evictions

Hotel rooms are the new normal for hundreds of evicted families; hundreds more on waiting list

Hotel rooms are the new normal for hundreds of evicted families; hundreds more on waiting list

On a hot and humid August afternoon, Rachel Jones and her husband Glen are sitting on a bed in their air-conditioned room at the Comfort Inn. It has been home for them and their 11-year-old granddaughter for nearly two months, ever since their new landlord hiked their rent and then evicted them for renovations.