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More must be done to help Black and brown Philadelphians in debt | Opinion

Research conducted by Community Legal Services and by Pew shows that low- and middle-income Black and Hispanic households are often hardest hit by the debt crisis.

Barry Thompson, president of Philly Tenant Support Organization, chants as a group protests about the end of the PA eviction moratorium outside Philadelphia Municipal Court in Philadelphia, Pa. on August 31, 2020. The Pennsylvania eviction moratorium ends August 31, possible putting thousands of Philadelphians at risk of losing housing.
Barry Thompson, president of Philly Tenant Support Organization, chants as a group protests about the end of the PA eviction moratorium outside Philadelphia Municipal Court in Philadelphia, Pa. on August 31, 2020. The Pennsylvania eviction moratorium ends August 31, possible putting thousands of Philadelphians at risk of losing housing.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
    by Deborah Freedman and Elinor Haider, For The Inquirer
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