Foreclosure crisis ensnares renters
At a Lake Elsinore housing office, Kelly Porec, left, goes over paperwork with Ruth Cordoba, a 28-year-old mother of three who has brought along 3-year-old Joseph. Cordoba is trying to find another place to live after she and her children were evicted from a Section 8 rental that had fallen into foreclosure. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
After dropping off documents that might help her land another home to rent, Ruth Cordoba prepares to load children Kenna, left, and Joseph back into their un-air-conditioned truck to pick up her other daughter from school. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Ruth Cordoba and daughter Kenna, 8, wait in the sweltering heat of their un-air-conditioned vehicle to pick up Cordoba’s other daughter from school. The family spends a lot of time in the car after being evicted from their rental home because their landlord fell into foreclosure. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Cramped in one small hotel room in Lake Elsinore, Ruth Cordoba, 28, and her three children, from left, Joseph, 3, Evany, 12, and Kenna, 8, make a temporary home while they await word about more suitable housing. The family had to leave their previous rented home when the landlord lost it to foreclosure. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
12-year-old Evany, left, plays with brother Joseph, 3, and sister Kenna 8, at a park in Lake Elsinore. With their mother, Ruth Cordoba, the children are living temporarily in a hotel room. The family was forced to move out of a Section 8 rental when the owner stopped paying the mortgage and lost the property. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
