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Looming ‘deluge’ of evictions threatens thousands of Pa. families as school begins
By Avi Wolfman-ArentAugust 31, 2020
The walls of the Fallaro house are barren.
Gone are the family pictures that once lined the inside of the two-story rowhouse in Kensington. A column of cardboard boxes, already packed, looms in the front corner of the living room.
“I got boxes I’m staring at every day,” said Mike Fallaro, 39. “My kids are staring at it. They’re like, ‘When are we gonna find a place to go?’”
Fallaro and his wife, Lisa Swinehart, are bracing for eviction.
The couple fell behind on the rent this spring after much of Fallaro’s under-the-table work as a repairman dried up and Swinehart lost shifts at a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts, they said. A state moratorium on evictions gave them respite from their $800 monthly rent. But today, the moratorium is set to expire. Their landlord — who recently lambasted them in text messages as “freeloaders” who are “taking advantage of the system” — threatened to evict them in May, according to their attorney.
Fallaro and Swinehart worry about how their three girls, ages 4, 5 and 8, will handle the disruption. The oldest is about to enter third grade at nearby public elementary school, and another daughter is set to start kindergarten. Online school was a struggle for their eldest last spring — and that was without the threat of eviction dangling over the family.
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