Thread by @iKaylaReed

I’ve been evicted before. It was March 2014. Slept on a friends couch for months. I couldn’t find a place to stay.

Every apartment asked if there was an eviction on my record. My applications were denied. I lost money on the application fees. #EvictionCrisis

I was 24 years old. I worked full time as a pharmacy tech and no place to live. After months of going thru the cycle of applying for an apartment and getting denied, I finally got approved for a place.

Springwood apartments off 170/Natural Bridge. kmov.com/news/north-co-…

It was horrible. Roaches, mice, mold but they were the only complex that would take folks with eviction on their records.

Slum lords. I was so depressed.

After 4 months, I left. They filed an eviction. So that made 2 on my record #evictioncrisis

Then their lawyers started got a court order to garnish my paycheck. So here I was 24 without an apartment, working full time but bringing home pennies because of the eviction filed against me.

It took me years to rebuild my life. #EvictionCrisis

At that point I was an organizer. I had a support system. @ArchCityDefense And people like @RoedigerBrendan helped me navigate things. I got an apartment with my friend. The property owner was willing to overlook the evictions on my record.

Most people don’t have that.

When this happened to me I was single without children. I was able to work and had a job that paid more than min wage ($13/hr in 2014).

That is not everyone’s reality. We cannot understate the level of crisis we are in. I’m terrified. #EvictionCrisis