By Simon Rios, WBUR Reporter
May 13, 2021
Simon Rios, WBUR Reporter
New Bedford resident Liliana Cruz holds up a copy of the eviction letter she received in January. The landlord wants her out by the end of May. Simón Rios/WBUR
Liliana Cruz choked up at her kitchen table in New Bedford as she talked about faithfully paying her rent every month over the last five years. Despite that, her landlord has sent her a notice ordering her to leave the three-bedroom house by the end of this month.
“From one day to the next, it doesn’t matter what I pay, I have to go,” she said in Spanish. “And I don’t bother the landlord with anything. I spent my own money to fix the bathrooms. This is heavy, but God gives me strength.”