Evicted Over $49: What Happens When Seattle's Poorest Tenants Can't Make Rent

by Heidi Groover ROB DOBI
Dominick Andrus fell behind on rent. The two-week "pay or vacate" notice landed on his apartment door in February. He owed $155.20.
For others, it's been less: $49, $50, $95.
Andrus lives in a beige seven-story Capitol Hill apartment building owned and operated by the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA). He spent three years waiting for a space in Seattle's rare public housing. Now that he's there, he lives precariously. Partially blind since birth, Andrus lives off of Soci