More renters forced from homes as affordable-housing crisis deepens

By Alden Woods | The Republic

Ken Sumner stepped through the debris of another unexpected move. He weaved around the two men backing a truck through their friend’s barren yard, past a speaker system and stacks of framed photographs, moving toward the front door for his fifth eviction of the day. The evicted man waited alone.

“How’s it looking, Davian?” asked Sumner, 53. He checked his watch. A locksmith was on the way. “You going to be able to get it all out?”

“We’ve almost got all of it,” Davian Smith said, and he disappeared into the house to carry out what was left. Sumner followed him inside and hung an orange sticker in the front window: This property has been seized by the Maricopa County Constable’s Office.

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