With The Eviction Ban Over, Here's How One City Is Hustling To Help Those Who Need It
In a courthouse in Memphis, Tenn., a full docket of cases means tenants are packed into eviction court â as much as social distancing will allow, and then a little more. When each tenant is called up for their case, Judge Phyllis Gardner asks this question: "Are you interested in the rental assistance program?"
For the tenants who show up to their court date, judges here regularly extend cases weeks into the future and nearly push them down the hall to Room 134, where Memphis Area Legal Services attorneys help tenants start applications for rental aid.
One of those attorneys, Freda Turner, stands up in the courtroom to talk about the program.
"If you apply and if you're approved, we will pay up to 12 months of your back rent plus one month of
