A resident of Springfield, OH, has told a city commission meeting that locals are being displaced from their homes to make way for Haitian migrants.
The man, who has not been named, said the federal government was paying “triple the rent” for Haitians arriving in the town, thus incentivizing landlords to prioritize immigrants over existing residents.
Addressing the city commission, the resident – who said he’d worked with the homeless community for more than 25 years – said he didn’t know of “a single homeless Haitian in this town because they all got vouchers” from the federal government.
“I personally know, and I’ll testify under oath [with] my hand to God, somebody that their house – they were there seven years,” he told the meeting. “Somebody that lost their house, they were there seven years. The landlord said, ‘Hey, I need you to move out. Find a temporary place. I’m gonna remodel it and then you can come back.’”
“They moved him out [and] tripled the rent,” he added before being cut off by the commission.
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Many on social media felt sympathy for those who had been displaced.
Blame was also laid on landlords and the federal government.
