Published TUESDAY, December 19, 2023: 'Burden of EVICTION' Pictures by ZUMA Press represented Chicago Tribune's photographer Brian Cassella and story by staff writer Lizzie Kane: Eviction rates in The US are soaring after the pandemic's renter protection programs expired, with rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing leaving many Americans scrambling to cover costs, find a new place to live or face homelessness. Each year, 2.9 million children under 18 are threatened with eviction, while 1.5 million are evicted. This puts low-income Americans at major risk of losing out on housing. Evictions are on the rise in Chicago, shedding light on the city's affordable housing crisis and rising rental rates. Through Dec. 5 of this year, 6,600 people were evicted in Cook County, the Chicago Tribune reports. Welcome to 'Burden of EVICTION'
© zReportage.com Issue #919 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY, December 19, 2023: 'Burden of EVICTION' Pictures by ZUMA Press represented Chicago Tribune's photographer Brian Cassella and story by staff writer Lizzie Kane: Eviction rates in The US are soaring after the pandemic's renter protection programs expired, with rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing leaving many Americans scrambling to cover costs, find a new place to live or face homelessness. Each year, 2.9 million children under 18 are threatened with eviction, while 1.5 million are evicted. This puts low-income Americans at major risk of losing out on housing. Evictions are on the rise in Chicago, shedding light on the city's affordable housing crisis and rising rental rates. Through Dec. 5 of this year, 6,600 people were evicted in Cook County, the Chicago Tribune reports. Welcome to 'Burden of EVICTION'

Members of the Cook County sheriff's office eviction unit inside a Chatham neighborhood apartment just after battering the door for entry and performing a court-ordered eviction in Chicago.
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Members of the Cook County sheriff's office eviction unit bring a battering ram to a multi-unit building in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood to perform a court-ordered eviction in an apartment.
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Members of the Cook County sheriff's office eviction unit finish performing a court-ordered eviction on a South Shore neighborhood apartment in Chicago.
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LORRAINE MCNEAL stands near family pictures in her South Shore neighborhood apartment in Chicago. McNeal faced eviction earlier this year and had a legal aid lawyer represent her in court.
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An inflatable mattress and other former tenants belongings are left behind after members of the Cook County sheriff's office eviction unit performed a court-ordered eviction on a South Shore neighborhood apartment in Chicago.
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Members of the Cook County sheriff's office eviction unit stand beside their vehicles and prepare to perform a court-ordered eviction in South Chicago.
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Members of the Cook County sheriff's office eviction unit enter a home and perform a court-ordered eviction in South Chicago.
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Property owner ROBERT KAHN across from a house he rents out in Chicago's Roscoe Village neighborhood. Kahn, an attorney for landlords who owns buildings throughout Chicago, said he thinks eviction levels are ticking up because a lot of landlords are unwilling to take rental assistance repeatedly for the same tenant. 'The person is not showing any effort to pay rent on their own,' he said. 'I am still getting a lot of cases dismissed because of rental assistance, which is great, but it's a joke.' Kahn said. 'COVID is over. There are tons of jobs out there. People are choosing not to get them.'
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