A key deadline in eviction cases came and went this week. And housing advocates worry thousands of tenants around metro Atlanta may not have known.
Normally, when tenants get an eviction notice, they must respond within a week. This is their opportunity to tell the court what their defense is.
But as Lindsey Siegel of Atlanta Legal Aid said, these are not normal times. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Georgia’s Chief Justice delayed deadlines, including those related to eviction.
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