The Charlotte Observer, June 6, 2022, I covered affordable housing in Charlotte for 3 years. A sad pattern of displacement persists.
Those displaced are almost always members of a marginalized community. Many are Black or Latino; low-income, elderly or disabled. So many are families with young children. Tenants are almost all on month-to-month leases, a common practice for low-income renters that provides essentially no notice or protection from spontaneous displacement. Most stories begin with a letter in the mailbox or on the front door announcing that their world is about to be turned upside down.
