Housing Crisis in Florida: The Puerto Rican Face of Evictions

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Housing Crisis in Florida: The Puerto Rican Face of Evictions

Read in Spanish Marilyn Vázquez’s smile fades when she recalls her experiences in 2022. It’s not easy to recount how she ended up on the streets, drawer away most of her belongings, and crimmed what was left into a hotel room in Kissimmee, Florida, where she lived for a year. It’s difficult for her to talk about it foruse she knows this scenario could happen again at any moment. “No one tells you how to survive if you have to live in a hotel, wh…