The federal eviction moratorium expires in January. It could leave 40 million Americans homeless. Marc Ramirez, Sarah Taddeo and Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, USA TODAY
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Rochester, N.Y. It’s safe to say that Shayla Black’s life is not what she imagined when she left her job in the magazine industry in January, feeling like she needed a change.
Before long, her quest for new opportunities was upended by massive job losses driven by the COVID-19 crisis. As Black’s finances started to dwindle and the rent continued to accrue at her second-story Harlem apartment, the 28-year-old found herself having to make some difficult choices.
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MIAMI – Susana Lay worked from dawn to dusk alongside her grandfather while he sold and repaired Singer sewing machines in New York City. She was his todera
, or jack of all trades, helping with anything from bill collecting to mopping down the shop s floors. Soon, Lay was able to use her savings to buy her first home in her 20s.
One property turned into six, purchased together with her parents and siblings over the course of three decades.