An overseas investor had recently purchased her single-story apartment complex and raised her rent by $600 a month. Her neighbor, the former groundskeeper, lost his job at the same time the rent increase hit. Two other tenants on the property had their rent go up by $1,000 a month. “In the law they call that ‘constructive eviction,’” Jeannie said. Renting out a tent in her backyard was not something she’d always dreamed about.
