Thousands of people face eviction as the economic recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic leads millions across the U.S. finding their housing situations complicated.
Hunger is a real side effect of the housing crisis.
The number of eviction notices filed in April jumped from 40 to more than 4,500 in May and over 6,000 in June, according to court records. Advocates say the number of evictions will return to the level before the pandemic soon — there were more than 162,000 eviction filings in South Carolina last year — and they are bracing themselves for it to become much worse, as the state economy hasn't rebounded and the few safety nets protecting people have been removed.
The court system — in the form of about 300 state court magistrates who are left to oversee eviction filings — don't provide a heartening avenue, either. State Rep. Marvin Pendarvis, a Democrat who represents North Charleston, introduced a bill that would extend the moratorium and provide rental assistance, and he hopes to have the state reconsider the magistrate system. But he admitted that his bill is unlikely to pass or to even be considered.
Clothes dry on a clothesline outside the Cooper River Court apartment complex in Charleston, S.C., on May 14, 2018."People don't want to move. I don't want them to move. There are a handful of slumlords here who are doing a disservice to people, but we were able to create some payment plan incentives and programs for people to keep them in their units," he said."You got to meet people where they are at.
"We're seeing this as the new normal for at least the next year, possibly 18 months," he said."We're increasing our capacity and our bandwidth in preparation for the additional services and clients that we've never seen before."Jennifer Taylor, 34, has seen how an eviction can change your life.
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