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 abating any time soon.” According to The Eviction Lab, several cities are running far above historic averages, with Minneapolis-St. Paul 91% higher in June, Las Vegas up 56%, Hartford, Connecticut, up 32%, and Jacksonville, Florida, up 17%. “Landlords are raising the rent and making it very unaffordable for tenants to stay,” said Marie Claire Tran-Leung, the eviction initiative project director for the National Housing Law Project. They would rather throw someone on the street than take money,” Eric Kwartler, managing attorney of Lone Star Legal Aid’s Eviction Right to Counsel Project, which covers Houston and Harris County in Texas.

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Evictions surge in Arizona with housing shortage and rising prices
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Evictions surge in Arizona with housing shortage and rising prices

New Indian Express  

PHOENIX: Wearing a bulletproof vest and with a gun strapped to his waist, Constable Lennie McCloskey opens his folder and looks through the court orders: eleven evictions to be carried out today. Simply not being able to afford the rent is one of the main reasons behind the shocking 3,000 evictions that take place in Maricopa County every month -- …

A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help

Associated Press  

DENVER — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — from $750 to $3,374 last year. “Every month you just gotta budget and then you still fall short,” she said, adding what became a monthly refrain: “Well, this month at least we have $13 left.” …

L.A. City Council votes to protect tenants while they await rental assistance
10 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. City Council votes to protect tenants while they await rental assistance

LA Times  

The L.A. City Council moved to protect renters waiting to find out if they will receive financial aid. After a lengthy discussion, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to prohibit the eviction of tenants whose rental assistance applications have been approved but who have not yet received their funds. The City Council motion, introduced by Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez and …

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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California’s eviction moratorium to lift at midnight, despite rent relief concerns
2 years, 5 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 …

$20 million HUD grant doubles size of eviction legal help
2 years, 7 months ago

$20 million HUD grant doubles size of eviction legal help

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is doubling the size of its eviction protection program, designed to fund legal assistance for tenants seeking to stay in their homes. The $20 million HUD grant, announced Monday, will not provide any sort of direct rental relief; instead, it will fund legal services and representations for families facing eviction. HUD …

Can US tenants cope with COVID eviction protections ending?
2 years, 8 months ago

Can US tenants cope with COVID eviction protections ending?

Al Jazeera  

Housing rights campaigner Rob Robinson and Legal Aid’s Beth Mellen on the housing crisis in the United States. “Once the courts open up, we will see a rush to evict,” says housing rights campaigner Rob Robinson. You need support.” Beth Mellen, the director of Legal Aid’s Eviction Defense Project, says preventive solutions such as aid from the federal government can …

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 …

States, cities running out of rental assistance monies
3 years ago

States, cities running out of rental assistance monies

Associated Press  

Several large states and cities have exhausted their federal rental assistance, the Treasury Department said Monday, in a sign that spending on a massive program aimed at averting evictions has picked up speed. The first tranche of emergency rental assistance funds, known as ERA1, is for $25 billion and the second, known as ERA2 and meant to be spent over …

Evictions begin as US ban ends, but not the spike feared
3 years, 2 months ago

Evictions begin as US ban ends, but not the spike feared

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. “I didn’t think I was going to be evicted …

More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction
3 years, 2 months ago

More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction

Associated Press  

Almost a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended, the Treasury Department said Friday that states and cities distributed money for nearly 1.4 million payments in August and the pace picked up from the month before. Among cities and counties, New York, Los Angeles and Miami-Dade County in Florida collective reached nearly 27,000 households and spent more than $347 million …

Billions In Federal Rental Aid Sit Unspent By Local Governments
3 years, 3 months ago

Billions In Federal Rental Aid Sit Unspent By Local Governments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Eight months after the federal government approved billions of dollars to help people pay their rent, more than 50 counties and cities still haven’t spent a single penny. The numbers come from the Treasury Department’s latest data on the distribution of rental assistance, which Congress first authorized in December 2020. State and local governments have faced pressure …

Tenants prepare for unknown as eviction moratorium ends
3 years, 4 months ago

Tenants prepare for unknown as eviction moratorium ends

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Tenants saddled with months of back rent are facing the end of the federal eviction moratorium Saturday, a move that could lead to millions being forced from their homes just as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading. moratorium.” The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September …

EXPLAINER: How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after the Biden administration extended the original date by a month. Even with the delay, roughly 3.6 million people in the U.S. as of July 5 said they would face eviction within the next two months, according to the U.S. Census …

EXPLAINER: How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they would face eviction within the next two months, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. …

Landlords seek end of eviction moratorium
3 years, 6 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 …

Cash to help California renters goes unspent with eviction protections expiring soon
3 years, 7 months ago

Cash to help California renters goes unspent with eviction protections expiring soon

LA Times  

A state program to provide rent relief is off to a slow start, advocates say. Months after the state approved $2.6 billion to help California tenants pay rent amid hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, advocates say a disappointingly low number of people have applied, as the program has been hampered by a slow start, confusion and bureaucratic red tape. …

After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help
3 years, 7 months ago

After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help

Associated Press  

BOSTON — The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won’t receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes. “Unfortunately, rental assistance funds are not reaching struggling families nearly as quickly as is needed,” said Oren Sellstrom, litigation director for the …

California leaders reach deal on eviction protections
4 years, 3 months ago

California leaders reach deal on eviction protections

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians who can’t pay rent because of the coronavirus could stay in their homes through at least Jan. 31, but only if they pay a portion of some missed payments under a proposal endorsed Friday by Gov. Lawmakers have been rushing to come up with a bill to extend those eviction protections while balancing the impact on …

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

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