“A lot of tenants want to believe the court process is fair, that there will be sympathy because they lost their job to a pandemic. They don’t know how bad the system is rigged against them.”

Eviction protections have ended in many states, but the fallout from the pandemic rages on. Tenants are being evicted over video chat as the courts adjust to social distancing, and the government has shown little concern in addressing a housing crisis that affects Black and Brown renters the most.