New arrivals in the Ohio city have been blamed for rising costs but reports suggest responsibility lies with landlords
For John, living in a room in a shared house without even a door for privacy was what he found himself dealing with when he first arrived in Ohio four years ago.
“I was afraid to tell my wife, who was still in Florida at the time,” John says. “When I spoke to her on the phone, I closed the video so she wouldn’t see what it was like.” John, who did not want to give his real name out of fear of the consequences, paid $50 a week for a room in a house that was also home to a family of Haitians and others who came and went regularly.
