Shelby County is poster child in national eviction study
Personal belongings are piled outside a house on Townes Avenue, near National Cemetery. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian file)
The county’s large-scale evictions, relatively affordable housing and median unemployment rate make it representative of hundreds of communities in the nation.
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Lani Lester Steve Lockwood Legal Services Corp. evictionJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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