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
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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