![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Children who transfer from school to school miss out on education, relationships with friends, and familiarity. Many families end up in a worse home or neighborhood than they left, because fewer landlords will rent to tenants with evictions on their records. And once they found new places to rent, they needed money for a security deposit and moving expenses. Reporters examined hundreds of case files, observed dozens of hours of court hearings, obtained thousands of pages of inspection and property records, court documents, utility bills, legal opinions and studies.įor families, an eviction can trigger a downward spiral.Īlready struggling financially, evicted tenants followed by Sun reporters faced new expenses: money for hotel rooms, or storage units to hold their furniture and belongings. The Baltimore Sun spent a year following several families in and out of homes, courtrooms and eviction prevention programs. ![]()
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