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Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case

  • Written by Alexa Eisenberg, Lecturer, University of Michigan

After Charla’s landlord failed to repair leaks that caused the ceiling to collapse in her daughter’s bedroom, she withheld her rent. Shortly after, her landlord filed an eviction case against her for nonpayment.

Though she won her court case, Charla and her family had to remain in unsafe conditions as she searched for new housing and...

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