The state of Florida promised her help with rent. Then she was evicted.
Three days before Christmas, Catherine Owens found the pink notice taped to her door telling her she was being evicted from the Temple Terrace apartment she shared with her 58-year-old mother.
The women had five days to vacate, the notice said.
Owens, 30, had applied for rental assistance three months earlier through Florida’s emergency relief program, called Our Florida.
She said she had been working as a nursing aide for a small agency and inconsistent shifts made it difficult to stay on top of bills. She ended up going to work for Office Depot.
Owens’ application for assistance was approved in September, and she was told she’d receive seven checks totaling more than $8,000. The money was...
