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Stories from the Civil Justice Crisis

Facing Eviction in the Time of Coronavirus

Tenants  —  Nashville, Newark, Cincinnati  |  Evictions
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These are the stories of three Black households in Nashville, Cincinnati, and Newark, each of whom confront the housed-to-homeless pipeline that runs through civil courts. Hear their stories and learn how a patchwork of eviction prevention measures at the federal, state and local level are affecting them. Courtesy of Law360.

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“How we giving out rules that say, ‘You can’t do this. You can’t do that,’ and then they’re doing it anyway and then there’s no answer for it?”

— Omar Byrd, Nashville resident, after his landlord unlawfully locked him out of his apartment
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    If you’ve experienced a civil justice problem (for example, a threat of eviction, a suspicious demand for debt collection, or a disagreement about child custody), you’re not alone – and we want to hear from you. Share your story and join the campaign to fix our civil justice system so it works for everyone.

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