It 'Looks Very Scary For Renters' As Federal Eviction Relief Expiration Nears
4 years, 5 months ago

It 'Looks Very Scary For Renters' As Federal Eviction Relief Expiration Nears

NPR  

It 'Looks Very Scary For Renters' As Federal Eviction Relief Expiration Nears Enlarge this image toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Brandon Bell/Getty Images Millions of Americans are facing the threat of eviction as a federal moratorium that has protected renters during the pandemic is set to expire Friday. That eviction moratorium, coupled with unemployment assistance established in the CARES Act, has helped some renters stay in their homes. Matt Desmond of Princeton University's Eviction Lab, which tracks evictions across the country, told NPR's Morning Edition that the pandemic "looks very scary for renters." Across the United States, one in 20 renters faces an eviction every year.

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Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise
1 year, 6 months ago

Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Entering court using a walker, a doctor’s note clutched in his hand, 70-year-old Dana Williams, who suffers serious heart problems, hypertension and asthma, pleaded to delay eviction from his two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta. “For his health, it’s just not right.” The Williams family is among millions of tenants from New York state to Las Vegas who have been …

Huge rise in no-fault evictions as thousands forced out of homes after end of pandemic protections
2 years, 4 months ago

Huge rise in no-fault evictions as thousands forced out of homes after end of pandemic protections

The Independent  

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Evictions spiking as assistance, protections disappear
2 years, 4 months ago

Evictions spiking as assistance, protections disappear

Associated Press  

Jada Riley thought she had beaten homelessness. “I don’t want to have my son experience any struggles that I went through.” Eviction filings nationwide have steadily risen in recent months and are approaching or exceeding pre-pandemic levels in many cities and states. “Our numbers of evictions are increasing every month at an astonishing rate, and I just don’t see that …

What California renters can do now with eviction moratorium expired
2 years, 6 months ago

What California renters can do now with eviction moratorium expired

LA Times  

Several deadlines and extensions have come and gone under California’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium. Instead, their payments are deferred and will have to be paid later depending on the local rules, according to attorney Jeffrey Uno with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ Eviction Defense Center. California’s rent relief program has served nearly 340,000 households with an average payment of $11,684 …

California’s eviction moratorium to lift at midnight, despite rent relief concerns
2 years, 6 months ago

California’s eviction moratorium to lift at midnight, despite rent relief concerns

LA Times  

A limited three-month extension to California’s eviction moratorium is scheduled to expire on Thursday at midnight, despite opposition from tenant advocates who say the state still hasn’t done enough to keep renters housed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawmakers in March moved the eviction moratorium’s expiration date from April 1 to July 1 for California tenants who’d applied for the state’s …

Some California renters will receive three more months of eviction protection
2 years, 9 months ago

Some California renters will receive three more months of eviction protection

LA Times  

California extended its eviction moratorium until June 30 in an emergency bill lawmakers approved Thursday, giving government officials another three months to disburse rent relief payments for tenants who have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s no question that many people are being left behind in this legislation,” state Sen. Ben Allen said during a Senate floor …

Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
3 years ago

Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Soon after losing his trucking job amid the pandemic, Freddie Davis got another blow: His landlord in Miami was almost doubling the rent on his Miami apartment. But housing advocates say they’re on the rise in many parts of the country —- though numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels due to the infusion of federal rental assistance and other …

Many renters to get help when California eviction protections end this week
3 years, 3 months ago

Many renters to get help when California eviction protections end this week

LA Times  

Some California eviction protections expire this week, but low-income tenants who are behind on their rent can continue to hold on to their housing by applying for a state rent relief program, officials said Monday. “We urge anyone who owes back rent or who will have problems paying upcoming rent to apply as soon as possible, but no one should …

Eviction moratoriums aren’t enough to rescue millions of Americans behind on rent, experts say
3 years, 5 months ago

Eviction moratoriums aren’t enough to rescue millions of Americans behind on rent, experts say

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Shanta Matthews and her family were three months behind on rent last week and were preparing to be booted from their two-bedroom condo in Charleston, South Carolina, when they got a last-minute reprieve from the federal government. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images The existing stay on evictions may prevent law enforcement from removing renters from homes, but …

US announces new 60-day eviction moratorium until October 3 due to Covid-19 spread
3 years, 5 months ago

US announces new 60-day eviction moratorium until October 3 due to Covid-19 spread

India Today  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new 60-day moratorium on residential evictions in areas with high levels of Covid-19 infections, citing the raging Delta variant, after having rejected an earlier push by the White House. On Sunday, the CDC rejected President Joe Biden's request for a new scaled-down pandemic-related moratorium, citing a lack of …

Millions of Americans risk eviction as Covid-19 cases spike
3 years, 5 months ago

