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1 Evicted A presentation by Zeno, Kaston, Emily, Kaitlyn and Tiffany Chapters 17-20

2 Chapter 17 Characters

3 Arleen Living in Crystal s house - three days to find new home (208) Counseled for depression (208) Unemployed (208) Met with landlord (Carol) who showed her an apartment (208) Got the apartment - move in the first of the month (210) Has a cat - Little (208) Doesn t have enough money for storage (211) Stayed at a shelter while waiting to move into the apartment (212) Lost the apartment (212) When moving things from Crystal s house, Arleen and Crystal got into fight. ( )

4 Sherrena Crystal and Arleen s current landlord (207) Kicking Arleen out (207) Evicting Crystal (207) Doesn t want to be arrested or get property taken away because of what Arleen and Crystal have done (207) Carol Landlord, showing Arleen apartment (208) Drives Subaru, wears North Face fleece jacket, arrives late (208) Rented apartment to someone else without giving Arleen any warning (212)

5 Crystal Was letting Arleen and kids stay with her; became close friend of Arleen s (210) Lives in house owned by Sherrena (207) Got into a fight with Arleen ( ) Could quickly turn violent (213) Examined by a psychologist and diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Borderline Intellectual Functioning, Neglect of a Child, Sexual Abuse of a Child as Victim, and Emerging Personality Disorder Dynamics with Borderline Features ( ) Low IQ of 70 (214) Seemingly religious - Crystal told herself that she wasn t planning on eating today anyhow. Pastor had called a fast (214).

6 Other Information As a shelter resident Arleen would receive Red Cross funds (210) Payment for storage unit increases each month, from $21 to $41 (212) Mentioned: SSI - Supplemental Security Income, a government program that provides aid to those who are 65 years or older, blind or disabled. They re trying to get me job ready, but they re also trying to get me to apply for SSI (208). CCAP - Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, a method of knowing whether someone has been previously evicted. Have you been evicted in the past three years? I m going to check CCAP, so you might as well get it out in the open (208). They actually had me on W2-T Unsure what exactly W2-T is. Possibly something to do with taxes and welfare in the state of Wisconsin

7 Chapter 18

8 Chapter 18: Lobster On Food Stamps Marcia P. Coggs human Services center: 170,000 ft sq. 232 windows. 450 County employees (215). Larraine applies to get food stamps reinstated (number 4023) (216). Can t call to set up appointment but misses it due to eviction. Gets two bags of canned food from food pantry. To Larraine, putting something on layaway was saving. Due to SSI benefits, she couldn t have more than $1,000 in her bank account, so she spends her money as to not get her benefits cut. She sees layaway as a way to save money similar to a bank.

9 Larraine On Food Stamps, SSI, and lives in the trailer park under new managment. Spends all her monthly food stamp money on Crab legs and Lobster tails. I m satisfied with what I had, she said. And I m willing to eat noodles for the rest of the month because of it. (219) If Larraine spent her money unwisely, it was not because her benefits left her with so much, but because they left her with so little. She had to eat pantry food for the rest of the month. Some days, she simply sent hungry (219). Gets evicted as soon as winter comes around with all her warm clothes in bonded storage; lives with Brother Beaker.

10 Other Characters This chapter is mainly focused around Larraine but includes some other minor characters. Niece, Sammy: Gives insight into Larraine Pastor, Daryl: Gives insight into Larraine Beaker, Brother: Lives with Larraine until he moves to old folks public housing Ms. Betty: Old lady who lived across the road, Roommate.

11 Chapter 19

12 Chapter 19 Characters Pam Has 4 kids but only is taking care of her youngest daughter who is 2 years old. She was also 9 months pregnant at the time she was evicted. Ned In a relationship with Pam. Was working as a construction worker but he lost his job and soon afterward, got evicted. Travis A friend of Pam and Ned s. He let them stay with him for a while even though he was sceptical because the last time he let people stay with him, they got him evicted. Arleen Single mother of 2. Applied or called for more than 89 apartments after she and her kids were evicted. Had a hard time finding a place to stay because she had kids.

13 Chapter 19 In this chapter a lady named Pam, who is pregnant and only taking care of her youngest daughter gets evicted out of her home and has to stay at a motel that charges $50 a night. Her husband Ned got fired from his job after missing two days of work after being evicted because he had to help his family move out from the trailer park. Pam spent long hours of the the day calling different landlords but almost everytime getting told that they don't allow children. Finally they found a place but 3 days later they got kicked out because Ned got in fight with the upstair neighbors. After that ned applied to a nice two bedroom apartment but he only applied for himself not for pam and their two kids.

14 Chapter 20

15 Chapter 20: Nobody Wants the North Side Crystal had been evicted for unauthorized subletting to an evicted tenant (243). She stayed at the Lodge and soon met Vanetta, the single mother of three children. Vanetta used to have a job, but she became unable to pay bills and rent, and fearful for her children, she helped rob two women. After a court hearing, she was fired and evicted.

16 Chapter 20 Crystal and Vanetta look for a home together. They are rejected for these reasons: They were both evicted within the past 3 years, Vanetta s felony, and The fact that neither have any income. The two only began looking at homes in the inner city after they had applied for more than fifty apartments. At the end of the chapter, Crystal is forced to leave the Lodge.

17 Reflection Write a reflection (½ page) from the point of view of either Crystal, Arleen, or Pam about their struggles to find a place to live and how hard it has been to move around as much as they have. Have they faced any type of discrimination because of their living/working status? Has it been hard to find jobs? Would you say there is a cycle that low income/homeless families face? Explain.

EVICTED Ch 1-3. By: Mia, Victor, Caylum

EVICTED Ch 1-3. By: Mia, Victor, Caylum EVICTED Ch 1-3 By: Mia, Victor, Caylum Chapter 1: Sherrena Sherrena - Dealt with the tenants while her husband, Quentin, cleaned up the messes. (15) Bought two 15 passenger vans and started Prisoner Connections