Landlords continue to kick tenants out despite Gov. DeSantis' order to suspend evictions

WFTS ABC Action News I-Team Investigator Jackie Callaway found more than 120 eviction filings in just the first two weeks of April after Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all residential evictions on April 2.

You can’t send notices for eviction [...] That’s my comment for landlords throughout the state of Florida.”

Martin Lawyer

Attorney, Fair Housing

Landlords continue to kick tenants out despite Gov. DeSantis' order to suspend evictions
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