An investigation finds one apartment complex in Clayton County has filed more evictions against tenants than any other landlord across metro Atlanta — including during the federal government’s pandemic eviction ban that was designed to keep people in their homes and stem the spread of COVID-19.

Steve Fennessy: This is Georgia Today. I’m Steve Fennessy. On the show this week: how one apartment complex in Clayton County has filed more evictions against its tenants than any other landlord across Atlanta; why tenants at the complex continued to get eviction notices even as the federal pandemic eviction moratorium took effect; and how even eviction attempts can impact tenants long after they move out. For more on this story I’m joined by Yeganeh Torbati. She’s a reporter at The Washington Post. Her recent story, written with her colleague Jonathan O’Connell, looks at the Brooks Crossing apartment just south of Atlanta in Clayton County. Can you tell us a little bit about that apartment complex?

Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post Economic policy investigations reporter: It’s pretty large. It’s around 224 units, maybe a couple dozen sort of two-story buildings, each of them with, you know, four units or so a piece.

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