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**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 3:01 a.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Shanetta Little at her home in Newark, N.J., on Sunday, July 11, 2021. Little was startled one day to find that the locks on her new home in Newark had been changed by a man who claimed he was the rightful owner. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)

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