Conor Morris/Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative
ReporterConor reports for the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative focusing on poverty in the city including housing, health and education. Morris covered Appalachian southeast Ohio for the weekly newspaper, The Athens News, for six years. He reported on Athens County, but especially local government, the campus of Ohio University (his alma mater), cops and courts, and the social and economic issues facing the residents of Ohio’s poorest county.
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Currently, hard-off tenants have little time before landlord can file eviction.
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As moratoriums that staved off utility disconnections cascade to an end, some families face a long winter unsure how they will keep the lights, heat and water on.
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Democratic Socialists of America are going door to door to talk to people at risk of being evicted.
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In order to receive assistance, tenants have to jump through a number of hoops.
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With basically every school district in Cuyahoga County returning to school in a remote-only format this month and next as COVID-19 continues to ravage…