Millions of Americans risk eviction as Covid-19 cases spike

India Today  

Millions of Americans could find themselves homeless starting Sunday as a nationwide ban on evictions expires, against a backdrop of surging coronavirus cases and political finger-pointing. With billions in government funds meant to help renters still untapped, President Joe Biden this week urged Congress to extend the 11-month-old moratorium, after a recent Supreme Court ruling meant the White House could …

Ending Eviction Moratoriums Likely Led To Thousands Of Coronavirus Deaths: Study
3 years, 5 months ago

Ending Eviction Moratoriums Likely Led To Thousands Of Coronavirus Deaths: Study

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING States that ended protections banning evictions in the spring and summer of 2020 likely led to hundreds of thousands of additional COVID-19 cases and thousands of deaths from the coronavirus, according to a new UCLA study. The study, published Monday in the American Journal of Epidemiology, looked at 43 states that had eviction moratoriums from March to …

CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it’s last time
3 years, 6 months ago

CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it’s last time

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help millions of tenants unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but said this is the last time it plans to do so. As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they faced eviction in the next …

‘It’s very scary’: Tenants on edge as California mulls extending eviction moratorium
3 years, 6 months ago

‘It’s very scary’: Tenants on edge as California mulls extending eviction moratorium

LA Times  

Demonstrators calling for stronger eviction protections carry a mock casket past the Capitol in Sacramento in January. “I’m at a standstill.” A lapse in the state protections would leave people at risk of losing their housing next month if they can’t pay July’s rent, as well as a portion of the accumulated debt they owe. René Christian Moya, campaign coordinator …

Millions of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes
55 years ago

Millions of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes

Slate  

During COVID, more and more people started having trouble making ends meet. With a possible eviction boom just days away, I spoke with Alieza Durana, a reporter with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University who focuses on housing, evictions, and homelessness, on Wednesday’s episode of What Next. So we’re preparing for the possibility that many families who were facing evictions …

Landlords seek end of eviction moratorium
3 years, 7 months ago

Landlords seek end of eviction moratorium

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Groups representing landlords on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to end the federal moratorium on evicting tenants who aren’t paying rent during the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama Association of Realtors is leading the petition that argues the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority in issuing the order regarding evictions and that any heath …

EXPLAINER: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban
3 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban

Associated Press  

When the U.S. government enacted a ban on evictions, it did so through an unlikely agency: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Larry Gostin, a public health law expert at Georgetown University, said he believes the CDC has the legal authority to stop evictions, but acknowledges: “This is definitely a stretch because the Public Health Service Act doesn’t specifically …

How to avoid eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

How to avoid eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic

LA Times  

Tenants and housing rights organizers rally in September at Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles to protest eviction orders. “If you’re in a rent-control jurisdiction, there’s at least 20 defenses buried in … local ordinances,” housing rights attorney Frances Campbell said. “We’ve said from the beginning that owners should try to work things out with their tenants,” said Daniel …

Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban
4 years, 3 months ago

Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Memphis, seven landlords who together manage or own …

Coronavirus: Plans to suspend eviction ban could have ‘devastating consequences’ on health, medical bodies warn
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Plans to suspend eviction ban could have ‘devastating consequences’ on health, medical bodies warn

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government’s plans to suspend the eviction ban this weekend …

Eviction protections are expiring. What does this mean for struggling California tenants?
4 years, 5 months ago

Eviction protections are expiring. What does this mean for struggling California tenants?

LA Times  

Members of the Los Angeles Tenants Union and their supporters hold a demonstration at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights in April to demand rent forgiveness due to the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout. At least 93% of tenants have been paying at least part of their rent monthly during the pandemic, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council, a Washington-based landlord …

Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states
4 years, 5 months ago

Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — Kelyn Yanez used to clean homes during the day and wait tables at night in the Houston area before the coronavirus. “It’s going to be a mess,” said Bill Faith, executive director of Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, referring to the Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, which found last week that more than 23% of Ohioans …

Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states
4 years, 5 months ago

Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states

LA Times  

Natasha Blunt owes thousands of dollars in back rent after she lost her banquet porter job. “It’s going to be a mess,” said Bill Faith, executive director of Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, referring to the Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, which found last week that more than 23% of Ohioans questioned said they weren’t able to make …

COVID-19 Threatens A New Eviction Crisis
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 Threatens A New Eviction Crisis

Huff Post  

Tents housing the homeless line a street in downtown Los Angeles last month. “We know millions of households were one financial accident away from eviction,” said Sarah Saadian, the vice president of public policy for the National Low Income Housing Coalition. “But if their savings run out and their job still hasn’t come back, a lot of those people are …

As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions
4 years, 9 months ago

As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered evictions to carry out in his job as constable in Tucson, Arizona. While housing advocates praised the Trump administration package as an “important first step,” they said that by excluding renters, an often economically vulnerable population, it …

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