Auburn’s affordable housing squeeze hits home

Auburn’s affordable housing squeeze hits home

BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER AUBURN — The rap of Anika Perry’s knuckles on doors at the LeMans Square Apartments cut through the sweltering summer morning air. The Auburn Tenant Union volunteer was going from apartment to apartment to engage with residents about the prospect of losing access to their current housing in the near future.The reactions of the residents who answered ranged from anger and shock to fear, apathy and resigned dejection.…