Since October 25th, when the Governors' Moratorium on evictions was lifted, according to court clerks there have been 100 evictions filed by landlords every day in New Orleans. In the past 2 and a half months the landlords have simply been posting eviction summons on tenants doors for a hearing 3-5 days later, when the tenants do not show up to the hearing because they were unaware of the summons. The evictions are then pushed through the court system. If the court rules in favor of the landlord, 24 hours later the landlord can remove all of the tenants' belongings from the unit. Landlords, under Louisiana State law, are not required to send a notice to the address where tenants have been relocated post-Katrina. Even if the landlord wanted to forward the eviction notice to a tenants' address, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) refused to release evacuees' information to the City of New Orleans. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.