In this March 18, 2020, photo, Ashton P. Woods poses for a photograph in Houston. Woods launched a petition asking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to suspend rent, mortgage and utility payments. For the most part, if you're black and brown, you're getting it a lot harder with the systemic racism and xenophobia," Woods said. "Now, we have a pandemic where people are scared to go to the doctor, let alone miss work, because they still have to pay their rent.(AP Pho…
March 20, 2020
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March 20, 2020 11:40 a.m.
As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions
NEW YORK (AP) — On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered evictions to carry out in his job as constable in Tucson, Arizona.