If you missed rent payments because of the pandemic, the window to apply for state help in paying what you owe has closed. California’s Housing Is Key program was set up to pay all of the rent debt that eligible renters had run up since April 2020. And if a tenant has an application pending, the landlord can’t seek to …
Tenants rights activists assemble in El Monte in March 2020. The expiration of the state moratorium won’t affect tenants impacted by COVID-19 in the city of Los Angeles, who are still protected by a city ordinance banning evictions for non-payment of rent. In cities without local protections, landlords will be able to start seeking the eviction of tenants on Friday …
