For the past several months since being evicted, Kimberly Ireland, a Culinary Union member who testified Wednesday, has struggled to maintain secure housing for her two children and grandson.
Since January, the family “bounced around from weekly rentals to short term rentals,” she said.
After contracting Covid last year, Ireland was unable to return to work and fell behind on rent.
She qualified for and received CARES Housing Assistance Program (CHAP), which used federal relief funding to provide rental assistance in Clark County.
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“Once the funds were exhausted, my landlord no longer wanted to work with me,” she said.
Ireland was among the handful of people who shared their experiences dealing with the eviction process.
“This eviction process is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone,” she said. “It is imperative we do something about the eviction process.”