out: Black renters in Central Florida more likely to be evicted — even before COVID

Locked Out: Black renters in Central Florida more likely to be evicted even before COVID Orlando Sentinel 10 hrs ago Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel © Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel Bathsheba Collingwood ties her son s shoes in front of their apartment in Orlando on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Every few days, Bathsheba Collingwood sprays her furniture and walls with bleach to scrub away new traces of the persistent mold she suspects caused her 3-year-old son’s asthma. The bathroom pipes have been leaking into her closet for months, leaving puddles on the carpet when she takes long showers. The nails holding her living room floor in place sometimes poke up, stabbing at her feet. In the winter, her heating was unreliable. And as the weather warms, her air conditioning unit isn’t working either.

In Florida eviction crisis, Black renters at greater risk

An Orlando Sentinel analysis of newly available data shows that when Black residents are the largest racial group in a ZIP code, the eviction rate is likely to be significantly higher than in most predominately white ZIP codes nearby.

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