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In a time where a global pandemic has put a financial strain on so many, evictions are now at the forefront of discussion in Erie.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an order, effective from September 4th, 2020 and extended to July 31, 2021, that provides protection from eviction to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. Although many questions …

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I rang my mother’s doorbell over and over. No answer. Odd, I thought: my mother never went anywhere. Even odder, the apartment was eerily silent.

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As another month of rent came due September 1, tenant organizers were greeted with a rare bit of good news. The Trump administration announced a sweeping moratorium on residential evictions through the end of the year, providing an …

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Yesterday morning, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said he did not have the legal authority to extend the eviction moratorium. That prompted landlords to file a combined 86 evictions in one day, in Erie County alone.

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Nearly seven years ago I moved out of my small San Diego apartment and into a van. I was sixty-seven, on social security, and decided to trade paying rent for a life on the road.

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As of 5:00 pm Tuesday, Erie County District Courts saw a combined 63 eviction filings for nonpayment of rent, according to the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania. The same system recorded 8 filings in Crawford County, as landlords now …

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