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Nashville Attorney Bashes Soon-to-be Homeless Mom of 9
He works for the ‘Leader in Affordable Housing’
I’m not sure what Autumn Davis did or did not do to cause her pending homelessness. According to news reports, she and her 9 children, 2 taken in by her because of “the love of my heart,” face the loss of their home rented through Nashville’s affordable housing provider, United Housing Solutions.
What I do know is that the UHS general counsel, Alan Mazer, was quoted in the news story to say:
“It behooves people to do what they need to do to get their rent paid, when we’re collecting much less rent per unit than a standard market rate landlord, we need people to pay their rent to keep our doors open,” General Counsel Alan Mazer said.
Mazer said when the pandemic-related eviction moratorium came to an end, some of their residents were drowning in rent debt.
“It’s never enjoyable for us to evict people,” Mazer said. “We’re a housing organization for heaven’s sake”
Mazer said they’re trying their best to help.
“If she got assistance and then fell behind again, and then she gets assistance again, what’s to keep her from falling behind yet again?” Mazer said.
