After half a decade of roaming between abusive homes and strangers’ couches, Asia Harris moved into her first-ever apartment and purchased a dresser from Goodwill for $20. ?“Nobody bought it for me,” she said. ?“I bought it my own self.”

Three years and one eviction notice later, Harris threw out the dresser. It was too heavy to sell for rent money and it no longer felt like her own.

Like many tenants who live paycheck to paycheck, two consecutive personal catastrophes were enough to send Harris a handful of months behind on rent. (The exact amount is disputed, but she and her landlord agree that she owes under $3,000.)

Her landlord, an affiliate of the megalandlord Mandy Management, filed suit on Oct. 6 to kick her out for nonpayment of rent.

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