Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan presents zReportage.com Issue #919 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY, December 19, 2023: ‘Burden of EVICTION’ Pictures by ZUMA Press represented Chicago Tribune’s photographer Brian Cassella and story by staff writer Lizzie Kane: Eviction rates in The US are soaring after the pandemic’s renter protection programs expired, with rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing leaving many Americans scrambling to cover costs, find a new place to live or face homelessness. Each year, 2.9 million children under 18 are threatened with eviction, while 1.5 million are evicted. This puts low-income Americans at major risk of losing out on housing. Evictions are on the rise in Chicago, shedding light on the city’s affordable housing crisis and rising rental rates. Through Dec. 5 of this year, 6,600 people were evicted in Cook County, the Chicago Tribune reports. Welcome to ‘Burden of EVICTION’
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December 3, 2023: Valencia, Venezuela: A voter uses their ID and checks the voters list for the consultative referendum on the Esequivo, in the city of Valencia, Carabobo state. (Credit Image: © Juan Carlos Hernandez/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

December 11, 2023, Skalice, Czech Republic: A Fallow deer buck standing among the herd in a meadow during winter day in the Czech Republic. (Credit Image: © Slavek Ruta/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

December 11, 2014 – Hong Kong, China – Founder of anti-Beijing Hong Kong newspaper APPLE DAILY, Jimmy Lai, center, is being detained by the police during Occupy Central-Umbrella Revolution. Hong Kong media giant Next Digital Limited, controlled by media mogul JIMMY LAI, has accepted an offer to sell some of its magazine businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan for HK$500 million in a bid to expand digital-news business. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung Ren/ZUMA Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA Press Wire Contract Photographer Luke Johnson, will be in Des Moines, Iowa this January to cover the caucuses. Please reach out to licensing@zumapress.com if you would specific coverage of a candidate or event.

July 27, 2020, Hong Kong, China: American luggage manufacturer and retailer Samsonite store seen in Hong Kong. (Credit Image: © Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)

February 11, 2023, Hong Kong, China: A female visitor from mainland China rests on her luggage inside a Hong Kong MTR Station. A week after the reopening of Hong Kong-China border at Lo Wu station, ‘Luggage Party’ shoppers (a term given to luggage toting shoppers from the mainland) are once again returning for their shopping sprees after three years of absence due to COVID-19 restrictions. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press