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The State Newspaper

Aug 12, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

(1/3) Powers Properties files thousands of eviction notices in SC courts, including in the Columbia area. Many face eviction month after month. “I think they take advantage of people.” #longread #readlocal thestate.com/news/state/sou…

(2/3) The day his father died in June, Rodrickus Oakes owed his landlord $230 in additional fees for his Columbia-area apartment. So Powers Properties did what it regularly does to its tenants who are late on rent across SC: filed an eviction notice. thestate.com/news/state/sou…

(3/3) “In our situation we were really taken advantage of and we were in a predicament where we were in the palm of their hand," Sterling Hogan said. Watch their story here: thestate.com/news/local/art…

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