An eviction in February 2, 2009 in Adams County, Colorado. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) As staffers at the Chicago Department of Housing watched the job loss numbers roll in this March, they realized that many thousands of their fellow residents were going to need some serious help paying rent.
Almost 20% of America’s third largest city already lived in poverty before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, and most of them received no assistance with housing costs.
“We were just like, oh, that means when this eviction moratorium is over there’s just going to be like tens or hundreds of […]
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